S is for Skiing (and Slacker)

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the blogging. I think of all these great posts and when I finally have the time to blog, I forget what I was going to blog about!

I went skiing on Saturday at Brighton. I forgot how much I love skiing. Too bad it's the end of the season. I decided that I will take ski trips every year and teach my kids to ski when they are 3.

Anyways, I went skiing and Meredith and Breanna went snowboarding. I was constantly waiting on them the whole time, well, until I decided to do some runs by myself. Mere and Bre took a break and ran into the Thomas family. It was good to see them and to go down a few runs with them, however, they weren't too happy with me about going down blues and blacks as beginning snowboarders.

Here are pictures from the day.

On the way, early in the morning.

Me and Bre

Me, Bre and Mere

Beginning of the day. I love the mountains. Yes, I am wearing sunglasses. It was such a beautiful day, I decided to leave my goggles in the car and just wear my sunglasses.

Mere, after falling.

Me, waiting.

Bre and the beautiful view.

I was so tired of waiting on them, I decided to take a nap.

Jack, Me and Seth

B is for Bran Muffins

My darling friend, Ashley Q, has the best bran muffin recipe ever. Not only are these bran muffins delicious, but they are filled with fiber--approx. 9 grams per serving -- maybe I'm making that up, I can't remember. Point being, they contain a lot of fiber. After reading my friend Logan's post, I decided this week to finally make the muffins and let him try one to see if they help. And let me tell you, these babies are miracle workers. Logan is forever indebted to me.


To all my dear readers, here is the recipe:

1 cup water
3 cups 100% bran
1/2 cube of butter-melted
3/4 cup honey
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups buttermilk

Boil 1 cup water in microwave for 1 minute, then add the 3 cups of bran and the 1/2 cube of melted butter to the water and mix (set aside to let bran soften).In a seperate bowl mix together the remaining ingredients. Then add the bran/butter/water mix to the remaining mix and mix them together. Poor into greased muffin tins.


Cook at 375 degrees for approx. 15 minutes (sometimes it takes longer)



Love Lauren