Enough said(Ephraim came up with this little rhyme)
The Process of Articulation Therapy
2 years ago
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter 2010
We had a great Easter with the Hanks Family this year. Dying eggs, hunting for them, Easter dinner, General Conference, and great family.
This is the best picture we could get of the 3 boys at one time
Always a good time on Grandma's swingset
One of Luke's many attempts at the Easter baskets
and...breakfast (it's OK once a year, right?)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
My Week as a Vegetarian
To be a Hanks is to love meat. Steak, chicken, pork, you name it. But I've decided to switch things up a bit.
Let me start at the beginning. There was a Biggest Loser Club formed at our church at the start of the year. Each week we receive a new "health challenge", which sometimes I follow and sometimes I don't. This last week's challenge intrigued me. The challenge was to eat "no meat."
I was almost afraid to tell my husband of the 7 day adventure I was about to embark on. We both come from red meat-loving families. The Hanks Family used to raise and slaughter cattle (sorry Marc...a story for another time).
This was the breakdown of my week:
My staples:
The verdict?
I love meat. I could never be a full-fledged vegetarian.
I am, however, grateful I took the challenge. I realize I eat way too much meat. I thought more about the food I was putting into my body this past week more than I have at probably any other time in my life. There were many times I chose healthier alternatives. I ate more vegetables, fruits, and healthy nuts.
The resolution:
I will eat less meat (especially red). I will cook healthier alternatives for my family (much to my husband's dismay). We will fill our bodies with more good, nutritious, raw foods, and less caloric-dense processed foods with additives.
Please cheer us on. We need all the help we can get.
Postscrip...The family didn't exactly follow this with me. They did, however, eat what meatless meals I made for dinner.
Also, I ate fish. I have a hard time putting fish in the meat category.
Let me start at the beginning. There was a Biggest Loser Club formed at our church at the start of the year. Each week we receive a new "health challenge", which sometimes I follow and sometimes I don't. This last week's challenge intrigued me. The challenge was to eat "no meat."
I was almost afraid to tell my husband of the 7 day adventure I was about to embark on. We both come from red meat-loving families. The Hanks Family used to raise and slaughter cattle (sorry Marc...a story for another time).
This was the breakdown of my week:
My staples:
- salad
- nuts
- eggs
- cheese
- milk
The verdict?
I love meat. I could never be a full-fledged vegetarian.
I am, however, grateful I took the challenge. I realize I eat way too much meat. I thought more about the food I was putting into my body this past week more than I have at probably any other time in my life. There were many times I chose healthier alternatives. I ate more vegetables, fruits, and healthy nuts.
The resolution:
I will eat less meat (especially red). I will cook healthier alternatives for my family (much to my husband's dismay). We will fill our bodies with more good, nutritious, raw foods, and less caloric-dense processed foods with additives.
Please cheer us on. We need all the help we can get.
Postscrip...The family didn't exactly follow this with me. They did, however, eat what meatless meals I made for dinner.
Also, I ate fish. I have a hard time putting fish in the meat category.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
And again...
Andy makes up for how careful my other two boys are...
For more info on this, you can click here, or here, or here.
I have a friend (she's a nurse) and I call her whenever I think I may need to take Anderson to the doctor. When I called Kerry about this particular incident, I asked "Does the Instacare in Hurricane do stitches?" Her response: "Is it Andy?"
How can I not eat this kid up?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Love Story
This is a late Valentine love story of sorts. And the condensed version goes something like this...
Boy meets girl.
Girl falls in love with boy.
Boy finally realizes he is in love with girl, also.
Boy and girl get married on July 21st, 2001.
Boy and girl live a great, fun, married life with no kids for 4 years...Pleasant Grove, American Fork, and then onto Louisville, Kentucky for graduate school (boy is getting closer to dream of becoming a marriage therapist).
Boy graduates from grad school in May, 2005 and girl delivers 1st son 2 months later.
Boy and girl leave Louisville in June 2006 and drive across the country to live in good ol' Hurricane, Utah.
Boy starts new job.
Girl delivers 2nd son 14 months and 22 days after the first (no, this was not planned).
Boy and girl purchase a beautiful home in Hurricane.
Girl delivers 3rd son in March, 2009.
We never know, starting out, what life has in store for us. I'm so glad that ours has taken us where it has so far.
Ephraim and I celebrated life last weekend and took a trip up to Salt Lake. We dropped the kids off at Chris and Heidi's (thank you guys) and spent a glorious weekend in the snow. Food, movies, snowboarding, shopping, more food (did I mention that I didn't have to cut up anyone else's food?)
Thank you, honey, for a blessed life. I wouldn't change a thing.
Boy meets girl.
Girl falls in love with boy.
Boy finally realizes he is in love with girl, also.
Boy and girl get married on July 21st, 2001.
Boy and girl live a great, fun, married life with no kids for 4 years...Pleasant Grove, American Fork, and then onto Louisville, Kentucky for graduate school (boy is getting closer to dream of becoming a marriage therapist).
Boy graduates from grad school in May, 2005 and girl delivers 1st son 2 months later.
Boy and girl leave Louisville in June 2006 and drive across the country to live in good ol' Hurricane, Utah.
Boy starts new job.
Girl delivers 2nd son 14 months and 22 days after the first (no, this was not planned).
Boy and girl purchase a beautiful home in Hurricane.
Girl delivers 3rd son in March, 2009.
We never know, starting out, what life has in store for us. I'm so glad that ours has taken us where it has so far.
Ephraim and I celebrated life last weekend and took a trip up to Salt Lake. We dropped the kids off at Chris and Heidi's (thank you guys) and spent a glorious weekend in the snow. Food, movies, snowboarding, shopping, more food (did I mention that I didn't have to cut up anyone else's food?)
Thank you, honey, for a blessed life. I wouldn't change a thing.
Friday, February 12, 2010
I love my town...
This is why I live where I live...
Hurricane Weather (click here)
Compare this to where I grew up (sorry mom and dad)...
Springfield Weather (click here)
(of course the rain wasn't in the forecast when I first did this post)
Hurricane Weather (click here)
Compare this to where I grew up (sorry mom and dad)...
Springfield Weather (click here)
(of course the rain wasn't in the forecast when I first did this post)
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