Tornado’s, Projects, & Friday… Oh my!

Hey Guys!

          Long time, no see. You have probably been wondering where have Court & Whit gone? Well, to answer your question we have been…here…and

 here… making these magazines for US History. This project was torture   These week has been out of CONTROL… So much HW! Everynight has been HW,HW,HW.. and more HW. Time is dwindling down and now it is Crunch Time. So pretty much a lot of Crazy things have been happening this week.  

 Wednesday~ Late Day “B” Day

Well let’s just say for being a “B” day, Wed flew by in the blink of an eye.

 Breakfast=Pumpkin Pancake Trio

 Toppings were per usual: 1) PB and Pumpkin butter, Greek yogurt&granola, sugar-free syrup

 

Mid-morning snack: Cookies ‘n Cream Luna 

 Lunch: Veggie salad, Clem, and 100 cal kettle popcorn 

 Also mixed in, was some leftover Garlic Pork Tenderloin

Afterschool, we rushed home, did level 3 of the Shred, then got right to work on that Project! 

Breakfast for Dinner is the best, so Dinner= Egg white spinach scramble, half of a juicy grapefruit, and some Apple cinnamon toast. 

 

Thursday~Earth Day!!!

Breakfast= Pumpkiny oats, with a Deep Chocolate Vita and new “Naturally More” PB. Also a green tea latte 

 This morning, and all week has been on and off PURE RAIN! You would think we we’re on the East Coast, but nope it is Just Colorado for you. Warm meals have been cozy though.

 

 

 **Naturally More PB Review: naturally more is lower in calories 169 vs. 190 for 2 tbs, naturally good for you-Flax, egg whites, etc. It was easy spread-Liqudy just the way I like

  Very Yummy, and we loved the texture

Purchase yours here.

 

 After seeing this fabulous creation on Kath’s blog, Courtney and I recreated it for lunch using Progreso Tomato Bisque Soup, 1 Egg, and half of a Naan Flatbread w/ Laughing cow spread on top. This was awesome, I don’t know why we have never tried this before, but eggs are yummy mixed in tomato soup!

  And some Pepper was used to spice up the top.

 MMM, Flatbread

 

 It was our early day today, so after lunch we decided to go grocery shopping for our mom. When we left, it was sunny & bright. As Whit & I were walking around Safeway casually, we looked outside and the whole sky was SUPER DARK! We were thinking WTF happened to the Weather? Then we heard the sirens (tornado sirens). We hurried up, checked out, then rushed into the pouring rain to get to our car. The whole parking lot was flooded, so our pants were soaked up to our knees, and the basket was sliding everywhere! When we got in the car, everyone was calling us frantically to get home, and sure enough we got home safely. Colorado weather never gets boring. lol

When we got home, a yogurt mess was sounding pretty ideal, so we whipped one up using:

• Peach chobani
• Plain greek yogurt
• Naturally more PB
• Mango
• Banana
• Apple Granola

 

 While out grocery shopping, we got some of Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels with our handy dandy VIP coupon to review.

All the flavors include:

Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Classic Pretzels

Traditional Bavarian • Sourdough Asiago • Empowered Pretzel™

 

Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Stuffed Pretzels

Pizza Pretzel™ • Cheese Lover’s Pizza Pretzel • Grilled Cheese • Cheddar Jalapeno • Savory Herb & Cream Cheese • Twisted Omelette • Spinach Feta • Apple Cinnamon • Mixed Berry Cobbler • Cinnamon Roll • Chocolate Crumb • Original Cheesecake

  There were so many yummy looking flavors to try, but Grilled Cheese sounded good for dinner. Next up Cinna-sugar

 

Grilled Cheese

 

Stuffed with delicious real cheddar cheese & topped with MORE freshly shredded cheddar cheese. This American classic oozes with flavor.

Our Ingredients: High Protein Unbleached and Unbromated Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Filtered Water, Cheese (Milk, Water, Cream, Buttermilk, Whey, Sodium Phosphates [Natural Stabilizers], Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Enzymes, Vegetable Color), Whole Wheat Flour, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Natural Enzymes, Annatto [Natural Color]), Canola Oil, Corn Starch, Yeast, Invert Beet and/or Cane Sugar, Salt, Spices, Natural Flavors, Soda. Contains: Wheat, Milk

Nutritional Facts: Serving Size (oz): 6, Calories (kcal): 490, Calories from Fat: 100, Total Fat (g): 12, Saturated Fat (g): 7, Cholesterol (mg): 30, Protein (g): 20, Carbohydrate (g): 68, Sugars (g): 2, Dietary Fiber (g): 3, Sodium (mg): 1180, Calcium (%): 25%, Iron (%): 20%

Our Ingredients: High Protein Unbleached and Unbromated Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cheese (Milk, Water, Cream, Buttermilk, Whey, Sodium Phosphates [Natural Stabilizers], Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Enzymes, Vegetable Color), Filtered Water, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Natural Enzymes, Annatto [Natural Color]), Whole Wheat Flour, Canola Oil, Corn Starch, Yeast, Invert Beet and/or Cane Sugar, Salt, Spices, Natural Flavors, Soda. Contains: Wheat, Milk
 

Nutritional Facts: Serving Size (oz): 4, Calories (kcal): 350, Calories from Fat: 80, Total Fat (g): 9, Saturated Fat (g): 6, Cholesterol (mg): 25, Protein (g): 14, Carbohydrate (g): 47, Sugars (g): 2, Dietary Fiber (g): 3, Sodium (mg): 870, Calcium (%): 20%, Iron (%): 15%, Vitamin A (%): 0, Vitamin C (%): 2

 **Verdict: WOW! With real cheese, these babies were stuffed with creamy cheese, and were soft chewy goodness. There will for sure be more of these stocked up in the freezer in the future

Purchase yours here.

 

 

 Also, picked up to try was Mocha Fudge SO Delicious Ice-cream!

 **Verdict: So creamy and decadent with big pillows of fudge in every bite. It kinda tasted like Starbucks Java Chip IC, but with less cals. We could not believe it was dairy-free! If you like SB Ice-cream, then we recommend this flavor to you.

Purchase and learn about the company here.

 

 This was seriously a night of new products, and A LOT of Reviews. So with that said, to go on top of our Ice-cream was Tru whip.

Chemicals aren’t cool. So in 2007, when we looked at the whipped topping category and realized there were no natural alternatives, we decided to create one. Ta-daaa! truwhip was born.

At Peak Foods, we are committed to safety, quality and environmental sustainability, as well as health and taste. That’s why truwhip has no chemicals, trans fats, hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup. Even better, no bad karma.

We did it for all you folks out there who grew up eating tempting desserts and fluffy fruit salads made with old-style whipped topping. At long last, the flavors you love, without the unhealthy stuff you don’t! So bring on the Pineapple Fluff, Strawberry Yogurt Pie and Banana Pudding Parfait!

• 100% natural
• 70% organic
• no GMOs
• no high fructose corn syrup
• no hydrogenated oils
• trans fat free
• gluten free
• no polysorbate 60

Nutrition Facts

• Serving Size
• 2 Tbsp (11g)

• Servings Per Container
• 25

Amont Per Serving

• Calories 30
• Calories from Fat 20

% Daily Value*

• Total Fat 2g
• 3%

• Saturated Fat 2g
• 10%

• Trans Fat 0g
•  

• Cholesterol 0mg
• 0%

• Sodium 0mg
• 0%

• Total Carbohydrates 3g
• 1%

• Dietary Fiber 0g
• 0%

Sugars 2g

Protein 0g

• Vitamin A 0%
• Vitamin C 0%

• Calcium 0%
• Iron 0%

* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

 

 **Verdict: A girl needs her whip, but not for an extra 100 cal, so truwhip sign me up! No high-fructose, no gmos… ALL Natural! It was light fluffy, and a good whipped consistency, instead of being runny like some traditional brands.

Get yours here.

 

 FRIDAY~TGIF!!!

This morning, it was raining again! Surprise, surprise. lol While walking down the ceral aisle in Safeway yesterday Court and I spotted something that caught our eye, Abundance Oatmeal. There are so many cool flavors,so we got Apple Cinnamon, and Maple Streusual.

 

To mix in we had:

• Pink lady (heated w/ agave cinnamon)
• Apple Granola
• Naturally More PB
• Cinnamon 

 

 

 

 And for a new Coffee creation, I being the Coffee making CHEF came up with a Chocolate Mint Latte, that is around 90 cals

Chocolate Mint Latte:

• 1/2 cup of skim milk
• 1 tbs of sugar- free fat- free Vanilla coffee creamer
• 1 pkt of stevia
• half a pkt of Fat-free Hot cocco (25 cals pkts)
• A drop or two of Mint extract
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup hazelnut coffee

 And for some extra creaminess, a dallop of Truwhip!

For a snack during third period today, we tried another flavor of the Raw Crunch bars. CHOCOLATE!

**Verdict: Still loving the satisfaction these bars give me, and the chocolate in this one was heavenly It was giant, crunchy, salty, and CHOCOLATEY!

Get yours! Raw Crunch

 With the continue of crazy weather, during second period it was a crazy blizzard outside. lol

 Lunch was a Turkey Riccotta wrap, with apples, and a Breyers Yocrunch!

 Wrap are the best on the Italian Flatout

 After school, we stopped to get gas in our car, and it is FRRREEEEZZZING outside! So we got home and warmed up with our fav. Carmel Tea and some Popcorn. Yum!

 

Now that you are all caught up, we are gonna go continue watching our Hills Marathon on MTV, listen to the rain, and maybe cook up a Frushetta Pizza. It is friday night baby! And the night is still young. Let the weekend begin, or work. lol oh well, better than school

~Peace!

2 more weeks!

 

With a good snack in the tummy, and workout gear on, it was time for us to get our sweat on. Today’s video’s lasted an hour and a half. We are in our last two weeks of Insanity, and I can not believe we have made it this far. I can remember the first day when Court could not breathe, so she paused that DVD faster than I could blink. lol But it is amazing, because I have noticed the BIGGEST increase in my Stamina since beginning the program. Up next is Chalene Extreme with a mixture of gym, Pilates, yoga, and bike ride days. I really cannot wait. It is super hard to stick to one program for 2 months, but I am I feel very accomplished.

The rest of this weeks video’s are looking like:

• Tues= Max Interval Plyo
• Wed= Max Cardio Conditioning & Cardio Abs
• Thurs= Max Recovery
• Fri= Max Interval Circuit
• Sat= Core Cardio and Balance
• Sun= Rest Day!
• Then the last and FINAL week!!! (63 days complete)

Dinner tonight was just left overs from lastnight, so no special pic needed. So some things that have been on my mind lately is what kind of haircut I want to get Thursday, what color to dye it, and PROM. First off, I want to dye my hair a darker brown, and Court is thinking about a Carmel color. There is so many choices, but if we really get different colors I will just have to call us the Olsen twins. lol Which reminds me they have a really cute line out at JcPenny’s. Then, the issue of Prom we were going to go in a limo with a bunch of people, but then a lot of people backed out, so now it is just way too expensive. And on top of that we got to find dresses. I heard of the website rentarunway.com that I might check out.

Any who, tomorrow is an “A” day, so two classes will be a breeze! And by the looks of the weather for the week tomorrow is rain/snow, and the rest of the week just get more and more beautiful! Our Seventeen magazine just came in the mail, and I got shopping fever now, there was so much cute stuff I want to buy.

 

 

5-day forecast

Tomorrow Apr 6	Wednesday Apr 7	Thursday Apr 8	Friday Apr 9	Saturday Apr 10
Rain / Snow	Partly Cloudy	Mostly Sunny	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy
Hi: 47° Lo: 33°	Hi: 51° Lo: 29°	Hi: 68° Lo: 35°	Hi: 78° Lo: 39°	Hi: 79° Lo: 39°

Have a good night Everyone,

XOXO Court & Whit

Our prayers answered…3/24

God must have been listening because today is a SNOW DAY!!! This is our first snow day this year Yesterday I swear all people were talking about was the big storm coming. In Whit’s math class her teacher would look up the weather every 20 min. to give the kids an update. They even had a moment of silence. It was so weird because our dad had told us last night that he did not want us to go to school, then 5 min later the district called anyways to cancel it! Yay, I am so happy.

This morning I slept in till about 8:15, then laid in my bed for a while longer, and headed down stairs to have a leisurly breakfast.

This mornings breaksfast was the BEST… Carrot Cake Oats. 

Yummy the greek yogurt and coconut butter icing is the best part:)

Well I am off to hang out with my mom till she has to go to work.

-Court & Whit

QOD: What do you do on a snow day?