St. George Trip and A Kick A$$ Recipe!

I went to St. George a couple weekends ago with my twin sister for a MUCH needed girls weekend with the moms (okay that made it sound like I have lesbian moms, not the case, I just like to call my mom "moms").
Some mommies may hate to be away from their little ones and you would have to pry them away crying to get them to go away for a couple days...not me I skipped, hopped and did a happy dance all the way to St. George. I'm not too proud to admit I need a break every once in a while. Lets face it, we've all heard about Jett, if I didn't have these little get aways I would probably be locked in a white room with padded walls and a little window in the door so they could observe my behavior.
Girls weekend was a huge success, we had tons of fun hiking, shopping and golfing and absolutely no running what so ever...I was to a point in my training where I felt the need to vomit if I even though about going on a run.
My mom took us on the most amazing hike ever, I know I've been before in college but I had forgotten all about it, and lets be honest I was in college...we had a fun time, had some paleo treats and I about gave Brooke and mom a heart attack, see attached picture....

It wasn't even that far down..come on!

The Spartan WOD of the day was to stop and plank where ever you were, so plank we did :)....

and some more planking with some sort of orangutang pose, look at those buff twin sisters!

And here are the triplets all together...such a fun relaxing day! Sorry we made you sore mom (hehehe)!

What would girls weekend be without a little golf at Sand Hollow Resort and a overly priced $15 bunless burger (complete with no sides) from a little place called Baristas in Hurricane? Not complete, that's for sure! 
My twin and I got pair with Lyman and Phil (short for Phillis we assume) the ever so happy couple from here and there. They were quite the entertainment, full of dry humor and uncomfortable spats for all 18 holes, we were pretty sure they couldn't hear a word we said...We hope anyway.

Lyman took this wonderful photo of the twins..isn't it a beautiful course? Even though Brooke was having gas issues we had a lot of fun. We only wish our wonderful sister and sister-in-law could have been there with us...of course I would have put them down wind of Brooke just for fun :D
I'm not even going to tell you about our lunch, let me just say we had plenty of time to sit and chat with the moms while our lunch was being prepared....here is a link to my review on Urban Spoon...I felt the need to let everyone know how horrible this place was!  

Okay moving on....I dropped by my Aunt LaVerne's house the other night to say hi and visit and left with tons of food from their garden...LOVE IT! So as I was making dinner last night I used every little bit of what they gave me, this is what paleo cooking is all about!

Blackberry Glazed Chicken Legs: (You really gotta try this one!)

For the sauce:
2 TBSP coconut oil
1 medium size yellow onion diced
2-3 cloves garlic diced
1/2-1 TBSP red pepper flakes
2-3 cups fresh blackberries
1 can organic tomato sauce
1/4-1/2 cup raw honey (just depending on how sweet you want it, taste as you go)
2 TBSP GF soy sauce
1 TBSP Chili powder
2 TBSP apple cider vinegar

1. Heat oil in a med sauce pan and add onion, garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook for 5 minutes
2. Add fresh blackberries and cook down for about 8 minutes
3. Add in tomato sauce, honey, soy sauce and chili powder...bring to a boil turn heat down to low and let it cook away for about 20-30 minutes until it thickens up.
4. Once it's nice and thick add the vinegar and remove from the heat
5. Once it's cooled place in a blender and blend away until its nice and smooth

While your saucey stuff is simmering away place your chicken legs on a baking sheet and pre-heat your oven to 375.

Sprinkle over the legs:
Chili powder
garlic powder
smoked paprika
and salt
Turn the legs and sprinkle on the other side too, and then run some olive oil over the top and rub those legs up real nice.

Place them in the oven (I'm really not sure how long I cooked them) After about 15 minutes I turned the legs over and let them cook another 5-10. Then I started glazing them with the BBQ sauce. Every 5 minutes rotate and brush them with the sauce until they are cooked through....and obviously let them cool before you enjoy!

And that will be all for today folks, Jett has fallen down the stairs and I still haven't showered even though I returned for the gym about 2.5 hours ago...time for me to peace out fools!

Family Pictures Never Again....

It has been such a long time since I've blogged anything...been a busy busy summer (not really but I like to tell myself that because of the lack of things I have accomplished). I thought I would share this little gem with ya'll though and from this you will know why this will be the last family picture you will be getting from us for quite some time!

So last night we attempted family pictures (notice use of the word attempted)....I believe that trying to shovel my driveway in an effing blizzard would have been an easier task to accomplish. Seeing that it has been since I was pregnant with Presley last time we had a family photo taken it was definitely the time to get 'er done.
I was pretty sure I was well prepared for the task ahead of me....I had everyone's outfits picked out, ironed, kids were bathed and they were going to be perfect little angels (HAHAHA!)....soooooo far from the truth.....Bobby comes home from work at 5:45, we are supposed to be out to the marina at 6:30 to meet the photographer and my place is a freaking mad house because I have been left alone to get everyone ready (HOLY MOTHER).
Presley is following me around crying with snot running everywhere and I'll be darned if I'm going to put her brand new dress on her at that moment. Jett is running around in his underwear laughing at me because I can't catch him and Nico is being Nico and sitting on the couch picking his nose while simultaneously, with the same hand sucking his thumb and ruining his hair that I have managed to get some gel in to. Bobby was supposed to bring Nico the shirt I picked out from the golf shop home with him and when I put it on Nico it was DROWNING him...what the frick man!? It's a large...not the medium that I had suggested he get. By now and I am a friggin wreck and haven't found 2 seconds to get myself ready...in the mean time Presley is still bawling and snotting everywhere because I'm yelling at everyone and the chaos that follows is just mind blowing. In fact I'm getting stressed even thinking about it...moving on...
So some how we manage to tackle and wrestle some clothes on captain underpants, get bawl baby to stop screaming and cleaned up enough to do her hair (which is a whole other chore it's self...she despises having her hair did) This just leaves the issue with Nico's shirt and me...Bobby miraculously has someone deliver the shirt, amazing how that size medium fits perfectly, but has now told me he forgot to pick up the rocking chair we were supposed to bring as a prop. Great, whatever! I could care less except for I went around making sure everyone's shirts would go with the color of the rocking chair...obviously I put too much effort into that one!! We make it to the marina only 15 minutes late, it is a freaking miracle....I've threatened the children with their lives if they get dirty and what happens as soon as we step out of the truck? Nico pushes Jett and he falls face first into the asphalt parking lot...EFFING AWESOME!!! Then we head down to the beach where Nico heads straight to the mud I told him to stay away from, picks it up with both hands, squishes it and wipes it on his brand new size medium shirt....in the mean time Presley has started bawling....again....and Jett is being the best child ever (now what does that tell you?) Hopefully we were able to get in some good shots because I am NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER, you get the point, doing that EVER again. I was exhausted, not to mention there were giant spiders everywhere you looked...I mean come on! Can't I catch a freaking break? Needless to say I ate the other half of the carton of ice cream I had worked on 2 nights ago...it was that stressful!
Today is a new day and I was going to make the best of it and make everything real easy to accomplish and also take my children somewhere where they could run out all their energy, with little effort required on my part to keep an eye on them (don't judge me!).
I've got dinner all prepped, floors vacuumed, things that my kids and husband didn't pick up put away in my secret mommy stash (ala Brooke) and we've been to the park...mission accomplished. How was I able to get this all done you ask? Well Jett slept in until 10:30, Presley slept until 9, I let Nico lay around and watch Star Wars Clone Wars and I was up and at them at 8!
For dinner I am attempting a gluten free, paleo friendly teriyaki chicken marinade (in the fridge since noon) with squash and fruit...I came up with the marinade on my very own...I will share the recipe if it turns out wonderful, it has to be good though it's got soy sauce, honey, limes and pineapple juice..YUMMY!
I'm going to end this entry on a good note while my children are being nice for me and go enjoy my diet Dr. Pepper while I'm not stuck in a crazed mad house....and here they come...run for your lives!!!

Also the WOD for the day is to swim 1 mile...

200m Warm up

100m fast
200m slow (mix up the styles here)
repeat until you've reached a mile.