Easter Weekend 2016

This past weekend was Easter as all of you know!

If you're religious you celebrate the resurrection of Christ OR you celebrate it, like most, to get together with family, have Easter baskets that were dropped of by the Easter bunny and have egg hunts.

My brother & I in Mayfield

Growing up, my mom always made holidays special, like most moms do, but I think because they are our own memories, they feel more special in a way. The biggest thing I loved was the way she always made our Easter baskets. She would fill them up to the brim and then wrap them up in cellophane to make them all pretty. 

Another thing I remember was when we would go on road trips from Vegas to Mayfield, Utah where my Grandma Torres lived. We would travel there for Thanksgiving and Easter when we could. Her house was just a little farm house, but we managed to fit about 20 people inside every time. I can remember every nook and cranny of that house.

 

One year we even traveled to California to spend Easter at my Aunt Renee's house. That year, I remember I got The Little Mermaid on VHS and those cool light up shoes!

 Since Travis & I don't have kids and my parents and sister's family live in Reno & Vegas, I guess it's kind of normal to not think about Easter to much unless I am told something is going on with family here, so I had no plans to do anything this year.


 Saturday came around and I realized we had no plans and the last time we dyed eggs was probably 3 years ago...I was not ok with this. So, last minute, Travis and I ran to the store to get eggs to dye, some stuff to make deviled eggs and something to drink. We decided to go with Best Damn Apple Ale :)

 We got home and I got right to making hard boiled eggs. Usually you boil them and then you sit there and question whether your doing it right, if they are going to even come out? It's just a  huge mystery game! Well, I found a way on Pinterest that makes it 10 times easier! Baking them. Basically you just put them in a muffin tin on top of a little nest of tin foil so they don't burn on the bottom/sides. It's not a big deal if they do but just in case. You put them in the oven at 325 for 30 minutes. And then just proceed to put them in ice water for 10 minutes to stop the baking process.

 

On to the egg dying process!
 I had decided to use food dye instead of getting an Easter Egg kit because I saw something on Pinterest on mixing colors for egg dying...BAD IDEA!!!

Basically all of my eggs came out poopy/muddy colors. Literally!

We think the color chart was a little off...on at least the purple, raspberry and plum colors.... 

So I decided to play along with it and wrote poop on a brown one (I can be immature sometimes) and "Try the grey stuff, its delicious," from Beauty and the Beast on the grey one :D

The next day was Easter. So, I made my deviled eggs. I usually use a version of my moms recipe, which consists of Mayo, Mustard, Garlic Salt and pepper. Last year I tried doing something different and made Avocado Deviled eggs and I wasn't a big fan of it. This year I found a recipe that included Worcester sauce and that intrigued me. So I tried it. It also called for a splash of hot sauce but I skipped that part.  I usually just eye ball the recipe so I didn't follow the measurements in the recipe I found. But they came out awesome!

                                                                

            You can see it below if you want the actual recipe I found.

This is my picture of my eggs. Pretty huh?!

Refrigerated

• 6 Eggs

Condiments

• 1 splash Hot sauce
• 2 tbsp Mayonnaise
• 1 scant tbsp Mustard
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Baking & Spices

• 1 Paprika
• 1 Salt & pepper

  

After that we went over to my Grandpa's but he wasn't home. So we proceeded to head to Travis' Grandmas house to visit. We decorated some cookies and had some chicken salad sandwiches, which were pretty good! His grandma also found a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sweater for me. I love it!!! It's thin material, and a light purple. Oh, I also chopped all my hair off if you couldn't tell from the picture! After that we dropped his mom off at his sisters and visited with them for a bit. I called my parents on the way home and we chatted with them for the duration of the car ride. That was nice :)




We finally got home and I decided we needed a new tradition for Easter. What's that new tradition? To watch one of my favorite black and white movies Harvey. What's Harvey you ask?

Well, its a movie with Jimmy Stewart that was made in 1950.

Its about a whimsical middle aged man named Elwood P. Dowd who claims his best friend is a 6 foot rabbit named Harvey. His family thinks he is insane and tries to get him committed into a mental home but confusion happens when the sister admits she sees Harvey sometimes too.

You can see why I want it to be an Easter Tradition. 6 foot imaginary rabbits and all! It's one of my favorite movies and it makes me so happy to know that Travis likes it too. :)



Well, that wraps up Easter 2016. I hope everyone had an amazing holiday and could spend it with loved ones!

Hey Bunny, Whats the Skinny?

This will post will be a review on a product I have been using for the past month.

The product is called Skinny Bunny Tea.

From @skinnybunnytea on Instagram

I first found out about this tea from a friend. We were over at his house and Travis noticed some tea on the counter. He asked about it because he knows I was going through a tea phase. Now, what caught his attention was the kind of tea it was. Turns out it was a Weight Loss Tea and he knows I often can feel self continuous about myself, even though I shouldn't.

Our friend said his wife had started it and she had lost a few pounds by mostly just drinking the tea. She didn't work out much but ate healthy, so the combination seemed to be working for her.

The concept seemed awesome to me. Its just tea...not some pills you have to take or anything like that. And tea has great benefits for you if they are drank on a regular basis so it sounded good to me!

From Skinny.com

I did some research and found out there are 2 kinds you drink. There is an AM tea & a PM tea. One thing I don't like is the flavor selection. It's very limited, They currently have Chocolate, Mint & just barely came out with Green Tea Jasmine for the AM line. The PM is just Citrus Vanilla or Tropical Chamomile Detox. The flavors and kinds of tea seem kind of all over the place as well. When I look up stuff I see flavors that are not available. But it seems like they are working on it.

 

The tea comes in either a 14 day cans or 28 day cans. The 14 day cans were $15 each and the 28 day were $30. Even though the 28 day is more expensive, I felt it was smarter to go with that one.

Luckily, it was valentines day so they had a deal running. You got a 28 day can of Chocolate AM, a 28 day can of limited edition Rose PM, food guides and workout plans, and as a bonus you could choose from a waterbottle, socks, or a 14 day can of Tropical Chamomile Detox tea. All for 30 bucks! Now the Chocolate flavor and rose did not sound good to me but what the hell! It's a great deal. So I got that bundle. The flavors were not as bad as I thought. It just tastes like tea with a hint of that flavor. It's not over powering or anything. I can admit, The Detox Tropical Chamomile smelt awful to me because I don't like Tropical anything. But it ended up being my favorite of the 3 I got.

It seemed like it did take a long time to get delivered but they are a small company so shipping times can vary depending in the volume of orders coming in. I totally understood that. Oh did I mention shipping was free? Yep!

 

The day came...I knew it had been delivered and I was so stoked to go check the mail....but it wasn't there...where was my tea?!

Turns out, for some odd reason, the mail lady put it in the neighbors box and he brought it down to us. Thanks neighbor!!!

 

So it began! It was strange having tea instead of having coffee in the morning. I am the Iced coffee with a shot of espresso every morning kind of girl and energy drinks at least 2-3 times a week. I know! I know! Its bad for you. So the first couple days , I was having tea instead of coffee but, out of habit, I was still having an energy drink. But I stopped that nonsense!

From Skinny.com

I noticed I wasn't even

needing that kind of caffeine anymore. I had a natural energy boost that lasted all day. And there was no crash! It was so nice to be able to go to 7/11 and not even want to look at the energy drinks or even want coffee at all.

I also noticed that I was not feeling bloated and gross feeling all the time. 

After the first week, I decided to take the opportunity I had and weigh myself. I had lost 2 pounds in a week. It was probably all water weight but I was feeling better. After all that, I was sold on this stuff.

Everyday and night, I couldn't wait to drink my teas. After 28 days, I have finished the cans. Now I will admit, I didn't eat healthy at all and I didn't work out. So obviously I didn't have an amazing transformation. But, I don't care. I feel better. Ive gone almost a month with out surviving on coffee or energy drinks. I have energy through out the day. I don't ever feel bloated or bad feeling anymore. And you know what? I haven't even cared about weighing myself to see what I lost. I can feel it and I can see small differences in my body and that is what matters.

Now girls, you can relate to this. You know when you wash your jeans and you put them on, sometimes it seems like a struggle? You sit there doing squats and some weird yoga moves to stretch them out? Yesterday, I fully expected that usual routine when I put on my washed jeans. And you know what? I didn't have

to do it at all! No struggle! :)

So, after seeing the differences I've experienced this past month, I placed another order and plan on doing it over and over. This time I am getting Mint AM and Citrus Vanilla PM.

 They also shipped it super fast this time. I placed the order on the 11th and it is being delivered today. Perfect timing because I literally have one day left of my current supply. 

@skinnybunntea on Instagram

  I love this stuff and I recommend it. Its easy and healthier than some of the other stuff out there. You don't even need to buy it for weight loss. If you want to feel less bloated, buy it. If you want natural energy, buy it. 

One thing to realize is that it is normal tea. From their advertising, it seems like its only for women. Not true! Men can use it as well. I think that was a common confusion because they have started using male models as well haha. 

 Like I said before, Tea has such good benefits for you if you drink it on a daily basis. Pu-erh & Oolong Tea both promotes Skin Health, shrink fat cells and are high in Anti Oxidants. The detox tea can help reduce cellulite, boost your immune system and is also high in anti oxidants. I personally was not sure when to drink the detox, so I messaged them on Instagram. They said that the detox is a PM tea, so you can bounce back and forth between the Weight Loss PM and Detox if you would like. Or even just use the Detox as your PM tea.

 Go to https://skinny.com/ to check it out! 

Thanks for reading!!! <3

 

FBF: The Adventures of Bomb & Chadivus - St. Patties Parade

I was just thinking about a fun St. Patties event I shared with my good buddy Chadivus. So why don't you join me in my Delorean and we will be on our way back to March 17th, 2012 :)

Every year, Chad likes to go to the Saint Patrick's day parade.

 The Saint Patrick's Parade is put on by a group by the name of The Hibernian Society of Utah. It was formed to preserve & share the history, culture & traditions of the Irish community with the people of Utah.

 

The gateway mall, which is an outdoor mall, is where it all takes place.

I met up with Chad and we walked to the best spot to see the parade, which is under the bridge at the south end of the mall. We made sure we got there early to set up and to enjoy our Irish Coffees until the parade was ready to start. Irish coffee is the best! It's basically hot coffee made to your liking with Irish Whiskey mixed in. Derish!

And then....the parade started! I didn't get very many pictures...but these will do :)

 

 

 

 Just when I thought the morning was over, Chad said we were going Bar Hopping. AT 11 AM IN THE MORNING!!!

Was this even legal?!......in Utah?!?

So, we were on our way to the St. Patties Bar Crawl, Day Edition!

 

First stop was the Jackalope Lounge. Though our home bar is Piper Down, We like the Jackalope a lot. It's a little hipster bar but it has cheap beers and is nice to go to every once in a while.

Now...The goal was to have a  beer and 1 shot at each location.

I present our first ones of the morning. I had these goofy glasses that we decided had to be in every beer/shot picture taken. We even got the bartender to flip the bird for our picture. SO PUNK ROCK!

Stop # 1 - Jackalope

 We decided we probably should eat something. Luckily, right next door, there is a little pizza place called The Pie Hole 

Stop # 2 - The Pie Hole

 They serve pizza by the slice, which is super convenient.

They are also open till like 2 AM and 3 AM for the bar scene downtown.

Their pizza that day was even St. Patties themed!

 

Stop #3 - Juniors Tavern

Next stop was Juniors's Tavern. Juniors is a place Chad used to go to frequently. The reason? It is totally jazz/music themed.

The description from the Juniors Website is:

"Famous as the watering hole for an eclectic mixture of business people, musicians, poets, and sports fans, Juniors retains the tradition of the old fashioned neighborhood bar" 

The cool thing was the car counter (as you can see to your left) is covered in sheet music. 

After we left Juniors, we were feeling it for sure...

The next & last destination of the morning was Johnny's on 2nd.

 

This is one of my least favorite bars, and by this point, we did not even want to touch the shots...and didn't finish the beers....

It was the end of the road for us. So we walked back to the gateway at about 2:30 (I believe) and went our separate ways. 

I remember vividly, laying on my couch at 5:00 PM and texting him saying I was already hungover...

OOHHH and since it was Saint Patties day, the bars all had St. Patties swag. My collection ended up going on my good friend Clyde and he officially became my bead swag holder for a couple years. 

Now instead of doing a bar crawl, its the parade and then spend the day at Piper Down. The past couple years, I have unfortunately had to miss the parade because of work. This Saturday will be the day and once again I have to miss it. But I at least was able to get an opening shift so that we can meet up with everyone at Piper later :)

THE END!

Oh I just can't wait to be King!

You could probably tell by the title of this entry what the contents will be about. LIONS! But not just any lions....LION CUBS!Yep, you heard it here! Utah's Hogle Zoo has 3 new lion cubs. 2 boys & 1 little girl.

 

 

Back in the fall (maybe winter) we introduced our 2 brothers, Baron and Vulcan to a pair of sisters, Nobu and Sela in hopes of having cubs.

 Well, Baron and Nobu succeeded! Nobu gave birth to the 3 cubs on February 24th 2016. It seemed to come kind of fast but doing a little research, I found out that a lions gestation period is typically 110 days. So basically a little over 3 months!


Could you imagine if humans only had 3 months instead of 9?!

Another cool thing about this, is that Hogle Zoo has not had lion cubs in 27 years!!! The last cub was Lily, who was born in 1989. Before that, the last cubs were born in 1978. Crazy!

That means this year will be a busy year because who wouldn't want to come see lion cubs!

The zoo will allow the public to name the cubs in the next couple of weeks. This will probably happen by posting the names selections on Facebook. Look out for these 3 bundles of fur to be out and about Mid-Late April!

But for now, you can check out the videos of mom and babies in their den bonding at Utah's Hogle Zoo's YouTube page, just CLICK HERE!!!!!