Pi Day.

Happy Pi Day friends.

We aren't NERDY enough around this house to actually celebrate this day, but I found it a good excuse to try my hand at a "healthy" version of an apple pie!  I LOVE baking and especially have loved playing with pies. With my new FIT2BMOM journey I really shouldn't be taking in the calorie count from a slice of pie so I was excited when I came across this substitute recipe!  (Recipe Here) It's all about proportions people and the wonton crust keeps those regular pie crust calories off the table. It will however probably hit your sugar limits for the day. But hey... Apple is a fruit so that's healthy right?

Enjoy! 

PS. Have you guys heard of the group Lipstick Lumberjack? I am kind of in love with their song Full Steam Ahead!  Go listen to it now!!  HERE You're welome! 

Happy Friday Readers. 

The Grass is always greener...

We have GRASS!!

(And yes I took photos of the ENTIRE process)

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, I apologize for my grass overload but I am so excited about it.

Honestly, it makes such a big difference to not be surrounded by yucky dirt.

We were thrilled when the developer agreed to add landscaping to the house when we sent in our offer to buy the home.

We are in a fairly new area and there are a handful of homes that are not landscaped and it looks so unfinished.

After the first week of living in the home I was done with all of the yucky dirt that was being drug into the house from outside. We have a vacant lot to the west of us and a home being built to the east and it's dusty EVERYWHERE.

(Probably a reason for my coughing the last two weeks)

They were supposed to start landscaping on Monday March 25th, but a prior project held them up and pushed our start day to Thursday March 28th. 

All week I would watch out the window waiting and hoping the landscapers would show up. 

Edge homes hired Automated Rain Sprinklers & Landscapes to do our yard and they were great. We worked with Doug and he was so nice and informative and answered any and all of our questions. 

We were VERY happy with their service.

(In Utah county needing your landscaping done? 

Check out Automated Rain Sprinklers & Landscapes here)

They got right to work when they finally arrived and our yard quickly was leveled out and had sprinklers in it.

Then they put in the fire pit area, our two trees, our mailbox, and curbed the flower beds.

Finally our yard was completed with beautiful, fresh, new, GREEN GRASS! 

It is so much nicer to look out our windows, or to pull up to the house in our car and see the lush green grass all around.

I feel so lucky that we were able to have the yard finished with the home. 

I could not imagine trying to do all that work ourselves.

Two weeks until we can walk on the grass but I am thinking we should have a s'mores night at our place once that time is up!!

Yes, I think you should all come.

Oh, can tomorrow really already be Friday?

This week has FLOWN BY.

I am so excited that I get to sneak out for a few hours tomorrow night with some of my favorite bloggers to attend the Fashion Place Mall Fashion Show! 

Who else is going?

It's from 6-8, Friday April5th and they are doing an Instagram giveaway where one lucky winner will get a $250 gift card to the mall.

Here are the rules:

1.       Follow Fashion Place on Instagram and Facebook.

2.       Snap a photo on Instagram (photos must be taken at the Fashion Place Spring Fashion event featuring you, fashion, art, or a mix of these).

3.       Tag both @fashionplacemall and #fashionplacemall so we can find your photos.

4.       The more photos you take, the more entries you get (one entry per photo).

5.       FP will host a drawing of all entrants and one lucky winner will receive a $250 gift card to shop your favorite stores at Fashion Place!

6.       Winner will be announced Monday, Apr. 9, on Fashion Place’s Instagram and Facebook.

Hope to see you bloggers there!

Calling ALL Pinterest people!!

The time has come.

The boxes are put away, we are settling in to our new home and it's time to decorate.

Except, I have NO idea where to start.

I have been in and out of Home Goods, Target, Hobby Lobby and done my fair share of web browsing and CANNOT decide what to do in my home.

The only thing I've bought are curtains for the dinning room, which I love but there are 5 areas of the house I NEED to focus on.

Living Room:

Walls - There are 2 HUGE walls that I just don't know what to do with. 

The couch isn't centered on either wall, because it's a corner couch, so I think that's throwing me off.

Coffee Table - I am looking for a square, low to the ground with rounded edges coffee table but I don't know what color to go with. Our couches are a dark brown with a hint of burgundy. 

TV wall - The TV is tucked in a corner. We originally thought about mounting the TV to the wall but then were worried about cords etc.

However Hunter has started pulling himself up on the stand and we are afraid he is going to pull the TV over. 

We would also like to "hide" all of the consoles and DVDs. 

Suggestions?

Entry Way:

I am definitely thinking a collage wall with a few photos, a mirror, some quotes framed and maybe a giant initial.

I also want to put a table with a lamp and maybe some flowers.

What do you think?

Stairwell:

There is a huge open wall going up the stairs. 

I originally had no plans for the wall since I am going to be decorating the wall under the stairs, but a friend who came by suggested that I put photos along the wall.

 Hmmm. I don't know.

And the ledge? I don't know what to do with at all? 

Flowers? Photos? Another Mirror? Help!!

(I couldn't find ANY photos of ideas for the ledge under the stairwell window)

Dining Room:

My biggest focus for the dining room is a rug.

I bought a rug at Ross that was priced really well and I loved it but once I got it home it just was NOT the one.

Where do I find a good rug?

I would eventually also like to get a bench for one side of the table and two upholstered chairs for the heads of the table. 

All in time! 

Mud Room:

It's really just a small hallway by the garage that leads to the half bathroom and laundry room. 

I would love some hooks for coats and some baskets for shoes 

(since we are going to be a NO SHOES house) 

and maybe a few "important papers" containers, a calendar, and a cork board? 

There are LOTS of cute ideas out there so I just gotta find whats right for me! 

These rooms are definitely my main focus right now.

I still have the laundry room, master, two spare bedrooms, and basement.

Is it normal for me to be feeling this overwhelmed with trying to make my home pretty?

Aw. 

Where is my money tree!?

I am really excited for garage sale season to be right ahead of us! 

I always love finding a one of a kind piece for a great price. 

I'd love to hear suggestions or see photos of ideas or things you've done?

Where are places you found things for you home?

x0.

Kyla.

(I do not own these photos. They were found on Pinterest)