peanut butter & oat protein balls

I know. I haven't had a recipe up on the blog in a long time.

There's a reason for that. Camp!

But now that I'm back, I'm back to cooking!! YAY! I'm so happy. I still eat semi-healthy at camp, but not anything compared to how I eat when I can cook for myself. I was so ready for my own food. :)

I've made these protein balls quite a few times. They are so tasty. And lately, I've been eating them after a big workout. The protein in them helps me to heal. But they are a good snack at anytime, even if you haven't worked out!



Peanut Butter & Oat Protein Balls
(gluten-free, dairy-free, processed sugar-free)
1.5 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup chia seeds
3 tbsp vanilla flavored protein powder
3 tbsp coconut flour
1/2 cup peanut butter (i use justin's all-natural peanut butter....so good)
1/2 cup honey (maple syrup or agave nectar for vegan)
1/4 tsp vanilla

1. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Mix in peanut butter, honey, and vanilla.
3. Roll into balls. If too sticky, add more coconut flour. If too dry, add more honey or peanut butter.
4. Stick in fridge and let set for at least 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

the places you'll go travel party #2

Thank you so much to those who linked up to my new travel link party! And thanks to everyone else who checked out all of the links. We had some awesome sights and travel tips shown off.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, last week I started a new link party. It's a travel party! I've never seen one before, and since I'm very passionate about traveling, I thought it would be cool to host one. Plus, I love seeing where other people go. If you want to read more about The Places You'll Go Travel Party, click here, or check out last week's party.

Last week, you guys showed me a bunch of cool places in your travel. Here were some things I came away with:

• Meg from O. Is Me reminded me how fun Cape Cod can be.
• Alex from Ifs Ands & Butts showed me how much better a REAL, German Oktoberfest is than the ones we have in the states. :)
• Amanda from Click the Good News shared that fun can happen and beauty can be seen even while in the midst of a crisis. AND made me want to go to Argentina and Chile more than I already wanted to!
• Jennifer from Laughter and Grace gave me some tips on how to travel to California on a budget.
• Ashley from How Do You Like Them Apples made me super excited for our Puerto Rico trip coming up in a few weeks!
• Jenn from My Fabuless Life reminded me of how much I love hiking in Utah, and wish I was there right now!

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From traveling to another country, to finding a new place to eat in your home town, I love it all.

That's what this link party is about!

Dr. Seuss said in his book Oh, The Places You'll Go:
"You're off to great places
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting
So...get on your way!"

Oh, The Places You'll Go is about doing things, getting out there, seeing the sights... all while knowing there are bumps and bruises along the way. I do believe that God has called us to experience the world and what's in it, but most of all, to experience our life, even though our life is risky. :)

I know that you, as a blogger, post on your blog about your travels and experiences. Well, that's what this link party is for. Come link up any travels that you have been on recently and posted about, or any place you have experienced lately.

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guest post at love bug!

Hey everyone! I'm not here today.

I'm guest posting over at my friend Amy's blog, Love Bug, while she is out of town. Ain't she purty?

I'm guest posting about my dog. Kind of. And how I will raise my future children based on what I've learned from raising my dog. Because, as we all know, dogs and children are EXACTLY the same. (p.s. I hope you don't take me too seriously.)

Anyway, go check it out. I think it's pretty funny. But that's because I always think I'm funny. And check out Amy's blog while you're at it. She is a photographer and a fitness/health nut like me! :)

What are you waiting for?! Get over there. Right now!

my instaweek #19

This week has been pretty fun. I stayed pretty active.

First, we went on a kayaking trip in the wetlands of the Texas coast. SO FUN! And the weather was perfect. While we planned for 100 degree heat, a bright sun, and humidity, it was actually cloudy, a nice 80 degrees, and windy. The splashes of water from our kayak paddles helped as well. :)

We also saw The Lion King on broadway in Houston. OH MY GOSH. Now, I'm not a very big crier. I barely shed tears. But I cried the whole time! You see, The Lion King was and still is my favorite Disney movie. I mean, I grew up with it. For my 9th birthday party, we went to see The Lion King at the movies. I had a Lion King cake. I STILL have my Lion King toys, a Lion King hat, and even a poster. This movie IS my childhood.

I saw The Lion King on broadway the last time it came to Houston, which was when I was about 12 probably. I remember crying then, too. It's the music, the feel of it all, the dynamics of the story....everything. It just gets me.

ANYWAY. It was awesome. If you only ever see ONE broadway musical, The Lion King has to be it. Mark (the hubs) and my dad even loved it. I mean, it's about lions! And they fight and stuff. And there's awesome drums. All dudes everywhere will appreciate the drumming in this play.


1. (Flashback!) When it was raining like crazy at camp, we carted all the campers around in a horse trailer. Even the kids in wheelchairs! Hehe. They loved it.
2. I got my upgrade, y'all. Yeehaw!
3. It was a nice morning for a kayak trip on Christmas Bay.
4. Pretty wetlands.


5. A once-every-six-months indulgence. Mmmm.
6. A Colombian festival, The Lion King on Broadway, skyscrapers, and random rain...typical day in Houston. :)
7. Amazing seats at The Lion King! And I'm not ashamed to say that I only cried about 90% of the time!
8. My mom's garden is better than your mom's. :)

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martha's vineyard, mass

Now, you can't go to Cape Cod and skip out on visiting Martha's Vineyard.

My family decided to take a ferry over to Martha's (or "Maatha's," as they say in Massachusetts) from Wood's Hole, Mass. The ferry ride was fun in and of itself! You get to enjoy a nice breeze, meet other people, eat and drink, all while looking out over the sea.

And here we have part of my lovely family. That's my dad and my sister, Carley. My mom popped in on the photo below. Love them so! (And you can see me in my dad's sunglasses! Score!)

Getting closer to Martha's while on the ferry, we could see all of the amazing (read: expensive) houses on the shore. WOW! I felt like I was in a movie about living in America in the 1950s. A cute little house, kids playing baseball outside, cookouts, going to the beach in the summer...it sounds so surreal.

When we arrived on the island, we searched the town of Oak Bluffs for a mo-ped rental place. Didn't take that long. You can see about 5 once you step off the ferry.

The process of renting the mo-peds was kind of a long one. Insurance, waivers, payment, making copies of your license, getting a helmet, and making sure you know how to drive a mo-ped without wrecking it is all part of the process before you get to go.

Then we headed out. Driving a mo-ped is so much fun, but it's downright scary when there are tons of cars. And we were there in the middle of tourist season. LOTSA cars. Honking at you. Driving on your butt. On little bitty islandy roads.

We passed by so many pretty places on those scooters. But since there weren't places to pull off the road without getting run over by a car, we barely stopped to enjoy or take pictures.

If I did it again, I would rent a bike. If you ever go to Martha's, I would suggest for you to rent a scooter only during the off-season.

One of our stops was on the west side of the island, called Gay Head. Yep. It's named something a third grader would call you if he was trying to be mean. ("Hey, Gayhead! Yeah, I'm talkin to you! Haha, Gayhead, Gayhead!") Third graders can be so mean.

Anyway, Gay Head is beautiful. A bunch of bluffs on the side of the ocean, with amazing grass and lighthouses. Just see for yourself!

Gorgeous, huh?

Mark really had to go to the bathroom at this point, and was excited that there were bathrooms at this place, along with tons of little stalls of junk food. But upon arriving to the restrooms, he found out that you had to pay to pee!! So beware, guys. If you go to Gay Head, you have to pay to use the restrooms. (And I thought this was 'Merica!)

After that, we jumped back on our mo-peds to explore some more.

We drove a lot.

We were driving through farm and pasture areas when Carley (the sis) decided that the next beach we drive up to is a beach we were going to swim in. Even if it was private.

Luckily, the next beach we found was public. And beautiful. And peaceful. It was awesome.

I loved this little sandy path in the island greenery to get to the beach. So perfect.

This little sign made me miss my pup! I wish he could've been there with us. :)

We spent a while on this beach. It was perfect. And the water was so gorgeous.

We played around on the beach a bit while Carley just hopped right in the water.

Before leaving, Carley was nice enough to snap some photos of Mark and me. I'm so glad we did. We really have barely any photos of us together. We're always the ones with the camera.

When we got back into town, we found an ice cream shop and just rested there. Being honked at all day is exhausting!

the places you'll go travel link party!

I'm excited to announce a new link party starting today! Are you ready?!

the places you'll go travel party
every monday @ let birds fly

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I love going places. From traveling to another country, to finding a new place to eat in your home town, I love it all.

That's what this link party is about!

Dr. Seuss said in his book Oh, The Places You'll Go:
"You're off to great places
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting
So...get on your way!"

Oh, The Places You'll Go is about doing things, getting out there, seeing the sights... all while knowing there are bumps and bruises along the way. I do believe that God has called us to experience the world and what's in it, but most of all, to experience our life, even though our life is risky. :)

I know that you, as a blogger, post on your blog about your travels and experiences. Well, that's what this link party is for. Come link up any travels that you have been on recently and posted about, or any place you have experienced lately.

OF COURSE you're excited about a travel party! I'm so thrilled to see different places that people go, and finding bloggers that are just as passionate about travel as I am. YAY!

This party is about experiencing places! So go link up!

my instaweek #18

Well, I'm done with camp. Bittersweet. I'm happy to get back to blogging, though.

This week has been kinda crazy getting accustomed to being back at home, scheduling/seeing my clients for recreational therapy, filling client orders for design stuff, scheduling photography shoots, and blogging. Getting back into the swing of things is always cray-cray for me. I love chaos, though.

I'm back to instagraming, though. (Is that how you spell instagraming? Or should it be two Ms?)

1. Sewell Park in San Marcos, TX. I miss this place.

2. Nighttime beauty in Gruene, TX. (Once again, I miss this place.)

3. This was our second wedding of that day!

4. Hey Austin, I kinda like ya.

5. After the rain. SO MUCH RAIN!

6. My view. Waiting for campers to climb up this incredibly steep staircase to go off the zip line.

7. Thank you Lord, for artichokes. Btw, how many artichoke posts are too many? :)

8. I heart clouds.

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lincoln's springfield home

Back in April, the hubs and I went to a conference in Springfield, Illinois. We didn't really get to do much in Springfield but from attending the conference, but we DID get to go downtown.

Springfield isn't necessarily a place I would travel to as a destination, but I am glad we got to go there for a conference. And if you're ever driving through, I would recommend stopping downtown. Especially to visit Abraham Lincoln's home!

Lincoln's Home is protected by the National Park Service, and consists of a few blocks of Lincoln's neighborhood. The houses and streets are (mostly) kept the same since the 1880s.

Walking through the streets felt like I went back in time. It was awesome.

The neighborhood is seriously in the middle of downtown. Right across the street from some of these houses are big buildings. Also, a 10 minute walk gets you to the capitol building, since Springfield is the capital of Illinois.

See? I love how it's old-timey on the left, and modern on the right. And do you see the capitol building down the road? Love it. We walked there, but I'll save that for another post. :)

We weren't able to take a tour of Lincoln's Home since we visited after hours. But if I ever went back, I totally would.

I love history!