S E P T E M B E R Goals.

Hello friends! We're in September already which is sorta crazy. August seemed to fly by me. With kids starting school, starting a new routine, some un expected house projects came up it's just led us all the way to the end and now we're already 7 days into the month!! 

I've got a lot on my mind this month. I'm preparing for a busy Fall scheduled for our family and I'm excited about it all. But it's forced me to be a little more detailed with my goals this month. So I'll be formatting them into different categories to help me keep it all straight. Let's get to it! 

September 2016 Goals:

Younique:

• $1000 PRs
• Hit Pink Status
• Add 1 new member to my team
• host 3 parites
• 35 orders

Home:

• paint the kid's bathroom
• work on our personal budget and start planning for Christmas

Blog/Site:

• 2-3 posts/week
• record new videos for the blog
• sell remaining print shop stock (looking for some great prints? help me get rid of them)
• send out newsletter

Personal:

• read 2 new books (the car line is great for my reading!)
• work out 5 days/week (so far off to a great start!)
• practice clean eating habits
• 2 dates with Orion this month
• take my kiddos out for individual dates with me

I'm excited for this month, the craziness of school starting is behind us and I'm looking forward to this Fall and all that we've got planned with our family. Which includes a lot of traveling and celebrating some birthdays. I've been so excited to have a regular routine again. And with both my kids in school for some of the days it's been an adjustment, but I've also gotten to have some time to do some things that are really fun like start a bible study with friends and get more work done during the day while they are at school. 

What are some of your September goals? Share them with me in the comments below. 

Mini Berry Trifle Push Pops!

For the 4th of July BBQ we hosted I wanted to make a fun but simple dessert for everyone. I've had these push up pop containers that I've used from time to time and decided they'd be perfect and fun to make a mini version of a trifle dessert. 

I like things to be easy and simple. This could not be more simple to make. Here's what you'll need:

- Berries (I choose blueberries & strawberries to go with a color theme for the 4th)

- Whipped Cream

- Angel food cake or pound cake

Cut your cake into small cubes, cube your strawberries as well. You'll want them small enough to fit in the container but big enough so you can see the color. 

Assemble them by putting some cake at the bottom, berries, whipped cream, then repeat till the containers are full. You may need to push the cake down a bit to repeat the pattern. 

What do you think? Aren't they so cute and festive!!!?

Buy the push up pop containers here. Also the book 'Push Up Pops' by Courtney Whitmore is a great cook book and source. 

*affiliate links used. 

Day Trip to Sedona

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My sister in law came to visit us a couple weeks ago and we wanted to do some fun things while she was visiting. We took a morning and made a day trip North to Sedona. If you ever come to Arizona you must make a trip to Sedona just a two hour drive from Phoenix it's the perfect getaway to escape the heat here. 

A must do when visiting Sedona, especially if you've never been is visiting the Chapel of the Holy Cross. A tiny chapel sand witched between two giant rocks, with beautiful views of Sedona's surrounding red rocks. 

We spent the day and found a local farmer's market and had lunch before going to shop and walk around downtown Sedona. There's tons of great places to eat and shop there. We picked up ice cream and some treats for the kids. 

One of my road trip must haves especially with kiddos is SNACKS! I love having easy and healthy snacks on hand. And my kids just happen to love FlyJoy bars. My son loves just about every flavor, but my personal faves are the cashew cookie and coconut macaroon. 

I love that our kiddos are up for just about anything and love doing things as a family. It makes time in the car and hiking outside very enjoyable. They were loving all the cacti and even found a lizard friend to watch on the rocks. 

My road trip must haves; 

• water
• first aid kit for the car
• FlyJoy bars 

What are some of your favorites that you pack in the car when you're going on a road trip? If you've been to Sedona tell me in the comments below what your fave things to do there when you visit? 

A U G U S T Goals.

We're officially five days into the month, and I'm about to drop some goals for you. July felt like a blur. It really did. We did some fun things last month, but I didn't accomplish much that I wanted to. My kids head back to school next week and the other one the week after. I'm so ready for routine again, although I have to admit I'm going to miss our slow mornings, no agenda and not setting my alarm clock! 

I didn't end up getting to the house projects I wanted to work on last month, hoping to accomplish some of them this month. 

Let's get to some goals;

1. Read two new books- again this is helping me accomplish my reading 36 books this year which I'm behind a bit on. 

2. Reach Pink Status with Younique- this is one of my business goals for the month. I've been with Younique since March of this year and have some big goals I want to hit by the end of the year. 

3. Send out NEW newsletter for my blog/site- this is something that I've wanted to do for a while and I want to make it a goal to put some content together for my first newsletter. 

4. Work on finishing projects for the kitchen- The main part of our kitchen has been done for a few months now. But there's a few little projects like adding blinds, painting the door and finding some art work that I want to work on finishing this month.

5. Paint half bath- We're working on renovating this space, and first up paint! 

Coffee always helps right?!

What are some of your goals for this new month? I'd love to hear them in the comments below. 

The Vic Bar + Kitchen Restaurant

Looking for a West Valley restaurant with a view? Look no further! The Vic Bar + Kitchen Restaurant is a great spot with an awesome view. We've been here a few times and it's our new fave place to go on date nights and take visitors. 

There's such a pretty view up here, I suggest eating before sunset and eating outside if you can stand the Arizona heat. 

The Chop Salad is my fave! I get this every time we come. And I try different entrees each time. I love the flatbreads as well. Sometimes we split the salad and flatbreads if we don't want a big entree. 

Interested in visiting The Vic Bar + Kitchen?

Location: 5325 N. Verrado Way
Buckeye, AZ 85396

Website

What are some of your fave local restaurant spots? We love adding new places to our "restaurant bucket list."