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Picture of the Week: Keto Pizza Face Monday started out with this beautiful sunrise as we left for school. We made zucchini noodles for dinner again with ribeyes this time. The girls helped me bake a chocolate cake that night, and it was delicious! We used coconut oil, and it almost tasted like a German Chocolate Cake without the icing. We topped it with whipped cream and strawberries instead. Grace brought home a puzzle with some of her favorite things for the pieces. Charley brought home a mirror that says she's special because she likes hors and chedu (horses and cheetahs) . She also brought home this heart with the sweetest message. Char enjoyed chocolate cake for dessert again that night. I came across this and loved it. We're always stressing about getting things done and making everything perfect. It's a nice reminder to slow down and remember that everything will happen in God's time. We cau

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Picture of the Week: Back to School The girls had their first day of school , and it went great. Monday, we started the Keto diet. I don't like to call it that, because we aren't on a "diet". We are eating minimal carbs (under 20g per day) and high fat and are also mostly feeding our kids the same thing. Watch The Magic Pill on Netflix, and you'll get it. We're buying as organically and wholly as possible with the least amount of chemicals in our foods in an effort to keep our bodies healthy and our minds working at their best. We started off by letting some pork cook in the slow cooker all day and made some zucchini noodles to go with it. It was delicious, and at least Perry couldn't get enough. Grace and Char fought us on the zucchini a bit, but they both ended up eating some in exchange for dessert (chocolate peanut butter balls that we homemade with no sugar and added MCT oil) . Perry insisted on wearing her lamb slippers