After writing and deleting many a posts over the past few months, I finally feel ready to write again. Spring always has her way of surprising me. Go gently and be wonderful. I realize that I .

Sunday, January 28, 2018. This summer my grandma was diagnosed with ovarian cancer that had metastasized. Just make her as comfortable as possible. I was extremely close to my grandma. She was like a second mom to me. My mom is great, I just got the best of both! She came to help me with 3 of my 4 newborn babies.

Salmon for Everyone, Even the Baby. It gives me great pleasure to cede the floor to guest-poster Jenna Helwig today. Jenna is the senior food editor at Parents Magazine and author of Baby-Led Feeding, an inspiring manual for raising good eaters and kickstarting the family meal habit nice and early.

Let me fix that right up. Meanwhile, back at our old house, our things were mostly in boxes. One afternoon at the end of my 36th week, I went in to my kitchen, squatted down to reach into my pantry to pack a few more things and a gush of water came out. This was how things started with Charlie so I knew exactly what was happening. I think I took a shower and tried to drum up some courage to face what was ahead.

Monday, October 20, 2014. Now fall seems to be racing by. The kids seem to by liking everything though. Who had the most fun on our trip? Thursday, April 3, 2014. Wrapping up the school year.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012. And the babe turns six. I feel like I say this every year, but apparently it needs repeating. I get a taste of what five will look like for all of my children thanks to Maddie! I think that five was a very good year for Maddie! I am looking forward to her 6th year and everything it will bring. How old are you? .

My friend Lisha brought me a lovely meal after Emma was born, and frozen inside a little square of tin foil were the most amazing raw truffles. These are so incredibly delicious! Sure to help the biggest chocolate addicts out there. They taste like fudge and you only need one to feel satisfied. here is the recipe! Raw Vegan Gluten-Free Cocoa Mint Truffles. Adapted from recipe by Meghan Telpner. 1 cup raw walnuts, unsoaked.

This space is in the process of being downsized and relocated to another platform. Never fear, crafty friends, all of my sewing knitting patterns, craft projects and recipes will be in the new space. Simplifying a decade of blogging takes a while, oh my. Thanks for visiting and I look forward to sharing the new space with you soon. Mix Match Note Taker from Vintage Made Modern. A simple fabric work basket.

So many of you prayed for and encouraged us through our six months of post-disaster renovation, so I wanted to welcome you into our newly constructed home so you could see the finished result of what you prayed for. Our kitchen was entirely gutted down to plywood and dry.

Monday, April 2, 2018. My sweetheart of a boy turned FOUR today! 160;The kids were home from elementary school due to a professional day, so I took a vacation day to stay home with them. Our Good Friday breakfast tradition,. what was missin? Links to this post.