I never thought I’d see the day, but it has arrived! My kids told me they are sick of oatmeal! [It makes sense given the frequency that they eat it] So after a week+ hiatus, filled with pancakes, waffles, eggs and banana bread, I finally came up with another option! Breakfast cake! Shhhh…don’t tell them it’s just baked oatmeal (with vanilla yogurt on top as “frosting”). I made a peaches ‘n cream flavored dish, with whole milk, honey, cinnamon and sliced peaches on top. It baked up beautifully and then when it was time to… Read more >

If you were in a salad rut, maybe this post will help. Salads can get such a bad rap, but these were 100% delicious. Which is why I can’t bring myself to order salads at a restaurant! Because compared to these, of course they are boring!

Well. Well well well. What to say. These few days have been…interesting…let’s just focus on the things that went right. I baked individual cakes for each kid and then we let them each have a “special night” with us, in which they stayed up later (after the other one was in bed) and had cake and hung out with me and Kyle. Neither knew the other did it. They both think it was a unique experience that they got on the sly. And it was so cute and awesome for all of us. Since we… Read more >

Kyle and I have now been married a decade! How amazing is that!? In truth, it doesn’t seem like that long, but then again, we have done a lot in those ten years! We are getting to the points in our lives where we will have known each other for more than we haven’t – which is crazy! We started dating six years before we were married, so it’s going to be here before we know it! We had no real opportunity to “celebrate” due to the unfortunate timing of things, but my parents did… Read more >

Doesn’t this look sweet? In reality, our first day was kinda the worst. I mean, it was fine. But the situation is really crappy, and then we found out a bunch of other things that made the schedule even more difficult and unmanageable, so that caused us (mainly me) to spiral for much of the morning. Believe it or not, I have been decently on top of all the things that normally cause me anxiety, thanks to some major self work over the past several months. There is also something about life being 100% out… Read more >