Part of every January for me is getting-things-in-order- I love having a ‘reset button’ of the New Year to sort and organize and re-order. And last time I hauled around a diaper bag, I loved having several lined bags to keep things in their spots within said diaper bag. {Side note- I kind of forgot exactly how […]
New Years Cookies- yummy and sugar free
Guys, my mama introduced us to these ‘healthy’ cookies and I can’t stop making them! Not only are they super yummy, they get their ‘sweet’ from bananas and are otherwise sugar free. They’re the perfect thing to keep in the freezer for crazy school mornings, or mid afternoon snacks, or a New-Year’s-Overhaul-Approved sweet treat. Totally […]
hello 2017!
We spent the end of last year in Seoul. It was such a raw, and sweet, and memorable trip- just simple, and filled with laughter and a chance to be away and be together. 2015 was a year of loss in lots of ways (and such gains too, but the intangible kind, which are sometimes harder […]
must-try homemade salad dressing recipes
Blueberry Basil Salad Dressing by The Garden Grazer (doesn’t it look yum?) So we are generally pretty healthy eaters around here, but the last few months of 2016 were a train wreck nutritionally. As cliche as it is to get things organized and get back on the healthy train in the new year, that is exactly […]
the perfect last minute teacher & neighbor gifts
For teacher gifts (all teacher gifts- Christmas, birthday, end of year and teacher appreciation) I abide by a simple tried-and true-formula- useful gift card + something kid-made (or in a pinch kid-chosen). In the past, the kid-made portion has been a yummy treat (this salted caramel sauce is one of our faves to make and […]
a confetti bar (and other new year’s party ideas!)
We aren’t hosting Christmas this year, but we are hosting a sure-to-be-fabulous New Year’s Eve party (creatively dubbed the New Year’s Extravaganza) with some family friends and we cannot wait! Since we started party planning this week, I got out the pictures of last year’s New Year’s Eve party and thought I’d put together a little […]
simple christmas decor
I know that most of you are way more on top of things than I am, and that you’re probably already all Christmas-prepped. But between what must’ve been a serious Christmas-goods-Goodwill-run before we moved to Saipan and the craziness of moving this fall, our Christmas decoration game this year is extra weak (and by weak, I […]
extra yummy chocolate chip cookies
We are not low on delicious chocolate chip cookie recipes around here (we love this recipe, and this one for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and we LOVE this cowboy cookie recipe). However, we recently stumbled on a never-fail, always-yummy chocolate chip cookie recipe (and by stumbled upon, I mean one of our best friends from […]
sweet potato casserole (and whoa fall!)
So turns out, moving is still just as stressful as I remember. Plus across an ocean. Plus newborn. We are finally getting a bit more settled- we bought a house in New Braunfels (which is pretty much the cutest town ever), the kids are settling into their new school, we found a church that we […]
and back again…
If you follow us on instagram, you already know this- we are moving back stateside! Actually, as I write this, I am on a flight from Guam to Hawaii. We will spend a couple weeks in Denver and then head to San Antonio where Adam will start his new job at the beginning of October. Saipan […]