Recently, my mom invited us up to Longmont where they live for a picnic and evening at the park. When I moved out here over 8.5 years ago, I never thought they would end up here and then a few years after me, my stepdad got a job here and out they came too. Being 45…
One of my favorite things for dinner when I would be at my dad’s over the weekends growing up was Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas. They went hand in hand with my love of chips and salsa that I still adore today. I could probably live off of chips and salsa but that’s not the point…
I’m sitting here, with A laughing and giggling in the other room with her daddy and a sweet babe growing inside my womb. A sweet girl that I can’t imagine the last 28 months of my life without and a growing boy that kicks and moves and fills up my heart more and more every day. The…
I used to be a box brownies girl – and not even a huge brownies lover of any kind – at that. Too “cakey”, too dry, too…blech. One day I wanted brownies and I wasn’t about to drive to the local store for an overpriced box mix…and so it began. The hunt and crafting of…
Two. The number of pregnancies I’ve been blessed with. Four. The amount of pregnancy progress photos I’ve taken this time around. A dozen or so. The amount of times I’ve heard “oh my gosh! You’re pregnant?! I had no idea.” They tell you that the second pregnancy is different but until you are in that…
We drove up the rocky drive and walked back to the barn. There were animals everywhere – sheep and their baby lambs by the dozen, rabbits and ducks among other exotic birds, a few rams and a horse. Growing up in country side Kansas I was in heaven. Ryan looked at me and said “If…
Do you ever miss the days before Pinterest? Before 117 million results come popping onto your computer in .53 seconds of searching? I do. Now, don’t get me wrong sometimes it’s really fantastic but other times I wish I had just a couple options. Back when we pulled cookbooks out of our cupboards and weren’t…
A couple of weeks ago, we took A to the mall and had Wetzel’s Pretzels while we were there. It was A’s first time having big, fluffy warm pretzels and it had been years for both Ryan and I. They were so yummy. Ryan had grabbed them while A was taking a nap on me and…
A couple weekends ago we got to spend the weekend away in Winter Park. SOA had an event up there that Ryan volunteered for and we got to go along! Have I mentioned how much I love that company?! Anyways, we had a lovely time. He worked two half day shifts, one each day, so…
Last Friday we went to the doctor for my high risk appointment to make sure everything looked fabulous with the baby’s heart and to find out the gender of this sweet babe. Everything looked fantastic and we soon found out what we are having. Lucky for me, my super dear friend, Candy, of Verte Photography was…
Although Valentine’s Day is known for only our significant others I like to incorporate my daughter into the holiday festivities and make something for Ryan every year. She loves making them and he loves getting them – it’s a total win on both sides!! For A’s first Valentine’s Day in 2013 I wanted to make…
When we bought our house we knew the Carpet needed replaced and we decided we would put new carpet in the living room & bedrooms, then lay hard surface floors in the kitchen, dining room and hallway. Ryan worked that week and A & I were at the new house preparing it to move into…
For me, January feel like it had 7 weeks instead of 4. Not necessarily in a bad way but golly it felt like the month was never going to end. Usually for me January 1 is a time I get really excited, it feel like a fresh start – like most people. This year though, for me,…
One of my favorite pastimes was being in the kitchen with my mom as a little girl baking bread. We would always make it, stick in the the bread maker and the house will smell divine. Cinnamon Raisin was always my favorite. It hadbeen so long since I made bread (other than rolls, etc.) and finally…
It goes without saying, I love being A’s mom. I love it more than I can fit into the words on a blog post really. Even through the roughest of days I’m still so grateful she is mine. I’ve always relished in my moments I have with her, but even more so now that I…
Back in Kansas when someone asks you to come over for a BBQ you know that are planning smoking meats or something that involves barbecue sauce. Pulled Pork, Ribs Brisket, all the yummy goodness. Out here in Colorado when invited to BBQ really means “grill” – I’m not talking about grilling ribs, I’m talking about hamburgers…
“You can wear that to the Christmas party!”, is what he said as I walked back to the dressing room to try on some new clothes that would actually fit me without falling off. “Umm, the what?” I replied quickly, nothing like dropping a bomb on me as I’m walking into a dressing room. He…
Goodbye 2014, Hello There 2015. Gosh, 2014 was so incredibly good to us – like blessed our socks of good. We had frustrating things and sad things, we had goodbyes to say and let downs, but really looking back at the year I can’t even believe how many things we were truly blessed by. We…
The decorations are down, the ornaments and decor packed away for the year and there is a bittersweetness about it all. I love Christmas, I love the reason for the season, I love the traditions and I love it all even more now that I’m a mom. There was a bittersweetness that the house could…
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact Christmas is literally in 3 days. Maybe it’s the fact that the year itself has seemed to fly by faster than I thought possible or that I thought there would be more snow thus far to make it feel more like Christmas. As we’ve…