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Children Need to be in the Kitchen & at the Table

Today I was the parent helper in Cadence’s preK class, which means Tuesday is cooking day. We made homemade granola, which would go on top of the yogurt and fruit. Most often, there are only a handful of kids helping in the process. However, today it seemed the majority of the class took part inContinue reading “Children Need to be in the Kitchen & at the Table”

On Being Honest On Life & Hospitality

Today is day three of Ben being gone. Spring break began Saturday with V coming down with a stomach bug, and me praying blood sweat and tears that I am literally passed over to keep this train o’family a movin. She came down with a high fever come Sunday, but no vomiting. Good thingContinue reading “On Being Honest On Life & Hospitality”

Roasted Beet-Orange-Fennel & Shallot Salad Which My Seven Year old Loves

I have a love-love relationship for beets. As a child, the only way I could get them was found at the salad bar at a restaurant I affectionately called, “Tom & Tates.” I guess you could call me the oddball kid in the family (perfectly in the middle), who choked down dry lima beans, gladlyContinue reading “Roasted Beet-Orange-Fennel & Shallot Salad Which My Seven Year old Loves”

Preserved Meyer Lemons

In my freshman year of college I lived with my older brother in a run down house in a seedy part of town (I got car jacked in that same neighborhood). I would wake up M-F and head to my morning classes at Mesa Community College, then drive directly to work as the pizza deliveryContinue reading “Preserved Meyer Lemons”

Chocolate chip cookies change the world

This picture is from my Instagram feed where I wrote, Almond meal chocolate chip cookies for my girls and their neighbor friend. #sharethetable is not being fancy, but quickly mixing up some chocolate chip cookies to provide a sense of “home” for my children and the children who enter our home. This is hospitality toContinue reading “Chocolate chip cookies change the world”

I Choose Love

In my freshman year of high school, our family moved from my hometown of Yuma, Arizona to Fountain Valley, California. The name Fountain Valley is exactly the image you are currently conjuring up; hence, the pit in my stomach to move there. Everything preppy, cliquish, and feeling like a square peg ramming into a roundContinue reading “I Choose Love”

Being a Visionary is to Enjoy the Process!

Enjoy the process! So far this year I have on more than one occasion heard from God about “the process.” I see where I want to go with parenting & being a wife, with my writing, with teaching, with the gamut. As I told Ben, “It’s like walking into a room scattered with clothes andContinue reading “Being a Visionary is to Enjoy the Process!”

Moon Mission Birthday Party which is Unpinable

Ever since July, V has been planning her seventh birthday party. Yes, that means six months. She became fascinated with the moon in those summer months and it only grew exponentially. So naturally, I began looking at Pinterest for ideas, while keeping in mind the Martha Stewart Kids Magazine I still owned with an astronautContinue reading “Moon Mission Birthday Party which is Unpinable”

Ginger-Lime Green Smoothie

Are you already feeling the weight of goals unattained, and organizational systems breaking down? Maybe you’re like me with great intentions, or too many ideas you aren’t quite sure how to carry them out? Just today I began thinking about all my dreams of what I want. This led me thinking about the goalsContinue reading “Ginger-Lime Green Smoothie”

My Paleo Ginger Cookies

Words can come out honestly and then other times they do anything but stand still. I feel like this these days. Staring blankly into the journal, computer screen, chopping board. In part, it’s due to unexpected anxiety attacks turning to panic attacks. They’ve been gripping me and I’m learning to lean into the deepContinue reading “My Paleo Ginger Cookies”