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This Moment

In the words of Amanda Soule: {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and...

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Messy Fun

Yesterday we painted with watercolors and made a mess.  That was fun as always, but today we decided to step it up a notch and paint with…shaving cream! I had tried to make a batch of homemade finger...

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Quick and Easy

We have an abundance of zucchini in our garden right now. In fact, it’s about the only thing that is really thriving besides the strawberries and tomatoes.  Our garden has hit a rough patch and we’ve...

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Ahhh, The Weekend

The peaches are finally ripe on our tree and the boys have been enjoying them every day for the past week. We trimmed our tree back pretty hard last year and we have some curly leaf problems that we’ve...

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The Weekend Roll

My sweet, thoughtful and talented husband finished my birthday present for me this weekend, a bit early.  He built us a shade roof off the back of our house, over our concrete patio.  This area has...

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Foodie Goodness Part II

Onto the savory part of the goodness…Broccoli Bites!  We are growing broccoli and kale right now in our winter garden and thankfully both boys willingly go grab some raw broccoli and start chomping...

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Freshly Squeezed

We returned home last week from cold and rainy Chicago to the warm and bright California sunshine that we so love.  As soon as we walked out of the airport and our noses hit the air outside, Levi...

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At Home Holiday

A little bunny paid a visit to our house yesterday and he almost got caught!  Michael and I had JUST finished hiding the lot of eggs around the house when minutes later Levi woke up to use the...

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Berry Time

This year our garden has gone sadly very, very awry.  Something mowed down all of our greens that had just started to sprout a few weeks before we left for vacation, the lettuce had all bolted by the...

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In the Summer Kitchen

It’s been quiet here in the land of blogging, but busy, busy, busy here in our house.  My summer moments have been so fully packed with both boys at home and I’m equally reveling in this time with Levi...

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