Just a little picnic on a Thursday afternoon. I’m going out of town for the weekend – driving down to LA with my mom and sisters for a very special celebration. And because I am the best wife and mom ever I made ALL THE FOOD for Kyle and the kids to eat while I’m gone.  As in, every single meal. Kyle already dug into his breakfast strata a day early, and the kids sampled their pancakes already too.  But that’s cool because I made huge portions and then backups just in case they decided… Read more >

It’s verrrrry slowly turning into Fall. V loves school SO much. Time to get things organized in the kitchen. Valley girl requested granola for breakfast the next morning (while I tucked her into bed at night) and since I hadn’t made any in a while I decided to give her what she wanted. It’s so quick and easy to make.  It literally takes under 5 minutes to mix so the only thing I have to account for is when I start because it takes an hour to bake.  I started it at 8 so I… Read more >

I don’t have many pics from the weekend because the rummage sale exhausted me on Saturday, but I did make a frosty blended iced coffee drink as soon as I got home.  It was 1 pm and I hadn’t even had lunch yet, but it’s all I wanted. I left that morning before the sun was up and biked over to the church in the dark. Then we all got things organized in the parking lot while waiting for the sun to wake up.  It was kinda awesome.  The rest of the morning was a… Read more >