Are cupcakes healthy for you if there’s a vegetable in it? You know, don’t you eat more veggies when you sneak them into something? I try to tell myself that every time I eat one of these cupcakes–I am getting my daily allowance of vegetables. In all seriousness, while they…
Hi friends! I was going to wish you a happy Friday, but then I realized that it’s only Thursday. Don’t you hate when that happens? Saturdays are particularly hard days for me because I wake up early in a panic thinking my alarm didn’t go off in time for me to get…
I hope you had a great Memorial Weekend. My family and I went to the beach for a long, extended weekend and got back home later Tuesday night. For those of you who have been to the Oregon beach, you know that the weather is not predictable. For example, on Monday the…
I made these cupcake toppers for Courtney, over on her wonderful blog Sweet C’s Design. Originally, I made them for Easter, but since there’s flowers and other spring-y things on it, I thought I’d post them here too. They are super easy to make and the best thing about it…
My teaching partner went on maternity leave a month back, and I’ve been covering her classes for a bit. All that to say that I have been working full-time for three weeks now and am spent. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to balance work and home life, but…
Little babies are one of the most precious things in life. I know that’s a cliché statement, but when you’ve wanted to have a child for a very long time and that dream finally comes true, that statement is far from cliché. My friend just adopted the sweetest little baby…
My junior year in college, my roommate and I thought it’d be fun to have a tea party. We made cute little sandwiches, where we cut them in small triangle wedges and trimmed the crust, had different fruit bars, and of course, a variety of teas. Our friends came over…
This weekend has been so gorgeous; I feel like summer is already here. The low 80s in the Pacific Northwest in spring? Practically unheard of. Our family decided to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather by going to the Tulip Festival about 45 minutes south of where we live. I’ve…
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