A Summer’s Afternoon With Family. From Two Months Ago.

Hey you! I’m open! A creative shot in H-O-R-S-E. (No one made it.) (I love it when they use my baby as a prop.) One gorgeous cheerleader. And her sister/dog sitter. (Also gorgeous.) (Both her and the dog.) (But her moreso than the dog.) Catch o’ the day....

Pleading for Perfection

I don’t know exactly when my life changed. I don’t know when I lost control. When the stress started mounting. When I started yelling more. Loving less. I woke up one morning and didn’t like my life anymore. The children were fighting, screaming,...

Garbanzo Bean Chocolate Cake: Gluten-Free Goodness!

It has no flour.  None.  None at all.  Not wheat, not rice, not tapioca.  It’s held together with chocolate chips, eggs, garbanzo beans, and butter.   It rises with the help of a mere teaspoon of baking powder.  It is moist, flavorful, rich and reminds me of a...

How to Go Organic without Losing Your Mind or Breaking the Bank

Going organic can be intimidating when starting from the typical processed American diet. Rethinking everything you eat takes, well, a lot of thought.  And it can get pretty expensive.  So I decided to break it down for you. The main reason a person decides to go...

Levi’s First Birthday a.k.a. The One With The Cow Cake

The Cow Cake It’s all three dimensional. Levi’s birthday was also Father’s Day. Josh got a mini-cake: (It’s mostly frosting.) The spread: The cupcakes are cow-spotted. With the candle: Unsure: Why… is there fire… on the cow?...