Author: Val

Photo Favorites : July 21 – July 27, 2014

Oh my goodness….I can’t get ahead on these posts.  I took so many pictures during our busy July that I’m struggling to get through editing them.  I’ll get there.  Since our schedules have slowed down, I haven’t taken as many pictures as of late, so 

Banana and Yogurt Drops

Jenson is eating three meals a day now, and we’ve pretty much stuck with a form of baby led weaning.  Mostly, we don’t make or buy purees.  We give him manageable bits of soft food on his tray and he mostly feeds himself, or give 

Feel Good Friday

There’s a lot of crap in the world, so let’s talk about things that made us feel good this week…because it’s Friday – and that’s reason enough.  It’s easy enough to focus on the things that aren’t perfect or on drama, but it’s not worth 

26 Random Things

I made this list awhile ago and never posted it, so here are 25 random things about me, ala U.S. Weekly.  Usually people do 25 things, but I miscounted. I’m the youngest of 6 girls. No-no brothers, no- we aren’t catholic, yes – my parents 

Outward appearances: I don’t have it all together

I have a couple of friends who are convinced that I have “it all together” and they “don’t know how I do it all”. It’s all smoke and mirrors folks.  I guess they just never see me at my worst (ask Lo!).  Funny enough, we 

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today (well technically yesterday, but I’m still up, so it counts as today) is my mom’s birthday!  We facetimed with her before Jenson went to bed tonight. (That’s me on the right with the sweet perm) 15 years later with 5 of her grandchildren 9 

Photo Favorites : July 14 – July 20, 2014

Our August is looking to be slightly slower than July, fortunately.  I think someday I’ll get caught up with these weekly updates, but who knows.  I want to pop them up here even if they are late just so they are all in one place 

Back to School: the pressure to conform starts young

I was reading through my Facebook feed on Saturday and I saw two different, but similar posts in two community groups from moms who were seeking advice about back to school clothing.  They weren’t asking where to find the best deal or school dress code 

Gluten free Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made these cookies because I had all of the ingredients and they seemed so easy…and I love cookies. And I loved these.  Gluten free cookie recipes that don’t require a million ingredients are few and far in between, so these were very appealing.  I’m 

Photo Favorites : July 6 – July 13, 2014

July has been a blur….a good month filled with family, but busy.  Over a period of 10 days, we had overnight guests for 9 of the days.  For this week, Lo’s sister stayed with us for two days to watch Jenson while we were at