Wonderful, wonderful readers…how do I begin to thank you for your outpouring of love and kindness? Your comments, emails, messages and tweets have been a surprising source of comfort over the last few days. Thank you, thank you, thank you. While I’m taking a little more time to be with family and recharge, I have … Continue reading »

My sweet, wonderful, amazing best-friend-of-a-mother passed away on Mother’s Day. To say that I am sad would be the understatement of a lifetime. I’m crushed. My heart is broken. I am worried about my dad. I am worried about my brothers. I am angry that I only got 27 years with her. I am baffled … Continue reading »

It’s been a year! A year since this beautiful little child came into my life. I can, without a doubt, say that this last year has been the absolute best of my life. People always ask me isn’t being a mom the hardest job you’ve ever had? Um, not even close. Try raising 30 kids … Continue reading »

An even more appropriate name would be Blend Swag Bag Pancakes. Seriously, our swag bags were stinking unbelievable. I cannot even believe so many companies wanted to join in on the fun. On Monday morning, before I took Janetha and Susan back to the airport, I dug into that 10lb mountain of goodness and pulled … Continue reading »

(Thank you Janetha, Lindsay, and Ashley for sharing your iphone pictures with me…I really need one of those things) My heart swells with both pride and gratitude when I think about the events of last weekend. But mostly gratitude. I have been blessed to meet so many amazing people throughout the process of planning and … Continue reading »

Blend 2012 was wildly successful. More so than I ever could have expected. I almost can’t believe it already happened and is finished. Although I missed Meeker and that bald baby girl fiercely, I am giddy with excitement over the amazingness of the weekend. As soon as I get a good night’s sleep and a … Continue reading »

Good morning! Baby breakfast. I was more intent on the coffee – not so hungry. But that didn’t stop me from digging into the jar of almond butter for a spoonful (or two). Alternating between spoon and fingers. We’re working on the silverware concept. A little playtime after breakfast. Then we took a nice walk. … Continue reading »

Remember when I used to just post about chia seeds, spinach, oatmeal (which I never liked) and sweet potatoes? Yeah, I still eat those things (the oatmeal in cookie form, now). It’s just that ice cream is so much more fun. To be honest, almost three years ago when I started blogging, I didn’t really … Continue reading »

1. I met Maddy, the founder of Love Grown yesterday and she is so nice and friendly! She gave me a big hug when I walked in the office – I love hugs. Then I got to meet her parents, who were also incredibly nice. Then she donated TONS of granola for BLEND, you should … Continue reading »

…but more importantly, we had lunch with Lindsay and her family yesterday. (Sorry, Travis!) We went to church together. We made (and ate pizza) together. Our kiddos ran wild together. And then we had this insanely good ice cream dessert that had here a few weeks ago…together. (Lindsay is out here for BLEND – which … Continue reading »