A Bowl Full of Simple

Mama Bear

July 25, 2012

For the past two days, I’ve been walking around like a mama bear whose lost a cub. I have been thinking about my oldest child whom we took to his first sleep away Sunday afternoon. He was ecstatic! The smell of the redwoods as the 3 of us approached the field for the first time […]

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Summer A to Z

July 23, 2012

A – audiobooks Download these onto your iphone, ipad, laptop, etc. to listen to wherever your road trip takes you this summer. Audiobooks.com or booksshouldbefree.com B – blue This color really says summer to me, from fresh fruit and flowers to the color of […]

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Fruit Salsa

July 21, 2012

I was remembering how much my kids love fruit salsa. My middle wouldn’t touch a nectarine until she was 3 and was helping me make fruit salsa for dinner one night (wish that trick worked with spinach). We’ve made many different variations of fruit salsa over the years. It’s fantastic over grilled fish or in […]

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anniversaries

July 20, 2012

Today is our 10th wedding anniversary. we were married on a beautiful day in the Sierra Nevada. I put much of the wedding together myself on a crazy little budget, but it was lovely. no pintrest. no wedding coordinator. our photographer wasn’t even shooting digital yet! Since 2002, we’ve bought our family home, we’ve had […]

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Blueberry Banana Muffins

July 19, 2012

I’ve been taking advantage of my kids summertime sleep patterns this week. With no camps planned they have been late sleepers and we’ve been able to enjoy lazy days. I decided to do an early morning workout yesterday which had me sweaty, happy, and running on endorphins all by 7:30 AM! The house was quiet, […]

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Feeling Beachy

July 17, 2012

Living in northern California is a bit of a summertime tease. Even if the coastline isn’t laden with thick fog (which it typically is), the water is freezing, the surf rough, and the wind fierce. Needless To Say, our family does not spend a lot of time on the beach in California in the summer. […]

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cookbooks, blogs, and mags

July 16, 2012

I am often asked about which cookbooks I use the most. Truth be told, most of my cooking is not from a recipe. Either I’ve made it so many times I don’t need a recipe anymore or I’ve made it up myself. Definitely trying to get better about writing down my recipes so I can […]

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birthday cake recap

July 13, 2012

Remember my inspiration cakes? Here’s how it all went down for me this week Pilsbury White Cake box (i’m not paid to use this, just think it’s the best boxed cake mix around) Since I decided to alternate colors for the layers, I needed to color my white cake using Wilton’s Icing Colors. I started […]

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birthday parties

July 12, 2012

It’s that time of year for our family. Aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, cousins, and 2 kiddos with birthdays this summer! It’s cake time! Over the years we’ve had magic parties (my cute hubbie is also a magician), treasure hunt parties and music parties. We’ve also had a swim party A Star Wars Party Even Yoda […]

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Garden Beds

July 10, 2012

I am often asked about my raised garden beds. How I came up with the design? What I plant for my summer veggie garden? What I plant the rest of the year? How I get my kids involved? For starters, I’ve always been a casual gardener. As a child I would visit my mom’s family […]