Aubrey at the beach

A summer dinner

The other night, we ate grilled salmon, roast potatoes, and fresh greens tossed in oil & vinegar. It was an absolutely perfect summer meal: simple to prepare and full of delicious flavor.
I purchased the salmon last month on sale in the frozen section and marinated it for 24 hours in my fridge. The potatoes were [...]

She said yes!

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On Thursday night, Rick proposed and Carina said yes!

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Summer Cooking

I don’t know about you, but there are few things I dislike more than have my oven and gas burners on in the summer between the hours of 3-7pm, the hottest time of the day. Even when I force myself to the task, I must admit that it’s rather disheartening to toil over a hot stove, sweat beading on my forehead, only to have the family push the food around their plates with their forks because they’re just too hot to eat.

So when this question came in last week, I could definitely relate! [...]

Daily Routines

This week we received a follow-up question to some shared thoughts on routine housekeeping: Regarding a daily schedule, what should happen at “this” time or how should our time be broken down to be more effective? Join our discussion!

The Line-Up

We were all together– an increasingly rare occasion– for Julia’s graduation from highschool last week. We’re pictured in age order, from left to right.

Routine Housekeeping

This week I’m sharing a thought in response to a question we received recently about establishing routines and schedules around the home: “I am really struggling to set up a schedule for my young family of three… I feel like if I could just get together a schedule things would go so much smoother and my husband would come home to a happier environment in the evenings. I was wondering if you moms could give a few suggestions [...]