by jennifer | Oct 26, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I’ve never met a cookie sheet I couldn’t ruin. You may remember last year when I turned one into a magnetic board for Grace’s room… Well after I cooked pizza on one the other night and lost half of the crust I figured I would just throw the...
by jennifer | Oct 24, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Confession time. I was going to let Halloween decorating sorta ‘slip by’ this year. We’re a bit crazy busy and despite the fact that I went all out last year I just wasn’t feelin’ it this year. But I didn’t take one thing into...
by jennifer | Oct 23, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Grandma Jenean should have been a chef. It’s not just that she loves to cook but she loves to create dishes and her palate is never wrong. For her latest grandchild’s baby shower one of the dishes she made was Curry Chicken Salad served in lettuce cups....
by jennifer | Oct 21, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I’ve made a lot of gluten free pancakes. Some have been pretty good, but these…these were amazing. I think it was partially due to the fact that I used gluten free all purpose baking mix instead of flour. Also, I used coconut oil on the griddle...
by jennifer | Oct 20, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I wasn’t planning to post this. I was planning on following another recipe to the ‘T’. I didn’t take photos (except for this one on my phone). It wasn’t on my agenda. But I had at least 3 people ask me for the recipe when I posted my...
by jennifer | Oct 16, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Dear Grace, It’s hard being a girl sometimes. When I was a young girl, I was very self-conscious about the way that I looked. I didn’t like my hair. I didn’t like my freckles. I didn’t like my skinny legs. I didn’t like my skin. I was...
by jennifer | Oct 14, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Do you love your living room? I don’t know about you but we take the name quite literally here in our house and we really LIVE in the living room. It’s also what you see when you walk in the house so it’s the first impression. And I didn’t...
by jennifer | Oct 13, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Last night I made a gluten-free, dairy-free coconut rice pudding. It sounds complicated and not so interesting after all of the rejections in the title but I promise – it’s delicious. And easy! You’ll need: 1 1/2 C cooked rice (I used basmati)...
by jennifer | Oct 9, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Recently, as I was shopping for my sister’s baby shower gift, I realized I had no feelings of nostalgia or longing as I walked through Babies R Us. That is, until I got to the books. As I picked out each one I had a hard time not loading my cart with just as...
by jennifer | Oct 8, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
This one has been a work in progress for awhile. Slowly but surely, I’ve changed a few things about our dining room: Inspired by some dining rooms on Pinterest where the table is pushed against the wall with bench seating on one side I finally made the first...
by jennifer | Oct 7, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Remember this lovely dessert from this lovely baby shower? Now I’m going to tell you how to make it! (adapted from this recipe) Here’s what you’ll need: Crust 1 box Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix (I happen to know of a famous ‘Betty’ that...
by jennifer | Oct 3, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Today was picture day for Grace. Since the school pictures are only head shots I asked Grace to pose for a few of my own shots because let’s face it, you gotta see the outfit she chose from head to toe to get the full effect. Am I right? Also today, on the way...
by jennifer | Oct 2, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I had no shame in confessing my Starbucks pumpkin cream cheese muffin addiction. I only felt guilt that my poor gluten intolerant husband just had to sit back and watch me fight over share with the kids in front of him. So I found an awesome...
by jennifer | Oct 1, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Get your pinning finger ready. I’m kicking of 31 days of Pinspiration with a post fully loaded with Pinterest inspiration: ‘Pinspiration’. This past Saturday we threw a baby shower for one of my little sisters. It’s her first baby so we...
by jennifer | Sep 11, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I was talking to another Mom the other day who has kids similar in age to ours. She was telling me how just recently, her little girl (2) started correctly pronouncing her big brother’s name instead using of her own creative version (which they had all lovingly...
by jennifer | Sep 7, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I’ve been faithful to my ‘Project 52’ but it’s been awhile since I’ve featured one of photos here on the site. This week however, I just had to share because I made a fun little .gif to companion my photo submission. The theme was...
by jennifer | Aug 26, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Jack wakes up Jack throws up I pray that Grace doesn’t wake up…and throw up Prayer answered Grace gets ready without a hitch (*small miracle*) Grab my ‘front step 1st day of school’ photo Pile the whole family in the car (including pukey) to...
by jennifer | Aug 10, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal, Photoblog |
My friend called me yesterday to tell me she drove past a field of Sunflowers and I needed to get out there immediately and photograph someone – anyone. I’ve realized as I’ve gotten busier with photo shoots that I’ve started to slack on taking...
by jennifer | Jun 3, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
This past wednesday was Grace’s last day as a preschooler. Lucky for us we had very little time to hang our heads and cry over how time flies because we had to turn around and get ready for her dance recital at Cleo Parker Robinson. I love to watch these girls...
by jennifer | May 28, 2013 | All Posts, Personal Journal, Photoblog |
Whenever possible, I like to disappear into the background so that whoever I’m photographing almost forgets that I’m there. That way the story just unfolds through the lens. The authenticity of the moment. The real deal. My beautiful sister recently gave...
