Our kids love to have house guests, but none have been more anticipated than these…..the Etheredge cousins from Texas! I think they started the countdown way back in January when we left THEIR home in Austin. I was equally excited to be able to spend time with my sister Melissa. We missed you, Melinda! Yes,… Read More Cousins, Cookouts, Country, Cape Cod…Craziness!
This will be our 8th season (I think) to be a part of a CSA – a Community Supported Agriculture farm called the Brookfield Farm. The season runs from June through Thanksgiving and provides and abundance of fresh, local, and organic fruits and vegetables. And not only that, but other local farms, dairies, etc. have… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Farm Fresh
….I was nine months pregnant and nine days overdue and painting and wallpapering Robert’s office at the church that afternoon. (Yes, up on a ladder and all….) I started to not feel so well, and decided it was time to quit for the day. When I got home, I rested on the couch watching Oprah… Read More 14 Years Ago Today…..
I have enjoyed eating granola for a long time – even before moving to this “crunchy” and “granola” part of the country! But oats are a very questionable thing to eat on the gluten free diet. Oats themselves do not contain gluten, but they are almost always grown and processed right alongside wheat, so to… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Pan-Roasted Granola & Homemade Lemonade
While yawning after reading Kayla a bedtime story…. Kayla: Mama, you have some black stuff on your teeth. Me: Yes, those are fillings from cavities when I was a little girl. Kayla: Will I have to get those sometime? Me: Not if you take good care of your teeth and eat healthy food. Kayla: Really?… Read More Older than McDonalds
(One of the most spectacular sights on our hike to Mills Lake was a Bighorn Goat. It was moving slowly through the trees when I spotted it, and at first I thought it was a mini-van! I was highly discouraged that we had hiked all that way only to find that there was a road… Read More Colorado in The Spirit
I hardly ever make gluten free cookies, except for the flourless peanut butter ones, because the end result just never seems comparable to the real thing. But….I received a note in the mail this week from my sweet friend Deborah in Stillwater, OK, and she had included a recipe she cut out of their local… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Chocolate Chip Cookies
We were so blessed to travel to Colorado to be a part of Keith and Katrina’s wedding! They are a great couple who met at our church three years ago. Keith was a student and football player at Amherst College, and Katrina a French major at Mt. Holyoke College. They are both from Denver, had… Read More Colorado in Pictures
(Inspired by Megan’s “number” posts!) Meals prepared and frozen for kids and sitters: 7Miles Traveled by plane and car (Amherst to Estes Park and back): 3414Change in Elevation(Amherst to Denver): 4985 ft.Highest Elevation Reached on foot: 10,180 ftMiles Hiked in Rocky Mountains: 15Animal species spotted: 7Miles Jogged in Mile High City: 5Miles shopped in Mile… Read More Colorado in Numbers
And baseball season means that SEVERAL nights a week we are at the field! This year we’ve had to divide and conquer a bit, since Kory moved up to the Babe Ruth League. No more Little League = no brothers on the same team = no more whole family together at one game!And Robert coaches… Read More Spring Means….Baseball Season!