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Ever thought energy balls fell apart a little too easily, or looked a little too dull? I certainly have, and I’m here to change that, because balls of energy should be anything but boring! I love the idea of balls of energy, since I am consistently searching for more than a smidge of extra energy […]
About Anna
I believe in God, the power of optimism, and the ability of food to bring people together. I love to share everyday homemade food with family and friends (and the internetz)! I love cheese, proper grammar, an organized house, dark chocolate, my husband, and my 5 sweet kids.
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Monday Moments: A Year of Dates
Last year for Christmas, Carl totally surprised me with 12 envelopes, each containing a date for one month of the year. Each date came with a sweet comment on why he’d thought of that date for that month, and something he liked about me, which kind of felt like a throwback to our actual dating days […]
Monday Moments: Jack is Two!
The amount of development that happens in the first two years of life will never cease to amaze me. After making virtually no sounds for the first eight months of life, we were surprised and thankful when Jack finally learned to laugh, then coo, then suddenly started saying words at the end of the summer. […]
Monday Moments: The Advent of Advent
I love everything about Christmas. We have such an incredible reason to celebrate – God became man for us, knowing how sinful we were, would be, and are, knowing how difficult and painful the road as a man would be. There is no greater love than this, and no greater reason to celebrate. When Jack […]
Pumpkin Coconut Cake
I need you to hold on a hot minute before you start thinking about Christmas baking. Every year requires at least one new pumpkin recipe be added to the blog, and it’s getting harder and harder to find one that catches my interest more than what I already have here. But not one to give […]
Monday Moments: October
We have had the most beautiful October. Clear, crisp skies, warm days, and incredible colours everywhere you look. There are few things are gorgeous as bright yellow and red trees against a bright blue sky, backed by mountains so impressive you can’t help but remember your own smallness. I love fall every year, but this […]
Lemon Chia Seed Waffles
I finally did it. Carl bought me a waffle maker several years ago, and, until now, he was the only person who made waffles on it. It does come out for me to make doughnut waffles, obviously, but this is my first legitimate non-doughnut waffle! And it is delicious. Lemon is a favourite flavour in […]
Monday Moments: House Guests
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting my parents for just over a week! It was the first time they’ve stayed with us, since we finally have a guest room habitable by guests, and we were thrilled. We didn’t bother to warn them about the 5:30 am wake up times, or the baby that […]
Monday Moments: Glow
I’m very much a fairweather adventurer, so when an indoor pumpkin patch opened up nearby it was high on my list of fall plans. With weekends somehow disappearing before our eyes, we picked up the kids from school on a random Tuesday and headed to Harvest Glow. This place was clearly designed by someone who […]
Monday Moments: Girls’ Night
A cabin, the ocean, wine, pizza, nachos, hours of shopping, lots of laughs and love. Every girls’ night should include these things. So thankful for these people who have known me since elementary school and love me anyways, and for this time together in such a beautiful place.
