One of my favorite Holiday traditions is after our big meal on Thanksgiving Day, we head downtown and look at all the decorated trees and wreaths at the Festival of Trees. It was so fun to bring Lucy this year! She couldn't seem to take it all in fast enough- her little head was just swiveling so fast! Hah! There were also some balloons around that she was mesmerized by- too cute! [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I feel overwhelmed with how much my little family has to be thankful for. 2016 brought struggles, tears, lots of love, and baby giggles. On the food side of things, I was nervous about planning a dairy free Thanksgiving meal. How can you make mashed potatoes without sour cream goodness? But for most of the recipes, rice milk or amond milk were used as substitutes and turned out pretty great! My awesome mother in law made the majo[...]
I am such a sucker for Fall. The hot apple cider, pumpkin flavored everything, sweaters, and crisp air- I love it all. Last Fall, Chase and I were so busy with things, life in general, that we didn't really get to experience the season or the festive activities it has to offer. So this year we are starting early! Yesterday the three of us made a little trip to The Farmstead, a corn maze and pumpkin patch, near our home. They just opened last weekend and we have already got that outt[...]