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Ultimate Lego Birthday Party

StandardJuly 18, 2018by sweetestlemonade2 Comments

Each year I get excited about my kids’ birthday parties. At least a month before their special day I start planning, dreaming and usually creating a Pinterest board. See, I grew up with themed birthdays each year. As a kid I thought that’s just what other families did. I’m not even kidding you, until IContinue reading

Gluten Free Potstickers

StandardJuly 13, 2018by sweetestlemonade0 Comments

There is currently a city made out of cardboard in my living room. Tape, scissors, markers and shreds of boxes are strewn about. I couldn’t be happier, really. This is what it looks like for a 10, 6 and 3 year old to play together and get along for a hot minute. Summer break hadContinue reading

Cherry Lime Popsicles

StandardJuly 9, 2018by sweetestlemonade0 Comments

I had this thought. What if everything we are trying so hard to reach isn’t as important as what we can touch right here, right now? Perhaps our goals become distractions keeping us from the real gem staring in front of us, begging for a cherry lime popsicle promising not to get sticky-again.

Red White and Blueberry Popsicles

StandardJuly 3, 2018by sweetestlemonade0 Comments

Bring out the sparklers, Independence Day is nearly here. As I kid we used to drive to see the big fireworks in nearby cities. I remember lying on the grass looking up at the dark sky getting illuminated with the brightest colors. Sometimes it felt like I needed sunglasses just to keep watching the show.Continue reading

Lemon Pudding Cake

StandardJune 23, 2018by sweetestlemonade0 Comments

You won’t believe where I am right now. It’s like Heaven itself came down and graced me with a view. A serene lake smoothed out with scarcely a ripple, mountain sides around decorated with pines, redwoods, and the like. Cloudy skies whispering rain drops. And I’m here sitting on an entire hill made of sand.Continue reading

Grain Free Chicken Pot Pie

StandardJune 18, 2018by sweetestlemonade0 Comments

When I was young there was this unspoken system. In place for hurts, sickness and sorrow. A system that never needed an explanation. Someone down the road went through something. Perhaps a death in the family, or horrible illness that confined them to stay in. Even for young moms recovering from the birth of theirContinue reading

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