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End of Summer Rustic Berry Tart
This weekend definitely felt like we jumped feet first into fall. The skies were clear and bright blue, the air was crisp yet the sun was warm, and two nights ago we came this close to having our...
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Trading Spaces
A real-life moment in the baby's new room—the extra blankets are rolling-over padding. Recently, we did some room rearranging. Since she was born in May, Linden has slept in with us in our room in her...
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Kolaches (and New Food Traditions)
On Christmas Eve, my sister asked my husband about the holiday traditions that he enjoyed as a child. They got to talking about kolaches, the just slightly sweet, buttery Czech yeast treat and before...
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10 Months: The Particular Joy of Mom Friends
Little Linden turned 10 months old last week, which has me thinking about first birthday parties (mostly which cake to bake!) and the importance of having a community of other moms with babies of...
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Seeking Out Happiness (and Lemon Curd)
With the past few months of real estate stress and our upcoming move, I’ve had my share of short-tempered moments, meltdowns, and feet stomping. Selling and buying a house, in tandem, can be an...
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Sunday Stew: Sausage and Lentil Soup with Chard
For the past few months, we’ve had a tradition of having soup on Sundays. It’s one of my favorite days of the week because I can make dinner whenever I have time throughout the day and simply let it...
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Friday Find: Natalie Eden cards
I was in my local card shop recently and I found myself at the counter with a stack of cards all from the same maker—Natalie Eden. The cards that I chose all feature hand lettering and a whimsical...
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Moving House
We’re packing up and getting ready to move an hour away from Des Moines to a small town with a famous tulip festival. I’ve been a flurry of emotions since this house has seen so many milestones—and...
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Life Lately
Most of our time lately has been spend packing, but we’ve been making time for some more pleasurable things, too. First though, two unrelated things: 1.) If you’re in the Des Moines area and you...
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Baby’s First Birthday
Oh goodness, I can hardly fathom how on earth our baby is ONE. That was officially the Fastest Year Ever. These days, our girl is spirited and playful, she wiggles to herself when she’s happy and...
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One of Those Magic Days
On Sunday we had one of those magic summer days. It actually felt a bit like a holiday, even though we didn’t really go very far from our home. I read while Linden napped, we enjoyed delicious meals...
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DIY Soda
On the 4th, we went out to our CSA farm for a visit and for lunch. We walked around the fields, saw we’ll be getting in our boxes in the weeks to come, and enjoyed the wide open scenery and fresh air....
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14 Months: Weaning
Disclaimer: The real reason that I am writing this post is for other mamas since it was so hard for me to find friends who weaned around this age. (I did find one and she gave me the confidence to...
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Pears in Honey
Last weekend we picked a basket full of not-quite-ripe pears from the neighborhood trees that are loaded down with fruit. I have a compulsion to scoop up any free fruit that is offered to us, so we...
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Small Town Life
A glimpse at the Pella town square I’ve been meaning to write something about our new town for a few months now—we moved from Des Moines to Pella, which is a town of about 10,000 located about an hour...
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Farm Crawl
Chickens at Blue Gate Farm Linden and I braved the chilly and wet weather yesterday to make it out for this year’s Farm Crawl. I will basically take any opportunity I can get to let Linden be out on...
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Slow Cooker Vegetable and Mini Meatball Soup
Up until recently, I’ve been intimidated by my slow cooker. For an appliance that is designed to make life easier, it always seemed so complicated! But I’ve used it twice in the past week and am...
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What the Prairie Looked Like
There is apparently only 1/10th of 1% of the original prairie left in Iowa, which is mind blowing—but we’re lucky that some folks in our state are doing the hard work of restoring some of it to it’s...
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Where We Walk
One of my favorite things about where we live in Iowa is that we’re close to the trails around Lake Red Rock. They are bike trails, but they are awesome for walking and they are pretty secluded for...
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Ikea-Hack Learning Tower
Hi friends! I hope you all had as wonderful of a long weekend as we did. It’s so rare that we have family in town that when we do, it feels downright remarkable! My parents came with a carload (since...
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