Chelsea

High Trestle Trail Ride

Last Sunday we finally made our way to the High Trestle Trail in Iowa. We started in Woodward, Iowa, which is about a 30 minute drive from Des Moines. We drove up after breakfast, fully loaded with snacks, water bottles, and the orange bike sticking out on either side of our car rack like anContinue reading “High Trestle Trail Ride”

Caramelized Nectarine Pancakes

These breakfast bad boys came about due to an abundance of ripe nectarines, reminiscing about North Carolina beach breakfasts, and my absolute undying devotion to making delicious breakfast foods. Fact: I am much more likely to go all out on breakfast than any other meal of the day. Nectarines are right up there with peachesContinue reading “Caramelized Nectarine Pancakes”

Ocracoke Summer 2015 Trip

We spent a nice chunk of our June in North Carolina for a family vacation at the beach and visiting Greensboro. This was the first time we had been back since moving to Iowa two years ago. The 3,200 miles we logged in our 11 day trip was worth the memories and beautiful images thatContinue reading “Ocracoke Summer 2015 Trip”

Roots Watercolor Painting

I finally finished my most current watercolor painting, Roots of Motherhood.” It’s one of the first large artworks I’ve done in quite some time, at a whole 22 x 30″. I have been working on it since March, slowly plugging away on it whenever I carve out the time. In other words, after children areContinue reading “Roots Watercolor Painting”

Morel & Asparagus Quiche

Spring in Iowa has been refreshing to say the least. Watching the world explode into green and blossoms, while my children excitedly dash outdoors for biking, Morels are an interesting fungi. They appear on forest floors in the spring after rains and warm weather. It is not unusual to see scores of cars parked alongContinue reading “Morel & Asparagus Quiche”

Sweet Potato Nachos

Hold your horses, these are some amazing nachos. We’ve had them for dinner a couple of times in the past month now. I dreamed them up while playing, let’s use up what’s in the fridge and pantry. That is one of Eric’s favorite meal-time methods – he hates hates having too much of one itemContinue reading “Sweet Potato Nachos”

April So Far

I have no idea where March went and April is moving along at that pace as well. It is hard to believe this school year has already begun the wrap-up – I guess that is what happens when you spend most of the year in new baby fog. That fog is apparent in my bloggingContinue reading “April So Far”

Roasted Beet & Goat Cheese Salad

Let me preface this post by saying I am honestly not much of a salad person. Don’t get me wrong, I will eat them, order them at restaurants, but I rarely make them myself. This is for a few reasons: 1. I always seem to forget about the greens in my fridge and they turn toContinue reading “Roasted Beet & Goat Cheese Salad”

Hot Pool Watercolor Painting

Hot Pool, Watercolor on paper, 9×12″, 2015. I am still doing a fairly decent job on my resolution on setting aside creative time for myself each week (this is getting easier and easier, the more sleep that I get each night). This resolution is also helping to me to finish projects that were interrupted byContinue reading “Hot Pool Watercolor Painting”

February Wrap-up

It is no longer February. Somehow, February escaped me this year – it has been filled with snuggly sick kids, baking, making Valentine’s, mountains of snow – this is the mall parking lot and its mounds of snow that will last until June. Speaking of June, we have been discussing the warmer months ahead onContinue reading “February Wrap-up”