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Slow Cooker Mexican Pulled Chicken – And Leftovers For Days

This recipe is a combination of about six different recipes I’ve tried over the years. I’ve found that when it comes to slow/low heat there’s little you can do to mess up a pot of chicken. So I experiment! It makes a ton, and my favorite part about this dish is eating it for lunch all week. In so many yummy different ways! Balsamic dressing on the salad really adds an interesting tang to the mexican-style flavor! This is what...

My Boy Is Almost FIVE!

Usually right before a birthday I think “where did time go???” But today, as I sit here and think about Michael’s fourth year of life I think, “Wow, it feels like he’s been FOUR forever.” Which, if you know Father Time like I do, is totally weird. It’s amazing how the decision I made a year ago to quit Instagram has led me to this place of complete peace knowing that I have enjoyed my children to the fullest over...

My Girl Is Turning Seven

I will never forget holding Brielle when she was a tiny baby, and sobbing. Sobbing sobbing sobbing. How could I be expected to be okay with her growing up? From stage to stage, year to year, changing and evolving. I would in essence lose the little person I was holding and loving so deeply right then and there. Eventually I stopped sobbing and did the only thing I could think of. I prayed to God to help me be strong...

Almost A Year Since Quitting Instagram

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” Mark Twain  I remember so clearly Brenden’s last birthday. We went downtown to one of our favorite restaurants ready to enjoy and celebrate the night away. I remember the  candle-light glow on his face as he leaned in to talk to me. I remember the freezing cold as we ran up the pedestrian mall in our long coats to our next destination. I remember...

Where Are My Keys?

Lately Michael has been asking me to see “dinosaur pictures on the computer” Which means he wants to look at our dinosaur park adventure from last summer for the hundredth time. I love it. I didn’t see this added bonus of writing out our adventures until very recently… Suddenly both kids are all about looking at mommamuch to see where they have been and what they have done. SO FUN. So Monday was a day they will probably never forget, even if...