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My favorite things to take to the hospital when having a baby

I am about three and a half weeks away from my due date so as I was thinking about getting my bags packed for the hospital I decided I would put…

Rock and Play Sleeper (my favorite for babies from 0-6 months)

I love this bed, bouncer, rocker, whatever you want to call it but it has become one of my all time favorites and must haves for baby.…

Black Bean and Quinoa Enchilada Bake (delicious meatless meal)

I am not a food blogger but I make a lot of food (I cook most everything from scratch) and I try a lot of recipes so when I find ones I love I am…

Butterfinger Cookies (with the new Butterfinger Baking Bits)

My Husband Joe is a huge Butterfinger fan so when I saw these Butterfinger Baking Bits at the store and he'd been complaining that all I ever make…

Chocolate Chunks (perfect for the perfect chocolate chip cookie) (recipe included for my favorite chocolate chip cookies)

I love these when making chocolate chip cookies, there's nothing earth shattering about them in that they are something different than you've seen…

Deb’s Fresh Mozzarella Avocado Salad (a summer favorite)

Looks can be deceiving, the picture may not look amazing but the salad tastes AMAZING. I Pretty much made up this salad recipe last summer when I was…

Delicious Roasted Vegetables

I love roasted veggies! What's awesome is the combinations and possibilities are endless because there are so many yummy vegetables to choose from. I…

Homemade Strawberry Jam (freezer jam)

We love homemade freezer jam at this house it's a big favorite and I am here to tell you it's really not that hard to make. I give some tips in the…

Homemade Yogurt

I don't want my chicken post to get drowned out by this yogurt post but a few people have asked me about homemade yogurt and I was eager to share it…

Lentil Tacos (don’t knock it until you try them, seriously so good and clean)

I know, I know, you are all thinking lentils, really?! They are amazing, seriously, and I have a 10 person house hold that gives you raving reviews (…

Organic, Unbleached, NOT Enriched, White Flour

I love this flour, I came across it about a year ago at Costco, I saw that it was organic and that it was unbleached and NOT enriched and I was so…

Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies

I know I posted a chocolate chip cookie recipe not too long ago but who can ever have too many chocolate chip cookie recipes, really, (and in all…

Spaghetti Squash

We have spaghetti squash coming out our ears from our garden and it's so delicious. I've been roasting one of these at least a couple times a week.…

Stuffed Green Peppers (quinoa and or wild rice deliciousness)

[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:13] *Those were peppers from my garden, store bought peppers will be a lot larger, I also used my big 15X10 inch baking dish…

Whole Wheat Blender Pancakes

We love these pancakes, they are 100% whole wheat, and they are healthy and delicious, my kids gobble them up. Enough said try them for yourself…

Whole Wheat Bread (no oil and only 5 ingredients)

I really wanted a whole wheat bread recipe that didn't have any oil in it and that just had the basic food storage ingredients in it, so a few months…

Whole Wheat Homemade Bread (recipe included)

I make all my own bread and this is a recipe I love. We go through a lot of bread each week so I love the fact that I save money by making all my own…

Febreze

This is one of my favorite air freshener/odor eliminators. I came across this when I was couponing a few years back. I probably never would have…

Homemade Powder Laundry detergent

Homemade laundry soap is a very new favorite. I have only been using it for about 3-4 weeks but so far I am loving it. My friend Jamie told me about…

Strawberry Stem Remover (so fast and easy and even kids can do it)

If kitchen gadgets could be best friends this strawberry huller and the strawberry slicer I talked about in this post would be just that. They double…

Strawberry Slicer (Perfect Mother’s Day gift)

This Strawberry Slicer is amazing, well in all honesty I can't speak first hand about this, normally I would NEVER post about something I…

Portable yogurt/applesauce cups for school lunches or on the go meals

These are not just limited to yogurt or applesauce, the possibilities are really endless with these little babies. I came across them a few months…

Plastic Canning Jar Lids

I love these babies; such a great addition to the canning jar. I store a lot of things in my fridge in canning Jars (homemade jam, homemade yogurt,…

Orange, Lemon, and Lime Squeezer

I LOVE these lemon lime juicers/squeezers; a favorite kitchen gadget for sure. I don't have the one for oranges (I should get one soon…

My Favorite Knife (comparable to the Cutco cheese knife)

I had asked my hubby for the Cutco cheese knife for Christmas this last year. My mom and sister have that knife and I just LOVE it. When he went to…

Larger than your 9X13 casserole dish

A friend of mine who has a large family had this giant casserole dish that was larger than your traditional 9X13 pan. With our growing…

Large baking sheet (bigger than your average cookie sheet)

My sister gave me this pan for Christmas and I love it! It is a cookie sheet that is not your standard size cookie sheet, the standard size cookie…

Himalayan Pink Salt

This is hands down my favorite salt and I've been using it for quite some time now and I love it. I went to a class on healthy eating a few years…

Grapefruit Spoon

If you are a grapefruit fan (which I am - such a healthy delicious snack with tons of health benefits), these spoons are a must have and a huge…

Granulated California Garlic (not garlic powder or salt, this is real dehydrated garlic)

Real garlic is the best but when you don't have time to peal the cloves or you just want something to sprinkle on veggies or bread, this is hands…

Double Waffle Iron

Need I say more... It makes two waffles at the same time! It is an amazing invention and we love this waffle iron to pieces (if it's possible to love…

Dish Scrubber (your soon to be best friend)

I love this little guy so much, the other day even my son was saying this was his favorite to wash dishes with too. We all spend a lot of time…

Cookie Scoop (one of my favorite kitchen gadgets)

One of the best inventions in the history of EVER. I love my cookie scoop. I use it all the time because I make cookies all the time (that's kind of…

Coarse Ground Malabar Black Pepper

Since I told you my favorite salt I figured I'd share my favorite pepper too. No long explanation here, it's coarse and bursting with flavor so if…

Brooks Running Shoes

I know the shoes on the top look WAAAAAAYYYY better than the shoes on the bottom but what can I say, you gotta get the real deal right? I LOVE, LOVE,…

Favorite Water Bottle

Hands down these Contigo water bottles are my favorite. We have had/owned a lot of water bottles and these are by far the best. We've been using them…

Running Shoes

I ordered my new running shoes yesterday, my old Brooks have been worn for over two years and they have terrible holes and are worn out because I…

Absent

You guys, (if there is even anyone who still reads my blog) I am sorry I have been so absent. My only really good excuse is the 8 little people that…

Backyard Chickens

I cannot say this is a favorite of mine... Yet, let's hope this fall or next year sometime when they are giving me eggs I'll be able to say it's a…

Cadbury Mini Eggs

These are one of my all time favorite treats. My kids love them, I love them; they are just delicious. My mom even served them at my wedding…

EOS (all natural organic lip balm, the perfect stocking stuffer)

I have been wanting to share these eos with you for a while but you know, I have way to many awesome things to post about all the time…

First Glance (grateful)

I wish I had all the time in the world to post... but no such luck over here. Try as I might but there is never enough time. Even though I don't post…

Goal Setting (to kick the school year off)

I know you can't read the little papers but these are our goals for the school year. Each Monday night our family comes together for a Family Night…

Hadlee Jo (Happy Father’s Day/Week)

If you don't want to read the whole post here is a quick link to a post I did a couple years ago on how we celebrate Father's Day the whole week…

Happy Father’s Week (a favorite tradition)

Happy Father's Week! It's Happy Father's Week over at the Austin house. We love this tradition, I started it about 11 years ago when our oldest was…

How This Blog Was Born

I thought it fitting that because one of my very favorite things is birth stories (after all I have 7 to share, but I'll spare you, we don't know…

Joy

This picture brings me so much JOY, every time I see it my heart just melts. Everything I hold very dear and consider my all time favorites are in…

Just a short time…

As I am getting close to having a baby my thoughts have turned a lot to this little guy who currently is my baby. I keep thinking in my mind he will…

Listen Earnestly to Your Children

I came across this quote a while ago on Pinterest and I LOVED it. I think earnestly listening to our children is one of the most important things we…

Moments

I love capturing these sweet moments and being a part of them. Crew had felt water before and played with it some but during this bath he just became…

New

Sorry for no new posts this week. I've been working on something else that's new so I haven't had a lot of time to post. I thought I'd share a…

Our Favorite Birthday Tradition

This is our very most favorite birthday tradition. It's inexpensive and so much fun for my kids. They look forward to it just about as much as the…

Summer Schedule (some suggestions to keep your kids happy and you sane during the summer)

Summer is almost here! Are you a little nervous about what to do with your kids all summer long? I do LOVE having my kids home during the summer it…

Black Bean and Quinoa Enchilada Bake (delicious meatless meal)

I am not a food blogger but I make a lot of food (I cook most everything from scratch) and I try a lot of recipes so when I find ones I love I am…

Butterfinger Cookies (with the new Butterfinger Baking Bits)

My Husband Joe is a huge Butterfinger fan so when I saw these Butterfinger Baking Bits at the store and he'd been complaining that all I ever make…

Chocolate Chunks (perfect for the perfect chocolate chip cookie) (recipe included for my favorite chocolate chip cookies)

I love these when making chocolate chip cookies, there's nothing earth shattering about them in that they are something different than you've seen…

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