Birthday cakes should be decadent. "First birthday" cakes should be extra decadent! I made this cake for #MissVee's first birthday and it was rich and moist, and turbo-charged with lemon. It is a family favourite, and well worth the effort.
Read MoreMy birthday is two weeks away. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but this year is different. This year I turn 40...
Read MoreIn the small dark hours, our house is quiet -- the noise of the day, of your brothers, of our life has fallen away into slumber. You lie here, tucked between us in our bed, the bed where you were born.
Read MoreI normally try to avoid making pie. I am a pastry murderer. Recently, though, I started using my mother’s pie crust recipe — I should have been using it years ago. It really is no fail. If you are like me, and your pastry could be used as crack-fill in your century-plus home, you might want to give this a whirl!
Read MoreI bought this necklace from infinite purpose jewelry a few years ago. I love it. At the time, with only the three boys in our lives, it summed up how I felt about our big family. "We love loud" is something I've heard myself say many times and we do -- some days louder than others.
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