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Our Easter Sunday

By on April 18, 2017

We had such a busy Easter Sunday.

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Lots of driving, church, food to organize, an egg hunt to prep, a couple of Easter baskets to fill, all on less than 5 hours of sleep. (Where’s that Easter bunny when I need him? I could’ve used a little help!)

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Add all of that, on top of all our normal activities and chores, and needless to say – I was one stressed out mama.

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So although adorable, these pictures won’t tell the true story of our Easter Sunday.

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Not My Mother-In-Law’s Coconut Cake

By on March 31, 2017
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My mother-in-law makes the BEST coconut cake, hands down.

Every year I request this cake for my birthday and it’s amazing. Light and fluffy, but also creamy and coco-nutty. Perfectly sweet, but not too sweet. And the frosting is dreamy. It’s the BEST!

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Want her recipe? Too bad! She’s taking it to her grave. I’m serious! She won’t share it! Maybe if you call her and offer her money, she might reveal her secrets. But good luck. I gave her two perfect grandchildren and she won’t share it with me. So until that recipe is set free, this one will have to do.

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Easy Surprise-Inside St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes

By on March 17, 2017

Celebrate the luck of the Irish with these fun St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes!

The kiddos and I made some surprise inside St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes yesterday afternoon, inspired by this Betty Crocker recipeWe’re only allowed to bake on school nights so that Josh can take the leftovers to work with him the next day. If we have 24 cupcakes sitting  around the house over the weekend…well…there will only be one or two left by Monday. My sugar addiction is REAL man!

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