The Events: Lucy's Dedication Day

Dearest Family & Friends. This is just crazy of me, but life has been flashing by - moving, renovating, and raising little ones, that I have not posted in almost a year. I have even had a few draft posts just waiting here. So here it goes. This post was supposed to be on here a very long time ago.

Our dear sweet Lucy was dedicated last fall and we celebrated with our family. We enjoyed  a nice time together with some yummy food. Thank you to our family for their support. We love you Lucy!

The Eats: Corn & Bell Pepper

I like to try and kick up redundant side dishes at times. This is one of my favourite ways to add a little life to corn. It is very simple and quick to make. 

Ingredients:
1 cup of frozen corn (can use canned as well)
1 bell pepper, diced (I prefer to use orange for this recipe)
1 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp chipotle chili pepper (add more if you like lots of heat, or use cracked black pepper)
chopped fresh cilantro (as much as you desire)

Method:
Cook corn as per directions, try not to over cook so it retains firmness.
Add butter, sea salt, chipotle chili pepper, cilantro and bell pepper. Stir together and serve. Tastes great served warm or cold. If there are leftovers, I often reheat in a skillet.

Enjoy!

Lovely Lucy

We are so blessed to have welcomed a new addition to our family. In late May, Lucy joined our family. Which means that our girls are only 13.5 months apart... crazy I know! Yet, it is all working out great. We definitely have our crazy days, but feel so blessed to have our babies so close together. Our lives have become extremely busy, hence the late blog posts. 

Welcome to the family sweet girl. We love you!

Less than a day old.

Bottom three photo credits: www.papercastle.ca

Thank you Julie for always taking such cute pics of our family!

The Home: It's Just So Hard To Say Goodbye

The time has come to move on from my dream home. I had always dreamed of contracting the build of my own house. Little did I know that I would get the opportunity to do it a decade earlier than I thought I would. Designing it right from scratch was a great journey and I would do it again in a heart beat. Due to location, we decided to move and let go of what we put our blood, sweat, and tears into. At the end of the day in life, it is just a house. Here are some pictures our realtor took for the listing. 

Goodbye to the house that really was my first true home!

The Fun: Pink & Yellow 1st Birthday Party

The Birthday Girl!

A few months ago we celebrated Stella's 1st birthday. In keeping with the theme of her room colours, I styled the party in pink and yellow. I chose to keep things simple. We had a great day with family celebrating our special girl.