Love Letters

My friend Heather is such a wonderful mom. This week she is writing a love letter a day for each of her children. Inspired, I'll be doing the same just in my journal. I gotta write something in there these 'blogging' days.

Sophistimom

On a search for squash soup inspiration the other day, I came across the delightful blog, Sophistimom. I not only got inspired by her squash soup but also by her sweet momming talent (I know, I just made that word up, like many of my words), and ability to capture what she makes for dinner. I'll be adding this one to my inspiring blog list. Check it out here.

I Run for Nie

That is what the sticker said that we wore on our body for the 5k in honor of Stephanie and Christian Nelson. Saturday had perfect weather. It was great to see the crowd of people when we drove up all geared up for the race. We made it a family event so Spencer and the girls accompanied me. It was a feel good morning all around; great cause; good workout; great company; met blogging buddy Aranne and her husband (it was great meeting you!); saw and chatted with two of the Earl brothers from my growing up years in Reno and my friend Lyndsay with newborn Zackery. Yes, an all over feel good morning.

Countertop Composte Bin

I've been shopping around for a composter and came across this portable kitchen composter. It would work perfectly since our living space is on the 2nd floor of our house. Which makes it hard to get to the backyard. The site to buy it from is very cool too and very green. Love it. Check it out here.

I Love Freezer Meals

I am a part of a freezer meal group with some of the gals from my church. Six of us get together every other month or so to put together 10 family sized meals to put in our freezer. It is such a nice feeling to know you have something on hand for those nights you don't want to make dinner or you need to make a great meal for guests but you don't want to do it all. Plus the meals are a good testing ground for recipes. There are some recipes that have been put on the 'could do this everytime' list and others where one time was enough. Although it takes us a good 3-4 hours to put the meals together it makes for good times with friends and break time for mom.

Here are some links on freezer recipes and if a freezer group isn't your thing maybe going through an awesome company is. Check out here, here, and here.