I am quickly starting to realize that this bucket list revolves mostly around food. Which is totally fine by me. Food brings everyone together! We're knee deep in a kitchen reno, as well as having painters paint almost our entire house. Have any of y'all lived through something like that?? It never goes as planned and always takes entirely too long. And I mean, it's only been a week and a half, and I'm about to lose it. Luckily we're in the home stretch and I can not wait to unpack my kitchen! It's going to be a dreamy farmhouse kitchen and I can not wait to share photos with all of you! With that said, there's almost no way of actually using our kitchen right now, I've eaten at Chick-fil-a one too many times over the last few weeks y'all...BUT I did have the amazing opportunity of getting some of my best girls together to take a really fun baking class last week! It was so fun to step away from moving and kids and renovations and have treats and drinks and learn to make from scratch biscuits from my girl Dani of Homemade Hostess! She is instinctually hospitable and has an incredibly natural and effortless talent at baking. I love biscuits. It's kind of unhealthy, the love I have for biscuits, really all breakfast foods in general. I would eat breakfast for every meal and never get tired of it. Luckily you can make these and have them with any meal, they go with everything! We each made our own variations and took them home to freeze to make whenever we wanted! Unfortunately we baked them and ate them all before I could snap a photo, they were that good! Did you know you could put jam IN your dough before you bake them?!? I seriously had NO idea and it blew my mind. Haha, this is probably common knowledge, but it was news to me and I can't wait to recreate this recipe again at home. Here's a few of my favorite moments from the class! Here's Dani's recipe -
2 cups Flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoons salt 4 tablespoons butter 1 cup buttermilk Here's where the fun begins - we added rosemary, as much or as little as we wanted. After we made the dough and rolled it out once, we added whatever kind of jam we liked on top, I added a light layer of strawberry preserves, but for next time I'll add more! Then just fold the dough and roll it flat again and use cookie cutters to make your biscuits! Bake at 450 for about 15 minutes, depending on your oven, until lightly brown. We had a blast and I feel way more confident in the kitchen! Yay baby steps! Make sure to follow Dani on Instagram and if you make these biscuits, let me know how they turn out! Or just bring them over and let me eat them with you! -K
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It's been a month, y'all. A MONTH. Danny and I were talking the other day and just came to the realization that 2016 has been the most insane year for us. I don't think any one part I can recall as being calm or relaxed. We have a new baby, we are knee deep in moving to a new home, we are even deeper in the phase of toddlerhood eloquently referred to as the "three-ager" phase. I won't lie. The last few weeks have been less than joyous. Yes, the Lord has provided a beautiful home for us, and we are just a week out from moving. Things have absolutely lined up and I can not be more grateful. But real talk, moving sucks. Packing sucks. Living with a toddler and a baby during a move sucks. I have struggled more deeply than I'd like to admit on motherhood and toddlerhood and have asked on more than one occasion, "Lord, are you there? Have you left me hanging?" The last three days have been mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually (basically every thing you can think of) draining. I hear about abundant living A LOT and for real, this does not seem like it. I have definitely felt like a failure in more ways that one and questioned if this stay-at-home thing is really my calling* *note - I'm not begging for sympathy by posting all this, I'm just challenging myself to be an open book, even when that's ugly. I hope there's someone out there in the trenches that finds some sort of comfort knowing they aren't alone in this* ANYWAY. Yesterday was particularly hard, and Danny came home and sent me on my way for some alone time, and to listen to a podcast some sweet friends of ours have called White Flag Wealth. He had listened to it the day prior and felt like the Lord needed me to hear it. The title of the episode is "Abundance is Unachievable" and OH MY, I felt a shift in my heart and my spirit. I want you to listen so I'm not going to share every detail, but the connection between abundance and gratitude really changed my heart. Abundance is our identity, not something that we can achieve or gain. It's who we are. Being grateful even when you can't see what the Lord has planned. Y'all...just go listen with an open heart. I'm sure at this point you're like, "Kelly, what does this even have to do with making homemade donuts?" Well, basically, I'm super thankful for donuts and for the new mini donut maker we bought, and honestly, after our crazy week, we just needed a win. A sugary, sweet, delicious win. I found an amazing and easy recipe for Lemon Poppyseed Donuts on The Novice Chef (thanks Pinterest!), and the best part - my kid didn't even like them, so more for ME! Wish us luck as we navigate our big move next week, that it would be an easy transition for the girls, and that the settling in will happen quickly and smoothly! (I'll be making a bonus post of before and after photos, as we are doing a small reno in the kitchen!) It's already a beautiful home, and I can't wait to add our personal touch to it! I'm also excited about a few future posts that will be happening in the next couple of months - one, a baking class, and two, a flower arranging class! Two things I've always wanted to do, and I can't wait to share my experiences! -K |
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