I have had lots of questioning emails and phone calls this month asking me “What’s up with this Babble thing?” The truth is that I have been so busy being ill and taking care of sick kids and moving house and grieving over my grandma that I haven’t taken the opportunity to blog about my …
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Featured: VSCO Film, One Day With Us
A few weeks ago I felt like I was living a blogger’s fairytale. This barely ever happens to us bloggers, by the way. Our lives consist of late night writing and anxious glances towards the comment box more than fairytale moments. But, I did have a Cinderella moment when the lovely people at VSCO asked …
Homemade Gingerbread Spice Syrup
I was in the States when Starbucks started selling their Pumpkin Spice Latte for the season. After tasting one, I was determined to start experimenting with flavored simple syrups. I had heard that they were easy to make, but hadn’t ever really taken the simple syrup plunge. Now that I have, I plan on always having …
And The Goodness Rolls In…
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson I started asking God for moments. I asked for moments that would mean something to to me. Moments that would confirm what I had decided in my heart… The decision to put my all into “round …
Brew Guide: Amazingly easy cold brew coffee
You might think that making cold brew coffee is a difficult and time consuming process. I did too, until we started making it and I realized it’s about as easy a peeling a banana. For real. In fact, it’s much easier than attempting to make a cappuccino in the morning AND your cold brew will …
The Weekend Car Wash | Things to do in Burundi
In Burundi their isn’t a huge variety of weekend activities to choose from. We usually aren’t daunted by this, but it does lead to the induction of some interesting weekend pass-times. The latest craze in the Carlson house? Our very own Saturday morning car wash. By the time my boys are finished “washing the car” …