09/02/2021
Go ahead and skip the Starbucks drive thru– these pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls are the only pumpkin-flavored treat you need in your life this weekend. They’re spicy, nutty, sweet and oh so cozy. Pair with your favorite cup of coffee! Every year somehow I cannot believe how quickly September arrives. The slower mornings and longer days of summer slowly conform to meet the needs of lunches that need to be packed and car pools that need to leave at 7:14a sharp! The brisk pace of the week is juxtaposed by the great big exhale that is our weekend. No alarms. No schedules. No meal plans. Except maybe these gluten-free pumpkin spice Cinnamon Rolls that Lauren Daniel cooked up for us here… Overnight Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls for an easy breakfast This is … 
Hey, friends! It’s been a long time since I popped in here just to say hi. It’s so very 2011 of me! However, I found myself in a rut this morning and decided this was just what the doctor order– some not-so-intentional words on a page and maybe a list of the things bouncing around my head lately. There’s just so much going on in the world and with the kiddos and with running a business… if you’re feeling like that, too, I’m right there with you. When cases started to creep up here in Texas we started … 
What better way to celebrate having made it to 37 weeks than with the Peach Pecan Muffin recipe I made while sitting on a bar stool just a couple days after going into labor at 34 weeks. I’ve experienced a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions throughout both my pregnancies and they’ve never worried me. They’re inconsistent, uncomfortable but not painful, and seem to just come and go. Especially since Parker had to be forced to evacuate the womb after 40 weeks and still took nearly two full days to come out, … 
Flying with toddlers or young kids? Read this packing list before you go! It’s everything you might want to consider packing before you’re wheels up! I have very distinct memories of my first mommy and me experience when Parker was a baby. It was early summer and almost every mom had the same question: “Help! We are traveling soon and I don’t know what to bring on the flight for the baby!” Now that Ever is a full blown 2 year old toddler and Parker is in elementary school, our list looks a little different. I … 
(This Mid Century Modern Playroom reveal is the latest in our series of room reveals from Our Austin Casa. It was originally published in 2018.) This room has been a long time coming. The long and meandering journey to this room goes back to sitting at our dining room table in Los Angeles circa 2015 with our initial architect and hearing myself explain my idea for a playroom. “I want it to be a space downstairs, that’s close to the kitchen and living areas, but also not like right in your face,” I said. The kids’ … 
