As promised, the new blog is up and running!!! It went live yesterday, and we could not be more thankful for your interest and support! It took a bit longer than expected but it is finally finished!!

I’ll be posting regularly over there covering what we have been learning in the garden, kitchen, and life. If you are currently subscribed to this blog, you will need to re-sign up to the new site to continue receiving notifications when a new post is available.

We are so excited for you to join us —so head on over there!  —> GREY & BRIANNA 

We’d love to have you

You can also keep up with us over on:

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Love, Grey & Brianna

Thank you all for being so patient! I just wanted to pop in quickly and let you know that the new site will be live, on AUGUST 1st!!! That’s only two weeks out, I can’t wait to share what we’ve been up to lately. I’ve got tons of our favorite summer recipes lined up ready to share with you. Our garden is buzzing with bees, melons, and tomatoes while I’m buzzing around trying to get everything finished before next month.

20 days…and counting.

Love, Grey & Brianna

Six months, schmix months…I didn’t quit this blog, I agonized over it. When did life get so busy that sitting down to actually write about it became a challenge?? Six months ago that’s when! The truth is when we started this blog back up– I went in full force….so excited to be back!!! Then when I started my photography business in October last year, things took off much quicker than I anticipated, which left our blog in the dust.

But for six months now, I have had this lingering-something-I-need-to-be-doing-feeling….but as time when by, I thought they’ll never accept me back after this long break from blogging…so I waited another month…and another…and another until here we are in June. The garden is in full force, our fridge is constantly stocked with watermelon, and we have daylight until 9:00. So much (and so little) has changed over these past six months. If you’ll have me back, I’d love to fill you in on what’s been going on around here.

First things first, this blog address will soon to be gone as in the midst of the craziness I have been working behind the scenes on renovating a new blog. Stay tuned.

Our garden…is well…out of control. We’ve got 75 melons vines, 36 tomato vines, I can’t count how much sweet basil, dill, pumpkins, raspberries, peaches, nectarines, figs, peppers, beans, and a few lonely volunteer potatoes.

I haven’t’ bought store bought bread in over 3 months….I’ll let you in on the quick and easy recipe for whole wheat sandwich bread soon!

We went camping a few weekends back!I still love being home.

We’ve got a new flock…two hens, one rooster.

What we are currently enjoying out of the garden? Cucumbers, onions, garlic, rosemary, oregano, basil, dill, chives, …with lots of produce, on the vine, right around the corner!I feel like too much has happened in recent months to include everything, but that’s the wonderful thing about friends. True friends, can not talk for years, and pick up right back where they left off.

This blog has served as a (patchy) log of our growing garden, and lives. I started it the year after Grey & I got married in 2012, just to record all that we have learned along the way, and it’s been four years now. Since then, two young children, and two more businesses has been added to the mix. If you’ll bear with me, I’m not going anywhere. I just might need some time to sort things out. Life is beautiful…and crazy!!! Amen?!?!

Love, Grey & Brianna

For us,Christmas started a couple of days before Christmas day. when we went to visit family. I took this adorable couple on a photoshoot, the day before Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we attended the candlelight service at our church…Anyone thinking about attending one next year, please spare the hairspray! We were all packed in tight in the middle of singing “Silent Night” when whoosh!! I almost caught my sister’s hair on fire! …I didn’t, thankfully, but it was a REALLY close call. ANYWAYS….the scenes from our our pre-Christmas festivities are as follows:

Love, Grey & Brianna

Day three started with Belgian waffles. Of course, the kiddos were ready to get out into the snow (again) so once we ate, and go dressed, we headed outside. There was so much snow that needed to be shoveled out of the driveway, so Grey decided to shovel it into a pile and make a snow fort for the kids. I can’t speak for them, but I’m pretty sure the guys were snow shoveled out by the end of the weekend…There’s nothing like getting all warm and toasty by the fire after being out in the freezing cold…

That evening we stayed up past the kid’s bedtime and played Mexican Train, until everyone was just so tired and silly. The next day was the day to clean up, pack up, and go home. As we were washing the dishes and getting the cabin in tip top shape, the power went out! We did our best to clean everything up just was we left it in spite of it. After rounds and rounds around the house, and to the truck, it was finally time to leave. After four feet of snow, and lots of new memories, I can’t wait until next year!

Love, Grey & Brianna

We’ve been looking forward to this trip for a few months. No one really knew if there was going to be snow when we got there…we just hoped! As we made our way up a narrow mountain road, patches of white appeared until we were smack dab in the middle of a winter wonderland. Our cabin was just perfect!

We settled in, started a fire, and let the kiddos play for the rest of the evening. There was about six inches of snow when we got there, and no one knew there would be over four feet of snow when we left three days later. The next morning, we were excited to get the kids bundled up, and out in the snow! We bundled the kids …um very efficiently …and ten minutes later there were a bit frustrated…and hot. We went in, re-gathered, and decided to go out again in the afternoon… with a different wardrobe strategy.

While we inside, we made a gingerbread house……and started a puzzle……and the guys went snowshoeing….

After a nap, we tried again (with less layers), and went sledding……and we had a snowball fight……and made the most perfect snowman I’ve ever seen in real life……and that was the end of day two. Well actually this was… 

Love, Grey & Brianna

Does anyone eat pumpkin into December like us? As far as I’m concerned, baking with pumpkin should occur October thru December…and it does in our house. These are a quick and easy holiday baking project that gets made in our kitchen about once a week this time of year.

Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients:

unsalted butter for greasing pan

1-¾ cup canned pumpkin

¾ cup granulated sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

⅓ cup olive oil

3 eggs

½ cup milk

2-⅔ cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl add the pumpkin, sugars, oil, eggs, and milk and whisk to combine. Add remaining ingredients and fold in with a rubber spatula until smooth. Batter should be thicker than cake batter and thinner than cookie dough. If needed, add more milk to reach this consistency.  With a ladle fill each muffin cup ⅔ full. Bake for 24 minutes or until the muffin springs back. Rest for 5 minutes before removing from pan and placing on a wire rack to cool.

Love, Grey & Brianna

I’m just going to say that I’m somewhat partial to the garden during wintertime. Spring and summer gardens get all the glory, but I find that rain soaked root vegetable and fresh cabbages are so satisfying in the middle of winter. We are technically still in fall, but our winter garden is in full swing. We’ve been enjoying red potatoes with fresh cut chives and garlic, roasted beets, and plenty of greens. I hope you enjoy our little tour.

How’s your garden growing?

Love, Grey & Brianna

“I bless you with grace and peace

power and protection

health and healing

holiness and godliness

abundance and prosperity

and all the fruits and gifts of the holy spirit.

In Jesus Name, Amen”

Merry almost Christmas.

Love, Grey & Brianna

P.S. Does anyone else with littles only have ornaments on the top half of the tree?!?!

Love, Grey & Brianna