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Currently: June 2023

June. Already! Not sure how we’re in the sixth month of 2023, but summer begins this month and I am here for it.

Mom and daughter holding hands and walking in creek

We have a few fun things on deck this month: our church’s vacation Bible school, a trip to the Outer Banks, and gymnastics camp for Sadie. Oh, and Mordecai turns seven months old this month!

Here’s all the current things in my life. As always, share your responses to some of these prompts in the comments! (more…)

Pretzel Challah Buns, Birds Nests, and A Little Welder

As usual, I’m coming at ya with a really random blog post title! How are you doing? It’s currently Friday evening as I type up this post and it has been a rainy day here in Pittsburgh. I think I need to light a candle!

Pretzel challah buns

We’ve been having fun in the Zottola kitchen lately. I made challah dough one morning and decided to make it into pretzel knots! I just divided the dough into eight balls, rolled each ball into a rope, and tied them in a knot. (more…)