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We’re back with another out of the kitchen post – here’s what we’ve been up to for the month of May!

Left: A glass mug of coffee and six cupcakes on a stone slab with chocolate candies. Right: A woman uses a camera on a tripod to photograph desserts on a wooden table, surrounded by lighting equipment.

I started off the month of May with mini cheesecake week! It’s been helpful for me to batch my recipe testing – meaning one week I focus just on cheesecake and I’ll make 3 varieties. Not all of the mini cheesecake recipes have been shared, but the mini coffee cheesecakes are on the blog!

A nurse wearing blue gloves takes newborn baby footprints on a sheet of stickers in a hospital; the stickers with footprints are shown on a crib next to the baby.

I had the honor of photographing our friend Robin & Adam’s birth of their sweet baby boy! It was such a neat experience. That was my first time doing birth photography, but I would love to do it again in the future. Capturing those first few hours with baby was such a joy!

Split image: On the left, a smiling man and woman hold plates of homemade food in a kitchen. On the right, the man stands indoors holding a tray with several slices of cooked French toast.

Ryan is one GOOD cook. He likes trying new recipes which is fun for me because I get good food without doing any work ?. He made a fancy chicken thigh and the best rice ever dish in the dutch oven, and then we had friends over for breakfast and he went all out making fancy french toast and bananas fosters!

Split image: Left side shows spilled cupcakes on the floor in front of an open fridge. Right side shows a black cat lounging in a cardboard box near a fireplace and scratching pad.

During cheesecake recipe testing week – these cheesecakes had just gotten done chilling for a few hours and I was about to photograph them and somehow I tipped the pan when I was pulling it out of the fridge and nooooooo ?The second photo – I can’t believe we still had our fireplace on in MAY. It’s been a weird May weather wise, but at least Salsa got to enjoy snuggling by the fire one last time.

Split image: Left side shows a messy room with scattered items and open shelves; right side shows a smiling couple taking a selfie outdoors with trees in the background.

My office slowly became a disaster zone over a few weeks with props, I did clean it eventually and it looks much better! The second photo – Ryan had a super fun project for us (and I mean this sarcastically) one weekend. We raked, hauled dirt, spread grass seed, and lots more raking in an attempt to get grass to grow in our mossy background. Yard work is my least favorite adulting chore.

Left: A black cat sits on a closed suitcase on a hardwood floor in a cozy living room. Right: A person lies in bed, smiling, with the same black cat cuddled on their chest under a colorful quilt.

We brought our patio cushions up from the storage room and Salsa quickly claimed them as his new throne, it’s really cute actually! The second photo – I’ve bene getting lots of Salsa snuggles in the mornings ?

Four square pans of baked brownies are shown. The left side has two pans of plain brownies, one with a piece missing. The right side has two pans of marbled cheesecake brownies with swirled patterns on top.

Later in May was brownie week! So I recipe tested A TON of brownie recipes in order to find our favorite classic brownie! And I finally nailed it! It only took 5 days and 8 batches of brownies – see our homemade brownie recipe that’s chewy and fudgy! The second photo – then I started working on a cream cheese swirled brownie recipe, I was working on getting the perfect swirl, which is a lot harder than it looks!

A person stands on a chair photographing food on a table with a camera and lighting setup. Beside this, a kitchen counter is filled with ingredients, mixing bowls, and utensils, ready for baking.

Taking aerial photos is a killer back workout – meaning I’m getting older ?The second photo – I had my neighbor girls over and we made s’mores bars that they took to school to celebrate their summer birthdays!

Split image: Left shows someone using a saw on a wooden plank in a garage workshop; right shows a smiling person wearing safety glasses using a table saw, with an orange car and tools in the background.

We spent Memorial Day weekend working on a few projects. Ryan’s making cedar planter boxes for the deck and I’m working on creating a chunky wood frame for a large floor mirror. We both really enjoy wood projects and it’s awesome to see what you can build at home! I’ll share photos of our projects once they are done!

Here are the letter board posts I shared on my instagram this month!

Click each picture to go to instagram.

A smiling woman sits cross-legged, holding a stack of chocolate donuts in one hand and a letter board in the other. The board reads EAT A WELL ROUNDED BREAKFAST. She is wearing a blue shirt.

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