This year, I’m all about taking back the holidays. No more self-induced stress over a dinner or worrying about something that is out of my control. I started this laid back attitude around Halloween. I choose an easy DIY NASCAR driver costume for our little man to wear and I decided not to dress in a […]
I remember being a little girl running around my grandparents’ home with all my cousins. Their house had a basement with a pool table so we would spend most of our day down stairs attempting to play pool, but none of us were very good at it. If the weather was nice we would head […]
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Are you prepared? This year we’re staying in town and having dinner with my family. It’s going to be great getting together with my sister (and brother-in-law), my cousins and their kids. My cousins and I are about the same age and even are kids are close in age. […]
I sent these tips on hosting family to my VIP list a few weeks ago, but I thought they were just too good not to share with everyone. So if you’re on my VIP list then you are lucky because you received these way ahead of any holiday gathering prep. The Holidays are almost here. […]
It’s hard to imagine how it’s already the middle of October. I feel like it was just yesterday I was putting away my jackets and pulling out my shorts for summer weather. Now here I am pulling them back out. Funny story about yours truly. I had misplaced my house key months ago. I had […]
For Thanksgiving I wanted to bring an apple pie for two reasons: 1) I LOVE apple pie 2) I have been wanting to try a recipe for a cinnamon roll crust that I had seen on Pinterest. The recipe was everything I had dreamed of and then some. Yummy! Plus, it wasn’t hard to make […]
I stumbled upon this red velvet cookies recipe a few weeks ago. I ‘pinned’ it and then I could not stop thinking about it. Red Velvet cake holds a special place in my heart. It’s my family’s favorite and just so happens to be my favorite too. I thought that it would be a […]