Hosting Christmas dinner often sounds magical until the planning begins. Between shopping lists, recipe prep, and oven juggling, the holidays can quickly turn into a marathon. But with a clear Christmas feast prep timeline, you can glide through the season with enough time to savor every bite (and maybe even relax with a holiday movie). […]
DIY Poke Ball Christmas Ornament
With the craze of the new Pokemon Go app still abounding, I thought it might be fun to make a Poke Ball ornament to decorate your tree or give as a gift to the Pokemon lover in your life. This project is really easy and can make a lot all at once. Supplies: White solid […]
DIY Santa Belly Christmas Tree Ornament
As I previously shared, our Christmas ornaments come from our travels around the world. We don’t have any ornaments on the tree that don’t have any meaning. So what happens if I want to make ornaments? Or do an ornament craft with my kids? Well these things also hold special meaning, or they can become gifts. […]
Recipes
Recipes with Spice – Zucchini Bread and Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate
This post is sponsored by McCormick® but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. The holiday season typically means an abundance of baking and perhaps extra entertaining. Since I do host a party or two during this time of year I try to change up my recipes so that my guests aren’t eating […]
Chocolate Cream Pie
Chocolate pie is my favorite dessert and this is my all-time favorite chocolate pie. I always make this pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas, then occasionally throughout the year. This pie has been known to be our birthday dessert as well. The recipe is so easy to memorize that this is my go-to dessert for company […]
Halloween Spooktacular Feast Ideas
This post has been sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are my own. Halloween is a big deal at my house. Besides the obvious reasons to love Halloween (hello piles of candy!) my kids love it because we have always made it a big deal. We try to do family themed costumes, eat themed […]
Maple & Cream Baked Acorn Squash
If you are looking for a delicious and different side dish or a lighter substitute for a meat dish, acorn squash is a tasty way to go. This Maple & Cream version is filled with a rich, maple sweetened cream and baked until tender. I love to eat mine as almost a soup, scraping the […]
Sweet Onion Turkey Sandwich
A few years ago we lived in Kansas. During that time we were introduced to the most delicious, homemade salad dressing – a sweet onion vinaigrette. I instantly fell in love with the flavor and so I got the recipe and it made it often for my family. I would make multiple large salads every […]
Loaded Pasta Salad
As the weather warms our family outings begin. This means the time is soon coming where I’ll be packing lunches quite often as we venture out to different parks, activities and small road trips around the area. Instead of just packing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and calling it good, I want to include […]
Crafts
DIY Poke Ball Christmas Ornament
With the craze of the new Pokemon Go app still abounding, I thought it might be fun to make a Poke Ball ornament to decorate your tree or give as a gift to the Pokemon lover in your life. This project is really easy and can make a lot all at once. Supplies: White solid […]
DIY Santa Belly Christmas Tree Ornament
As I previously shared, our Christmas ornaments come from our travels around the world. We don’t have any ornaments on the tree that don’t have any meaning. So what happens if I want to make ornaments? Or do an ornament craft with my kids? Well these things also hold special meaning, or they can become gifts. […]
Free Printable Christmas Games
This year has flown by! But to be prepared for the holiday season, I’m already stocking up on fun and games to be done over the Winter break. Free printables are some of my favorite things, so I’m really excited to be offering a couple free Christmas game printables today! These are really fun games. You can […]
Easy Pumpkin Decor with Sparkling Ice
This post was sponsored by Sparkling Ice as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Halloween might be all wrapped up, but it’s still very much fall and it definitely still calls for cute and easy pumpkin decor for your porch! Some of the […]
Turkey Door Decoration Tutorial
My kids love decorating for holidays so we thought of this easy and cute way to get our house all dolled up for Thanksgiving. This Turkey Door Decoration Tutorial is really easy to do, and inexpensive. It’s really simple, only took a few minutes and the kids were involved every step of the way. Here’s how […]
Fingerprint Frankenstein Halloween Craft
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links. I LOVE crafts that only take a few minutes to complete. Easy crafts that my kids can do in a few minutes are even better. This darling Fingerprint Frankenstein Halloween Craft is fun because not only is […]
Travel
5 Tips to Maximize Your Summer Road Trip
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions are mine alone. #SummerIsForSavings #CollectiveBias #WFM3 This summer we spent many, many hours in the car together as a family traveling to several family vacations. Our latest road trip, and last one of the summer (sad face) […]
Summer Park Exploring – Tips to find a great park
This post was sponsored by Landscape Structures as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. To help fight summer boredom we have started summer park exploring. We have lived in this house for almost eight years and have become pretty familiar with the parks […]
6 Places Not to Miss in Alaska
Alaska is easily one of the prettiest and hardest states to visit. What makes it the Last Frontier is that the majority of the state is uninhabited and still essentially wild. Here are 6 Places Not to Miss in Alaska when you visit! This list is just what you need to get started planning the […]
Family Reunion Planning for Beginners
This post was inspired by Dolly Parton’s Stampede. They provided media rate tickets for my family reunion later this summer. Stay tuned for more about Dolly Parton’s Stampede. Family reunions have been a part of my life since I was an early teen. Since there are seven kids in my family and I’m the youngest, […]
