Do you love Halloween? As a kid, it was one of my favorite holidays. The anticipation of all the candy you were going to get made it impossible to sleep the night before. I vividly remember every year when we came home with our stash, my sisters and I would…
I love fall. There’s just something magical in the air when the season changes, especially when the summer has been hot. Right now, the weather is in the low 80s and the nights are cooling down. The leaves have just started to change color and the squirrels in my trees…
I love cake. Especially cake that fits in a 9×13 pan, (does anyone else struggle with stacking cake layers and keeping it even and straight?), and is simple to make. This dessert is similar to the coffee cake recipe I have, and while technically a dessert, you can eat it…
The sun is out, the flowers are in full bloom, and the weather is getting warmer…that can only mean one thing. Summer is here! This is my first official summer in the South and I am trying to get used to the humidity and warmer temperatures. It is very different…
This is the first Mother’s Day I am not spending with my mom. It’s certainly a lot easier to see family when you live closer! (The picture below is my my mom and sisters horseback riding at Black Butte, Bend in 2019. We went on a girls’ week there and…
I had never heard of these cookies before, but I was a little intrigued when I came across this recipe while reading The Wall Street Journal a month or two back. Usually we all want light and fluffy cookies, but purposely deflating them? Hmmm…that was interesting. So I decided to…
Easter is almost here! I am excited to fill some eggs with candy and some baskets with goodies. It’s so fun to watch my kids run around hunting for the hidden eggs in the yard. These pictures of my kids were from last year. The weather actually cooperated for once,…
Valentine’s Day is almost here! It’s not my favorite holiday, but I do really like it. My plan Sunday is to make homemade cards with the kids and drink hot cocoa bombs. (Yes, I did jump on that bandwagon. I’ll work on a tutorial post to share with it in…
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