It’s hard to believe that it’s THAT time of year again. Just this past weekend, I walked in to Target and heard Christmas music playing. Although I’m not quite ready to decorate the Christmas tree yet, it’s never too early to start sharing holiday recipes, right? I rediscovered this recipe last week and knew…
Grandma’s Pumpkin Pudding Cake
I love fall baking! One of my favorite recipes – one that I grew up eating – is pumpkin pudding cake. It was a regular at all of our fall and winter family gatherings when I was growing up (what I really mean is that someone had BETTER make the pumpkin pudding cake any…
Everyone Deserves a Special Day #PartyReddi
Birthdays are pretty frequent occurrence at our house, with 7 birthdays in 7 different months. I was excited participate in the Reddi-wip #PartyReddi campaign, because who doesn’t love an excuse to celebrate a birthday? Although I have been compensated, all opinions are my own. No matter if we’re celebrating a first birthday or a…
One Last Family Trip to Castle Park #PSF Give Me Your Best Shot
As we prepare to load up the car and drive across the country to take my oldest daughter to college next week, we just HAD to make one last trip to Castle Park (our nickname for it, at least). Castle Park holds so many memories for us – it was a favorite of the…
Necco’s Birthday – a Little Delayed #PSF
I remember sharing a family picture from Necco’s 15th birthday – nearly a month ago now! – on Facebook. But apparently the month of June really WAS so crazy that I neglected to “officially” post about her special day. And considering how infrequently I show up in pictures with my kids, it would really…
5 Tips to Increase Family Bonding
This post about family bonding and staying connected as a family is sponsored by KFC but all thoughts are my own…and my kids’. When I asked my 9 year old son, AJ, what his favorite thing to do as a family at night time when everyone is home, his immediate response was “Jammy baseball!”…
Birthday Surprise #WW
My youngest son turned 9 this past Sunday. His presents were well-received (Although…after a late night wedding on Saturday, I was hoping to sleep in. Instead I was awakened as soon as the sun came up, Christmas-morning-style). His cake was yummy…and he didn’t even mind having the wrong number of candles (and recycled 11th…
The Annual Easter Family Pictures #PSF Give Me Your Best Shot
We almost missed the annual Easter family pictures. And that would have been a shame. We’ve been doing a picture in our Sunday-best every Easter morning for as long as I can remember. We had no time to spare before church (Easter egg hunt, Easter baskets, and cooking Easter dinner before we left was…
2014 Easter Egg Hunt #WW
7 kids. Hundreds of eggs. Enough chocolate and jelly beans to feed the entire city. Tons and tons of cousin fun! We love our annual cousin Easter egg hunt! Do you do an Easter Egg hunt with your kids? How many eggs do you end up filling? An InLinkz Link-up
Decorating Easter Eggs 2014 #WW
Despite the fact that not all of the kids are equally enthusiastic about decorating Easter eggs anymore, it’s a tradition that we keep every year. We had tons of fun…those of us who decorated eggs. And although our eggs aren’t fancy or beautiful like some others I’ve seen, they are a colorful and happy…