Have you seen the previews for Fantastic Mr. Fox? If you haven’t you need to check them out! My kids have been talking about this movie for a couple weeks and I have a feeling it’s going to be one of those movies that we’ll take [...]
I wish we’d seen this video last week before we semi-butchered two lovely turkeys at our Thanksgiving Warm-up. Still, I thought I’d share this video of Alton Brown showing how to carve the perfect turkey just in time for the real Turkey Day!
[...]Every year we do Thanksgiving Warm-up I love it more than the year before. I love hanging out with good friends. I love trying everyone else’s favorite recipes. I love getting everything ready and seeing our ideas come to life.
It is such fun for Thomas & me.
This year Thanksgiving Practice [...]
Okay, so he’s actually the only husband I’ve ever had, but I don’t think that is any less monumental. In fact, if you know what it takes to put up with me on a daily basis you’d know that makes him a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Anyways, today is [...]
Is this a boy thing? To be up and cruising the house on two little legs at the tender age of 7-months-old? Because  neither of my girls were quite this accomplished in the mobility department so early and I wasn’t prepared to be chasing this little guy so soon!
Even still, [...]
We had the chance to practice Thanksgiving last weekend and I’m saving the recap for my Wordless/Wordful Wednesday post, but in the meantime I thought I’d share my Top Ten Favorite Recipes for Thanksgiving. (I forgot to mention that if you click on the names it will take you to [...]
We had an awesome Thanksgiving Warm-up party this weekend. It was so fun to hang out with good friends & family and practice all the great Thanksgiving recipes we’ll be making next week.
After all the drama of the last couple weeks/months it did my soul good to [...]
On the day we found out we’d lost the baby, this cat showed up in our carport. She snuck into our house as we were shuffling kids into the car and curled up on the sofa and went to sleep like she’d lived here her whole [...]
Our Thanksgiving Warm-up preparations are still very much underway. And with 40 guests descending on our house this weekend, I have so much to do to get ready. Especially since we always try to entertain as well as we can without breaking the bank. Which means [...]
Whether you’re hosting a Thanksgiving Warm-up of your own or your hosting the “real” Turkey day at your house, here are a few cool Etsy finds for things to make your party special.
Eco-Friendly Tree Branch Holders & Place Cards by A Remark You Made.
Before I was married Thanksgiving was hands-down my least favorite holiday. I called it an “old people holiday.” I thought it was boring, depressing, & dull. But something happened after I got my very first casserole dish at a wedding shower. I fell in love with [...]
First, the stomach flu and now this. I’m putting these in the vault until he’s in high school. At which point I will threaten to publish them to all of his friends the first time he breaks curfew. I think it’s a stellar plan.
One thing I failed to mention about yesterday’s grand adventure to the children’s ER was that it taught me a few important lessons.
First and foremost: If you’re going to bum around in your PJs all day at least make a point to put on a bra. ‘Cause I have [...]
I knew the moment the words came out of my mouth that I had tempted fate. I know better than to say something like, “Yeah, luckily we’ve never had to take any of our kids to the Emergency Room for anything.”
Smart, huh? Less than 24 hours later guess where I [...]
Bear with me while I shamelessly share pictures of my kids. Sometimes I have to be one of those moms. I can’t help myself. It’s just that Halloween is one of my all-time favorite days of the year. I mean, who doesn’t love dressing your kids up so you they [...]
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