I love to gather my family and my friends around the table and cook for them. I genuinely enjoy to take the care and time to craft something delicious to serve them! The love of cooking wasn't something I grew up having, it was only after I had children with allergies that I began the process to discover not only how I could get them to eat healthier and within the confines of their food … [Read more...]
{The Best} Potato Bacon Soup AND {Superb} Supreme Pizza Soup
Today is s twofer. Toofer? Whatever. Two for One. Being snowed in has made me a bit crazy… Don't tell anyone… this is a secret… but I find that when I get overwhelmed with the boys being… well, boys- I escape into the kitchen with my sanity and imagination and end up with about 10 extra pounds in the last 4 days delicious things I get to serve to my excited family. So, it … [Read more...]
{Non} Christmas Card Photos
You know you have 'em too. ;) Sometimes it's the outtakes that show the life. the reality. the struggle. the joy. the fun. the humor of it all. I have lots of family pictures that I'm proud of from this day. Ones that send my Christmas Card dreams into overdrive, clicking through template after template trying to find one that makes us look good, normal and happy. And I felt so compelled to … [Read more...]
Snow Day!
One of my favorite things about living here in Northwest Arkansas is the way everything shuts down when it snows. Even better if there is sleet or ice before the snow begins! I love the run on the bread and milk at the store. I love the hope and anticipation of winter weather. I love it even more when the weather predictions come true. I love being trapped at home. (… I mean, in … [Read more...]