It is about dang time the Benson’s finally made me a baby!! I have been waiting and waiting until the day I could finally throw this shower and I could not have been more excited that Lyndi is pregnant and that very soon I will get to snuggle a baby Benson. The Benson’s have a …
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I\’ve always wanted to have a Back-to-School Feast and with all of the craziness and sleeplessness of the last few years I just haven’t made it happen. This year, with the example of amazing friends, I put together an evening together with our family to celebrate our children’s return to school. I\’m really trying to …
It was a fantastic 4th of July. We slept in and skipped the parade. We made puff-paint shirts. We abandoned our hot house (our AC unit died a week ago) and swam for the day and then headed to the Miller Manor for the evening. The Miller’s started the sweetest tradition of spending Independence Day …
The Germans know how to bake, and Buchteln is a perfect example of that. I do fantasize a little about one day opening up a German Bakery…amongst my list of other things I want to be when I grow up. I found Das Cookbook right after I came home from Germany and realized that I …
I grew up with the traditional cranberry sauce from the can. The goal was always to slide the smooth, jelly-like sauce out of the can perfectly and retain the ridges and can shape. I had no idea making cranberry sauce was so easy-it seemed hard and low-priority in the scheme of holiday-cooking so I didn’t bother …
It’s almost October you guys!! And that means it’s time for me to start planning our annual Halloween party. Per tradition I\’m cooking up a murder mystery and in the early beginnings of figuring out who’s going to fake murder who this year. As I\’ve been planning I have found my new favorite party trick: …
I feel like we may have taken Pumpkin Spice a little too far. As I was searching through Amazon for this article I found some real gems, some of which I can’t believe exist! It was easy to make a list of the ten most ridiculous pumpkin spice products based on my searches. Please click …
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It seems that we’re pretty terrible at planning holidays. Today was Labor Day and we didn’t have a single thing planned. The fact that this weekend was Labor day had completely slipped my mind and with everything else going on (Paisley getting baptized) by the time Monday rolled around we kind of forgot it was …
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This last Memorial Day started like most of our others-we had an easy going morning, didn’t really do much and at the last minute decided to make plans. We rarely plan things on holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day because it’s such a pain dealing with crowds and trying to travel. Jon took charge …
I finally did it! All growing up we dyed Easter Eggs naturally with my Swiss Grandmother and ever since I\’ve always wanted to do it myself but I just never had the time or energy or both. This year I was determined to try out some new ideas and dye my own Easter Eggs and …