Life has been crazy in my home lately.  Hence the lack of blogging.  I did want to share a few new milestones. 1.  Griffin started prescho...

Every month or two, Jared has a pot luck lunch with some of his co-workers.  They always select a theme for each lunch and divide up the foo...

Tonight my family will be eating one of those dinners that all five of us enjoy.  That's right, no special plates for picky eaters.  Ca...

I have Christmas on the brain.  I'm still in the brainstorming phase of preparing for Christmas this year. I'm sure some of you th...

Several years ago, I decided I wanted a new baking challenge.  During my Food Network obsession, I saw Alton Brown make homemade marshmallow...

Well, today is Nolan's first day of first grade. I put on my brave mom face for him.  Don't tell him, but I actually hate leaving ...

This, my friends, is the picture of our summer: Only when I look at it, I see it more like this: And I hear the song "Stand b...