Birthday Celebrations!
Our youngest son is turning seven today, which is so hard for us to believe! I know that everyone says this but it seriously feels like just yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital and adjusting to…
Packing Healthy Lunches
There's nothing worse than the sinking feeling you get when your kids come home from school and empty out their backpacks and lunchboxes and you find that they didn't eat the food that you lovingly packed for them that day! …
New Year’s Chili made with Christmas Ham
Happy New Year’s Eve! I can hardly believe that our week of holiday vacation is coming to an end. We’ve enjoyed six wonderful days of fun with our extended families, including more board games than we’ve probably played all year…
Holiday Preparations and Countdowns
Today is the first day of December and we are all starting to think about the upcoming holidays and everything that means for us. While that might include things like shopping for gifts, visiting Santa, caroling, planning a holiday party,…
Potato, Kale and Egg Pizza
As I’ve shared in the past, one of our family food traditions is to have a Friday night pizza dinner each week. Whenever possible, I make homemade dough in the bread machine and we are able to eat homemade pizza. …
Weekday Dinner: Veggie Tuna Noodle Casserole
In our family, this is not only a back-to-school time of year but also a sports-and-activities-taking-over-our-calendar time of year :) I’m sure a lot of you can relate. Between flag football practices for all three boys, PREP classes at our…
Back to School Time!
It’s that time of year again! Our boys started school last week and so our school routines have been dragged out from the back of the closet along with the backpacks and lunch boxes. Today I am sharing a…
Healthy Eating on Vacation
When we go away on vacation, we naturally want to be able to forget about the daily grind back at home. And for those of us who are used to preparing food at home, this can include cooking meals. We…
Being a “Good Enough” Mom
So I watched the movie Bad Moms last night. I howled with laughter at the ridiculous but somehow accurate portrayal of what it feels and looks like to be a “good” mom in this day and age. The running around…
Happy [Homemade] Valentine’s Day <3
If you are a last minute holiday gift-giver like myself, you might still be looking for some ideas for the big V-Day tomorrow. Of course, I'm not talking about running out to the store to buy a card and some…