This past weekend we went to Cumberland Falls State Resort Park for a mini-vacation with my husband’s family. The six of us stayed in a small one-bedroom cottage, Matthew & Jenny stayed in a tent, and Sharon, Charlie, Jessica, Nicholas and their kids were in campers. I had the largest kitchen by far with a...
How in the world is it possible that it’s already July?!?! Our summer break is practically flashing before our eyes! We’ve been staying very busy this summer with all kinds of adventures from our Summer Bucket List, but I’ve still been pretty good about making our meals at home instead of too much eating out. Although...
We’re still going full tilt, enjoying our summer vacation. We went to COSI last week, we went swimming, I attended two awesome events in Cincinnati and learned about two companies giving back to our community (more on those soon), we had a great party with Michael’s cousins, Michael took part in Paddlefest (and bought a...
We’ve kicked off our summer vacation in style, with strawberry picking, hikes, marking a couple things off of our Summer Bucket List, starting summer camp and having dinner at the pool. I love summer vacation so much! We ate well last week…be sure to check out these recipe links! What we were eating last week:...
This week we took a road trip to a local farm to pick strawberries. There are just a few weeks left in strawberry pickin’ season, and we were able to pick oodles of fresh strawberries. We took my Grandma with us, since she had mentioned wanting fresh berries for preserves when I saw her last...
Summer vacation has started with a BANG! We’ve already been to the doctor for poison ivy AND strep throat, and we’ve already started our adventures about town. Because last week was a holiday and I had sick children to tend to, I didn’t get my menu plan posted, so this week’s post includes TWO WEEKS...
This week we had some delicious Shrimp Scampi. This easy to prepare pasta dish was a hit with the whole family…I really loved introducing them to something new. Shrimp Scampi has a fancy flair but makes for great comfort food. Thanks to Food Network & Tyler Florence for the delicious recipe!
It’s been another tasty week at our house…every dinner last week was delicious! AND…I spent a day one day this week organizing all of my recipes here on the blog, so now I have a handy dandy tab at the top with my Recipe archives!!! Here’s what we dined on last week: Tilapia & Confetti...
I am looking forward to the summer months…because it means I can be a little more creative in the kitchen, and make meals that require more time and a bit more effort. During the school year we are constantly on the go with after school activities, so our evening meals tend to get a bit...
I recently purchased some adorable Fiestaware fruit bowls to add to my beloved collection of Fiestaware dishes. I’m smitten with these new bowls. Is that strange to be smitten with bowls? Oh well, I am. I think these little bowls could go in any home…even if you don’t use Fiestaware dishes everyday as we do. ...
Yesterday Max celebrated his First Communion, and we had quite a spread for his celebration after Mass. So instead of giving you our weekly menu plan (we ate out ALOT last week)…I bring you instead my First Communion Party Menu Plan! I wanted to have a picnic-style lunch for Max’s party, so I used some...
Just writing this post is making my stomach growl…I mean, look at that coffee cake! It is so heavenly. I only make it twice a year…for Christmas and for Easter. And I always take it to Michael’s family party on those days, because if I weren’t taking it to a party I’m afraid I’d eat...
