Our family recently took a vacation to Colorado Springs. There was a two-fold purpose for our trip there. 1–Rest and get away from everything here at home and 2-hike up Pike’s Peak. (Well actually only my husband and his mom and brother planned on doing that part.) So here was the plan for that: My father-in-law would drive […]
Our first-born son loves building. To say he gets excited when he sees a new road being built is an understatement and he gets ecstatic when we get to drive on a fresh smooth new road. So he requested a ‘new road’ cake for his 5th birthday this year. I wasn’t sure exactly how I’d […]
About a month ago our family took a little vacation to Colorado. I asked friends for some good book recommendations to pass the time in the car. One friend suggested A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I loved it. It’s one of those books that you pick up without any real expectations but […]
Before we kiss Summer goodbye and snuggle up with Autumn, here’s one more recipe for the Summer Salad Series by Martha that almost got left behind. I went to the store today to get the cabbage and onion I needed to complete the recipe thinking I had everything else at home but then sadly realized […]
Today, for the Summer Salad Series by Martha, I would like to introduce you to the Garden Pasta Salad. It took all day to make (because I have 3 young children not because it’s really all that difficult) and it was well worth it. I’m a fan of pasta salads but you have to know how to do […]