Nate and I have been together for 16 years so it should go without saying that when we go out I am his date.  However, I still get excited by this ordinary fact. The other day we were preparing to go to a football party as a family and while I hustled and bustled around the house to get things ready in time I kept thi…

Their smiles make me smile every single time.

I am obsessed with playing games with the kids.  I love how they help us get time together laughing and having fun and even on the busiest of days we usually can fit one in.  Our kids have different desires when it comes to competitiveness so we have been on the hunt for great family games over the past few years.  W…

Orange chicken in a guranteed crowd pleaser in our house. Spicy or sweet it can be made to make everyone smile. If we are in a healthy and less endulgent mood the chicken can be simply grilled up with out topping or frying. The sauce is so delicious it is all anyone really cares about anyway.  Ingredients …

Aliya has been loving watching Ice Skating on television.  All the preliminary Olympic competitions have her so excited and dreaming of being an Olympic figure skater.  Aliya's friend Madeline took her ice skating as her birthday gift (I absolutely love the gift of time together!) and Aliya could not have been any…