I wish all little girls could be loved as much as mine is loved by her brothers. Time at home is such a wonderful treasure.  We may not get too much of it this time of year but we really do try to make the most of it when we do.  Right now we are balancing wrestling, robotics, dance, and band. The kids …

Trent just needs to do some more driving hours with us and then he will be off to get his license. We are very proud of him, as taking Driver's Ed and doing school at the same time was tough, but he made it through smiling the whole time and just sleeping on the ride home occasionally.

Accidents happen and this was definitely a mistake.  I was attempting to make a coffee cake but when going to add almond extract I accidentally added lemon extract instead.   I clearly had not had my cup of coffee yet, after all, I was waiting to have it with my delicious coffee cake.  After realizing what had happe…

I really like this recipe for Scalloped potatoes as they don't take quite as long to bake in the oven because the potatoes are boiled in advance.  Cheese is always a hit in our house so more just means bigger smiles and as Dylan often tells me "there is no such thing as to much cheese".  INGREDIE…

Frost on the pumpkins!  It is getting chilly in the mornings. Halloween seemed to last an extra-long time for us this year.  I think it was because it was in the middle of the week and activities were spread out from the weekend before to the weekend after.  Dylan went to a dance and a party, Aliya went to a part…