Posted in Becca, Kids on Nov 20th, 2009 9 Comments »
This last little while has been a rather stressful one for our family with a number of things in the works. I have found myself more on edge and easy to rile. Our kids have been troopers putting up with it but it had started to wear off on them as well, making me rile [...]
Posted in Recipes on Nov 19th, 2009 4 Comments »
I have never actually made caramel apples, but have had a number of them this year – not made by me. Last Sunday I think I tasted the BEST caramel apple there is! Our friend brought them over for a Family Home Evening treat and I think I ate most of them myself (truly!). I [...]
Posted in Becca, Projects on Nov 15th, 2009 6 Comments »
The last couple weeks we’ve been working on a big project . . refinishing our big blanket chest. This was given to us as a hand-me-down by a friend many years and a few moves ago. It came with a few scrapes and bumps and we had added our own. Frankly, it was beginning to [...]
Posted in Giveaway on Nov 4th, 2009 1 Comment »
I love the new world of blogs and on-line companies. I especially love seeing new companies emerge with products that you think, “That is SO cool; some people are just SO talented!” Well, my sister introduced me to one such company this week and I thought I would share because . . . there is [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kids on Nov 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »
This year we went the simple route and just planned costumes around what we had in our dress-up box. We ended up with a cowboy, a cowgirl, a 50′s Poodle skirt girl, and a fairy princess. The kids were thrilled to dress up and I was glad it was so low-key. We went trick-or-treating with [...]