I love supporting local farmers and going to our local farmers market. I found the produce to be some of the best our there. Right now strawberries are in season. To me nothing is worse than buying strawberries and having them go bad within 1-2 days. I usually buy a few quarts or buckets of […]

Are you stressing about Easter brunch or dinner? Are you worried that your house is a mess? Are you comparing yourself to other people on Instagram? Don’t do any of those things. If we think about it, Jesus talks a lot about hospitality in the Bible. In fact throughout the Bible it talks about hospitality. […]

With the holidays right around the corner, I thought I would share some of my favorite travel tips with you, especially traveling with kiddos. Recently we took the kiddos on their first real vacation and for Lele and Isabella it was their first flight. They all did great on the flights and behaved. We also […]

Let’s talk about school lunches…   I don’t know about you, but I always loved taking my lunch to school. Back then lunch boxes and brown bags were nothing like they are today. My mom always packed the best lunches and it always made me feel special. For each holiday she would make some themed […]

As you know Jimmy and I love to travel. In fact in the past few years we have been traveling a lot. We have gone to Vegas a few times, Arizona, Boulder and Tampa a couple of times. At the end of 2019 hubs and I went on our last cruise. For about 5 years […]

Growing up Thanksgiving was always a big deal in my family. While in Jimmy’s family it was all about hunting. We always had big family Thanksgiving meals in my family. My mom always cooked dinner. When I was older I would help. I remember peeling a lot of potatoes. We had a lot of Dallas […]

 I know not everyone loves to be in the kitchen. Some people love to just cook, some just love to bake and some of you just don’t enjoy being in the kitchen. There are days I can’t wait to get into the kitchen and some days I just don’t feel like cooking or baking. What […]

If you have known me for a while, you know that I love Trader Joe’s. It really is my favorite grocery store to shop at. I’m always getting asked what I get at Trader Joe’s. So here are my top finds from TJ’s. My favorite items from there to bake with are unsalted butter, cage […]