Over the past few months I’ve had fresh eggs delivered to my doorstep. I’ve never had anything delivered before, and I feel privileged to have these free-range eggs in my home. This week we got a special treat. I told the Neikola, the owner of …
Start by Picking the Best Strawberries! Little Man, Little Missy and I went to our favorite place to pick berries, Fordyce Farms. This family run farm is a fun place to go with little guys since they offer a wide varity of produce to pick and they also …
Hubby celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday. It was a low-key affair, celebrated with just our immediate family. Little Missy started his day off by waking him up with her entertaining rendition of “Happy Birthday” on her little piano book. For lunch we took him to Quiznos …
My friend Megan surprised me and my family with a basket full of goodies for Easter. One of the things she made were some Marshmallow Candy Cones that were amazing! They reminded me of wafer cookies with marshmallow. Hubby and I devoured most of them …
After looking around for some birthday ideas for little man, I came across this fun cake idea. Check out Omnomicon’s really cool Rainbow Cake tutorial. I thought it was so darn creative and I just love the colors. I guess you could really do any …
Today I went to Confectionately Yours. It’s located on 19th Street SE, between Vista and McGilchrist. I LOVE that store! Michelle, the owner, was there to greet me as I walked in and as always she was super friendly and helpful. She’s the type of …
I bought some organic blue corn meal at the store and thought it would be great to make some cornbread with it. Now when I bought it I was thinking the color would be more vibrant like those delicious blue corn chips. But unfortunately, the …
This Christmas was filled with family, good food, and laughs. The Ramey family got together and we stuffed ourselves silly. We celebrated Little Missy’s Birthday which was on Christmas Eve. We even played guitar hero and Apples to Apples. Apples to Apples was easy and …
Feeling a bit of cabin fever with this insane arctic weather. The romance has warn off. The kids have not had school for a week due to snow and ice and they are now in their winter break which means two more weeks of keeping …
My favorite girl scout cookies are Samoas quickly followed by thin mints. So I was pretty excited when I came across a Samoa-like recipe on Jessica C.’s blog. Apparently Baking Bits (another blogger) came up with Caramel de-Lites which are just as good, if not …
yesterday and picked out some yummy apples and shell beans. Never had shell beans before but had to get them since they were so pretty. I’d like to grow them in the garden. I’ll let you know how they taste.
Thanks to my friend Megan, I had lots of fresh pears from her pear tree to make a yummy pie. Let me tell you first off that I’m not the biggest fan of pears. And secondly, I asked Megan if I could have some since …
Our little boy turned 3 this July and we threw him a barnyard birthday party. Below are some of the projects my kids and I worked on. We served up homemade baked beans, coleslaw, and hotdogs (thanks Dad for cooking!). It was so fun and …
3 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups sugar 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 cup butter, melted 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground …