We loving cooking outdoors. It’s a life saver in the summer to keep the house cool, and during the colder months, it’s perfect for warming up and reminiscing about warmer days. And lets be honest, nothing tastes as good as something grilled! We decided to do a family dinner night of Build Your Own Pizza…
DIY Flower Garden in a Basket
DIY Flower Garden in a Basket Mother’s Day is coming up quickly and you’re going to love me for this gift idea. I love giving flowers as a gift for Mother’s Day, preferably flowers that aren’t cut so they can last all spring and summer long. Last year I shared over on the Western Gardens…
Star Wars Teacher Appreciation Door
Star Wars Teacher Appreciation Door (We love working with Cricut, they have supplied us with a machine to use, all thoughts, opinions, and project creation are our own.) Admission time – I have never been a room mom before. Talon is graduating High School this year (every time I say or type that sentence I…
Caramel Sea Salt Chip Chocolate Cookies
I’m not sure why, but Caramel Sea Salt Chip Chocolate Cookies might be the best thing ever. I like my sweets, but there is something about mixing your sweets with a little saltiness or even a little spiciness that just really bump up the flavor. I was at the grocery store and I found some…
Cactus String Art Tutorial
Who would have thought a cactus string art would be so cute? I wouldn’t have but I’m so glad I had the opportunity to try one out! This past weekend we attended Snap Conference a blogging conference here in Utah. One of the fun things they do at this conference is a secret sister gift…
The Charlie Dress Sewing Pattern Review
One of my goals for 2017 was to do more sewing. I think it’s my favorite creative outlet and I didn’t spend nearly enough time doing it last year. I am so excited to share The Charlie Dress with you, you’re going to want to make 20 of them. I have always been a big…
Homemade Chicken Salad
Homemade Chicken Salad is one of those things that remind me of Summer. It has such a fresh, crisp taste that’s perfect on a hot day. I also love it because you can use rotisserie chicken, or left over baked chicken. Everyone has their favorite recipe for chicken salad, so of course I had to…
Crescent Roll Carrots
Around Thanksgiving, I saw the cute cornucopias made from roll dough. I thought for Easter it would be fun to make some Crescent Roll Carrots using the same general technique. I think these turned out so cute! You can fill them with anything you like, but for these I picked my homemade Chicken Salad. Crescent…
Creative Easter Basket Ideas For Babies To Teens
With Easter only a few days away it’s time to be thinking about what to put in those Easter baskets for your kids. Our family doesn’t go crazy at Easter time. We’ve always tried to stick to the whatever fits in your basket rule , except for the year we got a trampoline. We obviously…
Coconut Lime Cookies
I love making a cookie recipe that turns out perfectly. That’s exactly what happened with these delicious Coconut Lime Cookies. I had some limes that were meant for another recipe that didn’t pan out, and I didn’t want them to go bad. Sure, I could have sliced them up and used them in the boring…