So, a while back Lisa posted about the belief jars she did for Young Women’s. I loved them and knew as soon as we started planning our family vacation this year to Disneyland (thanks to a very generous and exciting gift from my parents) I was going to makeover our vacation jar to be cute…
Card Swap – January 2012
I know we’ve mentioned a few times about our fun group who all get together and have a cardswap once a month. I decided that this year I am going to share our cards from each month and also tell you a bit about how to start your own card swapping group. There are of…
Quilted Valentine Card Tutorial
While trying to figure out what I wanted to do for my cards for January Cardswap I found myself hanging out on pinterest (of course). I found this darling card that I thought I had everything to make and so I decided on that card. Here is a very picture heavy tutorial of the way…
Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas A family friendly meal that comes together super quickly. Our Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas are a great dinner to have the kids help with. Ingredients: 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth 2 lbs chicken breast, shredded1/4 cup onion, chopped1 tablespoon vegetable oil12 fajita size soft flour tortillas1 1/2 cups Mexican blend…
Candy Cane Pancakes!
The 6 year old very recently became the 7 year old and she got to have her very 1st slumber party! Nate is pretty well known for his awesome pancakes. I think that is why we always have such a great turnout at our slumber parties. This party she had a couple requests. She’s been…
Nativity Scene – a Christmas Eve Tradition 2011
I told you a while back about how every year we have the children act out the story of Christ’s birth. Typically we do this on Christmas Eve but this year since we were going to be out of town we had them do it at the family Christmas party. It was so great to…
Christmas Decorations – piano
I’ve been wanting to share my Christmas decorations because I love them but life has been crazy. We’re getting ready to head out of town and since we’ll be gone over Christmas the darling Husband doesn’t love the idea of leaving a real one here drying out…SO we’re making do with something we had on…
Ruffle Cakes
The fabulous Paula has perfected the ruffle cake. I am hoping she’ll have a tutorial for us very soon but until then I had to share the cakes she’s created over the last week. The babies celebrated their 1st birthdays and of course that had to include a party. Before the party we did the…
Chocolate Candy Cake – R’s birthday
When I saw a picture of this cake, I just KNEW I had to make it for someone! Lucky for me, R’s birthday is in a couple of days, but we had a combined party for him, H, and my niece yesterday. I showed him a picture of the cake and he loved it! First…
Christmas Tradition – St. Nicholas Day
My husband spent time when he was young in Germany where his dad was stationed. While his family was there, they picked up a tradition of celebrating St. Nicholas Day. After Josh and I were married, we decided to carry on this tradition with our kids. St. Nicholas Day falls on December 6th (H’s birthday!),…