I’ve been making these sugar cookies since the boys were born. They are a labor of love, but are truly the most delicious iced sugar cookies I’ve ever had. If you love almond flavoring, don’t lose this recipe! Mother and I made them for John’s grad party. We wanted to include something he’d grown up… Read More
I’ll wrap up grad party videos today with the inside set up! Again, we had to move a lot more inside than we thought, but it worked out well and really did spread out our guests. In the kitchen we served desserts both on the drink bar and the island (the candy board was a… Read More
I’m back today with a video of the porch set up for John’s grad party. You’ll recognize much of the decor from their hoco and back to school soirees over the years. It was nice to use it all one last time! Like I mentioned yesterday, we had to move more things inside than I… Read More
Sister has a ton of amazing party pics on her “real” camera that I hope to get from her and share soon. In the meantime, I’ll share videos I took before the guests arrived. It was such an amazing celebration of my three favorite grads. Everything went off without a hitch, and turned out exactly… Read More
Over the next few days I hope to share videos of John’s grad party. I’ll start today with the invitation. John has talked and plotted for years about having this party with his best friends Carl and Michael. And gosh are they are FUN group to celebrate. When Sister was trying to arrange the trio… Read More
Today we are sending our heartfelt remembrance to all of the men and women that made the ultimatie sacrifice for our country. We are the land of the free because of the brave. I remain grateful that we had the opportunity to visit Arlington and bear witness to just some of the countless countrymen that… Read More
I’ve had these roasted veggies on rotation as a delicious side dish all spring. They are easy to prepare in advance and we’ve enjoyed them with all sorts of main dishes. Roasted Summer Vegetables Recipe adapted from Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That? Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Trim the ends of the zucchinis and… Read More