Fall on the porch is our favorite time of year. Our doors have been thrown open for a couple of weeks now, and Honey and I both enjoy working out here before the boys bust in every afternoon. :-) In the seating area I have swapped out much of the “everyday” decorative items for Halloween… Read More
My family knows it is time to start the Halloween festivities when Sunday Supper hits the table with the haunted house cake for dessert! I’ve used this pan for a few cakes a year, a few years in a row: Haunted House Bundt Pan. It works wonderfully! This is one of my favorite, tried and true… Read More
After nine years of enjoying our porch, I’ve been working on a few updates this spring and summer! To refresh your memory, or if you’ve just recently joined us, we originally had a deck in this space. We used most of the original footings, moved the stairs, and ended up with this space – our… Read More
When the kids are away, the moms will play! With the kids back to school and a lovely pool that I’ve barely used in the backyard, I hosted the neighborhood moms for a fun Friday. We talked, sunned, floated and enjoyed lunch together before the littlest ones in the group were needing to be picked… Read More
With the boys on different school schedules again this year, I did a first day of school supper rather than our “special snack” of elementary school. As an aside, I won’t have them back on the same schedule until they are a freshman and a senior. Time flies. Hold on tight mamas. I chose a… Read More
Just like that and school is back in session!!! I know, I know…. we go back ridiculously early. We do! But, my kids know no different. We get 10 weeks of summer and a couple extra week long breaks during the school year and we really do like the schedule. While the night before was… Read More
We celebrated with a big, festive event here on the third with swimming, BBQ and fireworks. It was one of those parties where I had so much fun and socializing that I failed to take a single picture. I suppose that’s the hallmark of a great time. We ordered a bunch of BBQ and set… Read More