This is the third and final month of my little collaboration with Instead of Flowers, and we have all enjoyed it so much. April’s meal was served (and devoured) on our freshly spring-cleaned porch on a beautiful Wednesday evening. If felt luxurious to enjoy a gourmet meal at home with the whole family gathered around… Read More
Happy Easter, friends! I hope your day has been filled with family, friends, happiness and hope! I’m working backwards here from our spring break week. After a couple nights in Disney and a week cruising with Royal Caribbean, we landed back in Disney World for a quick Easter celebration. I can’t imagine staying anywhere but… Read More
My role in helping the kids organize for prom was planning their dinner! There were a few proms in our area on the same night and we knew finding a restaurant that could seat 24 on a Saturday would be tough. And so, I set everything up for the kids to have dinner at the… Read More
In the absolute blink of an eye, John and his group of incredible young people were off to their Junior prom. Where does the time go? With tireless help from the “prom planning moms”, the kids started at our club for pictures on the golf course. They then moved inside for a lovely dinner. Afterwards,… Read More
This is month two of my little collaboration with Instead of Flowers, and I am SO excited to share our March meal. It came at the perfect time, right in the middle of our own little “March madness” with so many sports, peak season at work, school meetings and important decisions as the boys prepare… Read More
I celebrated another run around the sun today and all of your messages here, on Instagram, in email and via text made my day. I did the usual – carpool, work, cleaning, a walk – but still felt extremely happy, content and blessed. John had 5:15 AM practice which meant we could do a family… Read More
Our annual Mardi Gras dinner at home is one of our favorite meals of the year. The boys said I need to it more often and they are right! New Orleans School of Cooking Jambalaya Once again, I made jambalaya for our main course using the recipe we learned at the New Orleans School of… Read More