Tag: Holiday

  • July 4th Cupcakes :)

    July 4th Cupcakes 🙂

    Happy 4th of July!!! Here’s my (slightly humorous) attempt at patriotic cupcakes: They were supposed to look like American flags, but of course, I got regular size twizzlers and do you have any idea how difficult it is to get them to bend and stick to the icing when they get any longer than 1…

  • Mother’s Day

    Mother’s Day

    Tomorrow, May 8, is Mother’s Day. There are many people who come to mind during this holiday: my dear Mom – the one who carried, birthed, nurtured, fed, trained, and still continues to love me. I love you, Mom. a friend – a mother at heart – but to this point has not been able…

  • Our Easter Grill-Out

    Our Easter Grill-Out

    So this year Easter was HOT. Like, 88 degrees hot. I’ve grown up eating ham on Easter and I’ve even cooked ham for Easter, but this year we decided to grill out instead of turning the oven on. Best decision ever! I had so much fun looking for cool grilling recipes to try. My hubby…

  • Pretty Punch

    Pretty Punch

    As a general rule, I’m not a fan of punch. You know, the bright red stuff you get in a clear plastic cup at weddings, grad parties, church fellowships, baby showers, etc? That stuff. (Which is precisely why I chose to ditch the fruity punch and go with coffee punch at my wedding. mmmmm :))…

  • Love is in the air…

    Love is in the air…

    Happy 1 week until Valentine’s Day! Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? Have any special traditions? We don’t usually decorate – and we don’t have humungo traditions either. BUT, now that I have a little girl…:)…I want to make things special. Making it special doesn’t mean you have to spend hours and hours on something,…