Parties and Holidays

Cheesy Horseradish Deviled Eggs and Easy Kitchen Clean Up

Filed Under: At Home, Food, Free Printables

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ScrubDishCloth #CollectiveBias My husband John has three food-related obsessions, horseradish, bacon and eggs. It’s pretty common knowledge to just about everyone on the planet that everything’s better with bacon, but in our house most things are also better with horseradish. We love […]

Why Mom Needs to Get in the Photos {Decoupage Memory Gifts}

Filed Under: Crafts & DIY, Gift Ideas, Motherhood, Parties/Holidays

Last week, I created these decoupage projects for Mother’s Day. As I searched my own stash of family photos, I knew I needed to include more from my childhood so I texted my mom and asked if she could find a few of her favorites. I didn’t tell her why, I just told her to snap a few […]

Festive Rainbow Cake

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Home, Parties/Holidays

My sweet baby girl LOVES to bake and design cakes and other treats. She adores making a HUGE mess playing in flour, and she recently discovered a new love of kneading fondant when we made her special football jersey football cake. She also adores rainbows so this rainbow cake project was fun for both of us. […]

Happy Birthday Ellie! Football Jersey Cake

Filed Under: Food, Home, Parties/Holidays

Today my baby, my youngest Ellie, turns 6. Yikes! Sitting on this side of it, I feel as though time has flown like lightning. I know in another blink of an eye she’ll be off to college. Seriously, isn’t that what it feels like?! You moms of older kids, doesn’t it feel that way? I’m […]

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse

Filed Under: Food, Gluten Free, Home

This No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse is a perfectly delicious simple dessert for your next holiday gathering! We’re still in pumpkin season, right?! I wish it lasted all year long! I don’t often blog about food (although I have been more lately) and I have a bit of an obsession with pumpkin. So I’m going with it. […]

Minions Movie Night Snack Ideas

Filed Under: Entertainment, Food, Gluten Free

We have had some BIG minions fans in this house ever since the days of Despicable Me. Who can resist those silly characters! Ronin actually has an adorable minions comforter on his bed, and he even talked John into dressing up as a minion for Halloween this year. So funny! We’re definitely excited for the Minions movie Blu-Ray/DVD release tomorrow […]

Simple Wine Pairings

Filed Under: Food, Parties/Holidays, Travel

Disclosure: The Hess Collection provided wine. No other compensation was received. All opinions are my own. I was eleven the first time I traveled from Florida to the Napa Valley. My Uncle was an accountant in the wine industry, so my Grandma decided to start a tradition to take my brother and I for a […]

Simple Holiday Decor Ideas

Filed Under: At Home, Parties/Holidays

Big Lots is my Dad’s favorite store. If you know him, you’ll immediately understand why he likes it. He is one of those guys who is super big on value, just like my Grandma, who I know taught him well. She also taught me to never skimp on quality. She was the world’s original bargain hunter who was always so proud […]

Allergy Friendly Mango Cashew Cornbread Stuffing Casserole

Filed Under: Food, Gluten Free, Parties/Holidays

Now that Halloween is over, who’s getting ready for Thanksgiving!? Haha. With all of our allergies around here, we immediately had to sort all of the peanut and gluten candy out of the candy bags. It’s our annual ritual because, well, we have to. Especially peanut because it’s an anaphylactic allergy for Ronin. But we also […]

DIY Minecraft Steve Box Hat

Filed Under: Crafts & DIY, Kids Activities, Parties/Holidays

Disclosure: This DIY Minecraft Steve Box Hat tutorial post includes affiliate links. Happy Halloween friends! As you might have noticed, our kids are HUGE Minecraft fans. We’re also big into Halloween, with all of us, even the adults dressing up each year. This year in addition to having his Minecraft 8th Birthday Party, Ronin decided that […]

Will You Dress Up for Halloween?

Filed Under: Fashion, Parties/Holidays

I love Halloween, always have. Back in the day, when I was young and single, working in an office on the Sunset Strip, I ALWAYS dressed up. I was that lone wolf (or witch) in the office who went all out planning the office Halloween party with dry ice and black garbage bags lining the […]

Happy 8th Birthday Ronin! {Minecraft Party Ideas}

Filed Under: Crafts & DIY, Food, Gluten Free, Kids Activities, Parties/Holidays

My Ronin turns 8 today. It’s shocking how fast it’s flown when sometimes the day-to-day seems like it’s dragged at a snails pace. Motherhood altered my life in innumerable ways and it’s not always rainbows and kittens. But when I add it all up, I wouldn’t change it for the world. I could not live without that smile, […]