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This buttery bundt cake is the best treat to have out to welcome guests throughout the holidays. The fluffy and airy texture tastes so homemade, and Dr. Pepper adds flavor, color, and a unique spicy taste.

Last month was my Papa’s birthday. He’s been gone eight years, but man, I still miss him so much this time of year. We usually spent time on Thanksgiving weekend at his home, and we always woke up on Christmas morning in his home. As a little girl, I remember...

Dec 14, 2022

Holidays Recipes

Overnight Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

Do you have a go-to recipe? A couple of recipes hold that title for me. But for sure, this Tater Tot breakfast casserole is always a winner for my family, especially when we are hosting guests and need a hearty breakfast. We had it on Thanksgiving morning, and...

Dec 7, 2022

Holidays Solutions

Enneagram Holiday Gift Giving Guide using the Enneagram personality test to come come up with the perfect gift ideas for your Christmas list.

Enneagram Gift Guide

As the holidays approach, we are all looking for fresh ideas for the hard-to-buy and usual suspects on our gift list. This Enneagram-based Gift Guide offers fresh ideas for the people on your list based on their self-proclaimed Enneagram number. If you are...

Nov 30, 2022

Family/Parenting Holidays

Advent tools and resources for moms and families to celebrate the Christmas season and draw closer to the Savior.

2022 Family Advent Tools

I recently participated in a conversation with other moms about bringing intention to our homes for the Christmas and Advent season. Together we shared advent tools our families have used over the years or new ideas we've been considering for our own time in the...

Nov 16, 2022

Holidays Recipes Solutions

Autumn Cream Cheese Schmear Boards are a fun take on butter boards or biscuit bars. These are easy bagel boards for your family Thanksgiving celebrations or fall weddings or women's gatherings.

Autumn Schmear Boards

Butter Boards are taking the internet by storm. But I’m more a fan of the Cream Cheese Schmear boards variety. These two autumn-flavored harvest cream cheese spreads should be at the top of your menu plan for any fall parties or Thanksgiving feasts. I recently...

Nov 10, 2022

Family/Parenting Recipes

The Stone Soup Book makes a great fall preschool playdate theme. Hosting a Stone Soup Party is a great way to teach children about hospitality, friendship, sharing, and food insecurity.

Stone Soup Playdate

Hosting a Stone Soup Party is a great way to teach children about hospitality, friendship, sharing, and food insecurity. Whether it's a group of Preschoolers, a Kindergarten Class, or a wild bunch of senior adults, Stone Soup is a great book to teach a valuable...

Nov 2, 2022

Holidays

Halloween Tips for moms of Preschoolers and halloween dinner meal ideas for fun (and not scary) memories with their family. #Halloweenideas #preschoolhalloween #dollarstorecostumes #halloweenmeals #halloweendinner #halloweensnacks

Halloween Tips for Preschool Moms

Is anyone else looking for fun ways to celebrate Halloween with your preschooler? I love to bring fun to our holiday traditions, but it's hard when you have a complicated holiday like Halloween. Whether you dress up or not, eat candy or ban it or put pumpkins on...

Oct 26, 2022

Holidays Recipes

Crazy Eyeball Monster Cookies

These crazy eyeball monster cookies are a fun take on the best chocolate chip cookie you will ever eat. I double-dog dare you to find a better chocolate chip cookie. This year I thought it would be fun to mix up my recipe for different holidays and see what we...

Oct 25, 2022

Holidays Recipes

Goulash

"Sometimes you make a recipe a certain way because that's the way your family has eaten it for generations." This was where my mom and I landed in a recent conversation about GOULASH.

Oct 12, 2022

Holidays Recipes

This simple Happy Harvest snack mix is easy to throw together for after school snacks, to take to a fall party, Thanksgiving Day pre-dinner munchies, or for game day snacking. Package it up to take to classmates, co-workers, or neighbors. #fallsnacks #fallchexmix #cerealsnackmix #falltreat #halloweentreat #thanksgivingsnacks

Its Fall Y’all Snack Mix

By now, you know I love a good snack mix. And I love Fall, so today, I've combined the two into our favorite fall snack mix and treat to take to friends. And it's already made a tailgate appearance. It is the perfect treat to keep in a bowl for small group, fall...

Oct 5, 2022

Family/Parenting Solutions

Apple Science Activity for Preschoolers to Pre-K

September is always an easy month to study apples in Preschool and Toddler curriculum. Apples provide a great way to explore colors, letters, and shapes and offer fall-outing ideas - all important developmental steps. One fun activity we love to do each fall is...

Sep 28, 2022

Holidays Recipes

This lighter take on Cowboy Enchiladas uses lean proteins and hides a few extra veggies to help beef up the vitamins and nutrients for big and little cowboys; perfect for Sunday dinner, feeding a crowd or make ahead for a busy weeknight dinner.

Lean Mean Cowboy Enchiladas

This is my personal spin on a McKinney family favorite - Cowboy Enchiladas. There seem to be multiple versions of this circulating, so I decided to add my own spin with extra vegetables and the fat-free version of most ingredients. I mean, if you are going to...

Sep 14, 2022