I love croutons, I mean who wouldn't like perfectly seasoned cubes of bread on a salad? They are so easy to make at home too. I kind of love when bread starts to go stale or I have extra hamburger buns or hot dog buns, because that means it's time to bake up some perfect little croutons. After reading this recipe I'm sure you'll feel the same way! The beauty of making ...
JELL-O Pumpkin Patch Jigglers
Jell-o Jigglers are so much fun to make, and even more fun to eat. It's a kid friendly food too, what kid doesn't love to eat Jello? I decided I needed to make a cute Jell-0 treat for my family, and pondered what we could make with Jello Jigglers. AJ suggested pumpkins, but I wasn't sure how we would be able to pull off Jell-o pumpkins. An empty soda bottle was sitting in ...
BBQ Chicken Potato Skins
So we might not actually be grilling in Lambeau (I wish!) but we always put on quite an elaborate spread at home to watch the games. I love making these BBQ Chicken Potato Skins, these are pretty simple to throw together and I promise they will be a touchdown at your next game day gathering! There's basically no bad way to serve potatoes. Smothering those delicious ...
Ronald McDonald House Charities
In the beginning of this month I headed to Chicago as a Ronald McDonald House Charity ambassador. It was an amazing couple days filled with such great people, including fellow RMHC ambassadors and wonderful bloggers: Meagan from Sunshine and Sippy Cups, Kathy from Sparkles and a Stove, Tracy from Ascending Butterfly, and Melanie from Melanie in the Middle. I was ...
Sheep Hand Print (Toddler Craft)
I knew I wanted to give my husband some kind of craft incorporating Aliceana for his birthday. Pinterest is just full of cute ideas for using hand prints for crafts, but almost all of them include messy paints. Making my daughter a disaster on purpose is not something I was interested in. Also, I have a wiggle worm on my hands, I know she wouldn't cooperate for anything too ...
Date Night {a gift for him}
My husband and I happen to have our birthdays fall three days apart. This year we decided not to exchange presents. Of course a few days before my birthday I figured out that he bought me gifts (and he had been giving me little gifts through out the week, like a new vase, a bottle of wine from our favorite winery, etc.) So I had to come up with something awesome and ...
Fresh Picked Strawberry Muffins
It's that time of year where strawberries are filling the tables at farmer's markets and grocery stores. I just had to have some, but had no idea what to use them in. Then my husband lectured me, "You better find something to put them in before they go bad!" So I dove into the family recipe vault, looking for something inspiring when I found this easy-peezy strawberry muffin ...
Playing at the Park!
My Summers in High School were consumed with my first job. I worked at our local park running a couple children's rides and boat rentals. I had a lot of memorable times at that job; like the time I was clinging on to a dock for a good hour while holding on to a bumper boat motor, or my first kiss in the train tunnel (I’m embarrassed just writing that!) I spent more hours than I ...
Partying in Chicago (That time everyone thought AJ was Chris Pratt)
Even though I was attending my very first blogging conference two weeks ago in Chicago, I was swamped with private events. The first event I attended in Chicago was The Baby Ladies Baby Shower. The event was working closely with the Saving Babies Through Screening Foundation, a great foundation that I first found out about when I was pregnant with Aliceana and read Cora's ...
Super Hero Character Print
Remember my famous couple's print? It's my most popular pin over on Pinterest, so I decided I needed to make a better tutorial for it, and what better way than to make some more fun prints? These prints would be the cutest for any child's bedroom. There's something magical about seeing your name among your favorite super heroes. In this case, I made these prints for ...
Chicago Bucket List – What to see the first time you’re in the Windy City
In one week, AJ and I will be in Chicago for BlogHer (well, I'm going to BlogHer, he's just coming along for the adventure)! For most of the trip I'm going to be at the conference or private parties, but I do have gaps in my schedule for some quality tourist time. So with a lot of research, we created an official "bucket list!" This is the list of things we absolutely, ...