The first time I made cupcakes with Cherry flavored Kool-Aid frosting I was in college and we had all the guys over to play video games all night long. Playing video games for that long takes stamina so I had to make some delightfully sweet cupcakes. Even if our kitchen was the size of a shoebox and I had to use the dining room table (a small bistro patio set) for most of the ...
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Avenger’s themed bedroom makeover
One thing that's clear about parenting is that your children will always grow and their interests will change. For Aliceana's birthday we really wanted to make her room into her own space that she would feel comfortable in. Being homeschooled, she spends more time at home than most kiddos, and I wanted to make sure she had a place that was as relaxing as possible. AJ and I have ...
Quick and easy triple chocolate parfaits
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TreatYourselfToSummer #CollectiveBias Phew! We had a long weekend, my cousin had basketball tournaments all weekend long and we were there to cheer her on and endured a whole lot of icky spring weather to get to the stands. It was worth it she won the championship ...
Girl Boss Book Par-Tea! (fun brunch ideas)
We hosted a ridiculously fun Girl Boss book party...I'm sorry, did I say party? I clearly meant par-tea, because bad puns are better when used in excess. Our Girl Boss Book par-tea was held to celebrate some pretty amazing books penned by girl bosses that have dominated in their field. Originally I wanted to work with a hot pink color palette, but weirdly enough, hot pink tea ...
Double Chocolate Strawberry Muffins
AJ is on the road for 4 days out of the week, so when he finally gets home I love to surprise him with new treats. This last week I had fresh strawberries in the house, so I decided to make muffins. Instead of making my standard strawberry muffin recipe I decided to take it up a notch and make double chocolate strawberry muffins. It was perfect, because AJ is completely ...
Breakfast Fried Rice
Our daughter loves rice, it is one of her favorite things and she likes to eat it plain, just a bowl of rice, a spoon, and she is a happy girl. She also loves fried rice and rice in basically any form so we asked her one morning what she wanted for breakfast and she said rice. Brittany and I laughed a little bit and then she looked at me with the "I have an idea look" and said ...
Homemade Wisconsin Old Fashioned Mix recipe
The old fashioned is a staple here in Wisconsin and can be found at pretty much any drinking establishment from your local bar to the finest supper club. It is a cocktail that dates back to the early 1800’s and is still very popular among certain states to this day. It is more than just a drink it is part of the culture here in our state. Supper clubs here are judged by how ...
Cheesy Steak and Potato Soup with Bacon
Recently my wife mentioned that she was in the mood for a potato soup and being the man that I am I misunderstood her and said “oh I can make potato chowder”, she said no that is not what I want at all and I looked at her with a dumbfounded look on my face. She quickly and eloquently informed me that I was an idiot and did not know what potato soup was. She of course was right ...
Movie night nostalgia and yogurt parfaits
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #anepicmovienight #spiderverse #CollectiveBias Mondays are well...Mondays, which is why our family likes to break up the mundane by settling down with a movie night. This week our movie of choice is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Aliceana has been begging to watch ...
Just Like Grandma’s Apple Pie Recipe
It's time to break out your favorite apple pie recipe, because apple pie is great for every occasion. Don't have one? I have you covered! This recipe uses my "Pinterest famous" four ingredient flaky pie crust, its so easy to make, but make sure you let the dough chill for at least an hour or two before using it for pie! We use an apple peeler corer slicer which quickly does ...
Cookie Butter Milkshake
After dinner one night my husband turned to me and said, "I have the greatest idea." Then he headed downstairs and I figured he was grabbing ice cream from our deep freezer. Then he grabbed the Cookie Butter. And we made the best milkshakes I have ever tasted! I can now say that you haven't truly experienced Cookie Butter until you've had it in a milkshake. If you haven't ...
Garlic Parmesan Crusted Baked Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp Scampi is definitely my weakness. I can't get enough of the buttery garlic goodness that is Shrimp Scampi. I always order it when we're out to dinner, but it gets pretty pricey and they don't serve you nearly enough shrimp. So I thought, I can just make it at home! ...then I thought. How can I make this even more tasty? I'm the kind of girl who will be halfway ...
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip
Chocolate Chips make everything better, who doesn't smile at the taste of a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie? I know if I'm baking something chocolate and I have spare chocolate chips in the cupboard, you better believe I'm putting some in the batter. I advise that you make this amazing, addicting, and simple recipe for... Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip. Oh, yeah. I ...