Breads

Bread is by far my favorite item to bake. Love working with the dough, watching it rise and the smell while baking is pure heaven. This bread was quite different than anything I have made before, but the...

I hope I don't disgust you all with the following picture, but I just couldn't let this go. My 14 year old son was in charge of sweeping the dining room last week. He had supposedly swept the night...

Coffee cake in muffin form?  Please and thank you!  I am in love with all things coffee cake but making them portable is heaven!   So what do you think of our kitchen progress from a few...

Let the demolition begin! After 6 years of living in my dysfunctional kitchen, we finally began work on our new kitchen over the weekend. I even got to buy a new dishwasher!!!! I've been without one for...

After 15 years of dragging my husband camping, I think I have finally won him over to the beauty of it all. It has been a long, hard fought battle, but he now agrees that camping is a great way to spend...

Only 23 more school days until summer. If you've been with my blog for awhile, you already know about my love/hate relationship with summer vacation. Those first couple weeks are great, but the rest is...

When my babies are about the age of my little Micah (3 months), my dear hubby likes to start them in "training". He does things like pick them up by their feet, teaches them to sit on his one hand, and...

Happy Birthday Luke!   I can't believe my baby #3 turns 10 today. I think having a newborn in the house has sure made me realize how fast the time with my children is flying by. There have been...

I had my first official, "Oh My Gosh....I'm Old!" moment. It occurred last week and I've never been the same since.   My 15 year old daughter received her learner's permit and I had the privilege...

So did you make it 'til midnight last night? I had a house full of 12-18 year old kids, so there was no way I could fall asleep until they all left. We ate too much junk food all night, followed by a pancake...

False labor stinks.  It gets your hopes all up only to result in nothing....well, except being miserable from not sleeping all night due to contractions.   My past week has been large daily doses...

Healthy Zucchini Carrot Muffins are my favorite way to use all that extra garden zucchini!  I love that it uses carrots, pineapple and applesauce to make a super tender and moist muffin. Easy...

Last week, we made our annual trek to Minneapolis so we could buy boatloads of school clothes for our boatloads of children.  It is always a painful reminder how expensive a big family can be but...

We pay our older two kids $8 to mow the lawn.  Unless of course, you're my twelve year old son who prefers to mow the grass for free because he is being disrespectful and sassy.  While my wallet...

One week left.  Quiet.  Peace.  Productivity.  All gone in a week.... One week until: "Mom, I'm bored!" "Mom, tell her to leave me alone!" "Mom, I need to go to practice!" "Mom,...

When you are the mom of a newborn and are in the midst of diapers, sleepless nights and baby puke, it is so hard to imagine anything quite as miserable as your current experience.  I think today though...