Planning our first trip to Disneyland was overwhelming, but now that it’s done, it was worth every penny and every ounce of stress. This post shares exactly what worked (and what didn’t) so your family’s first Disneyland adventure can be a little easier. Why I Planned It Myself When I first started planning, I reached …
DIY: Beginners Cross Stitch
Thanks to eBay I was able to find the pattern for the Stockings I had growing up. The pattern was from 1982 and they only had two listed so I bought them both. Below is a picture of the pattern and the progress of the stocking I made for my son. I started working on this in …
KitchenAid Food Processor: Chopping Onions
For my birthday this year, my husband got me a KitchenAid Food Processor. I have never had one before, so I really had no idea what was so great about them. As time goes on, I find myself finding more and more ways to use and enjoy my birthday gift. Below is how I use it …
Green Bean Mashed Potatoes
Sometimes it’s hard to get veggies in your kids diet, so I’ve been testing out different ways to add them in. I have to give credit to my husband because this was his idea and it tasted great!
DIY: Dehydrated Apple Chips
Since I planted 4 apple trees, I thought I better figure out what I’m going to do with all those apples once they start producing. Yes, I know I have about 10 years to figure this out, however, I knew it was destiny when woot.com had a dehydrator for sale. I purchased it and started …
Why I support my husband’s sports obsession…
A lot of families have their sport. I live in Nebraska, so almost EVERYONE here loves the Huskers. I wasn’t raised a Husker fan, which is surprising because I was alive during the 1994/1995 seasons. Honestly, it wasn’t until I was an adult that I understood that we apparently had a pretty amazing team during …
Holiday Season Stress
Don’t let the Holidays bring you down! This is a lot easier said than done. The last several years it seems like holidays have been more and more stressful for me. I remember the holidays as a kid and we did the same thing every year. My parents were divorced so some years we celebrated …
What To Call Toddlers Private Parts?
What do you call your toddlers private parts? Recently a friend of mine asked this quesiton on Facebook and the comments were AMAZING. Seriously if you need a good laugh you should totally ask this because some of the names people use are pretty funny. Here are a few from the list incase you don’t …
What to buy a 2-year-old boy
I am on a lot of mom groups on facebook and I have several mom friends with kids that are about the same age as mine that is always asking for gift ideas. My friend’s son is going to be turning 2 in the next couple of weeks and when your little one has a …
Why I decided to start a blog…
I’ve always thought about starting a blog and honestly, I’ve started lots of blogs and put up about 3 posts and then life got in the way and they eventually just never got updated. There were a few reasons why I decided to start this blog.