Thanksgiving Wrap Up

Whew! What a beautiful day yesterday full of great food, family and glorious fall weather. There is so much for which we are thankful. Before we turn our minds completely toward Christmas, I wanted to wrap up the Tree of Thanks and also share some fun photos from friends who made the turkey cupcakes! Periodically [...]

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Turkey Pie and Turkey Cakes

Tonight we had turkey for dinner AND dessert. Aren’t those cute? In an ugly-turkey-kind-of-way? My son helped make them…and by “helped” I mean that he stood in the kitchen next to me while I made them and asked every thirty seconds if he could have a candy corn, or a sprinkle, or a mini chocolate [...]

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Birthdays!!

It is safe to say that birthdays are a “gather around the table” event. They are honored with gifts and hoopla, cemented in our memories with photos and, these days, if the parents are really irresponsible, they can even make a TV show about your birthday. We haven’t gotten crazy with birthday parties in our house…but [...]

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Rainy Day

I don’t make everything from scratch – far from it.  And sometimes the time spent in the kitchen is really about the time spent…and not about what comes out of the oven.  Like these: We have a very, very fussy eleven-week-old in our house. He pretty much cries for the better part of every day. [...]

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