Mini Cheesecakes

Mini Cheesecakes

A friend from college introduced me to this delicious summer evening dessert. I’m so glad to get this recipe typed up and off of the stained and folded half-sheet of paper stowed in my recipe box. Here’s what you’ll need: A muffin tin and cupcake...

Do Things Like This Ever Happen to You?

Do you ever have days where you question your sanity? One day this summer my children wanted to know what was for dessert. I sent them to the freezer to get the square Tupperware with the red lid. I had baked cookies two days earlier and frozen them. I opened the lid...

Most Creative Mount

The local horse parade was this past Saturday. Two of my children and three of their cousins participated. They decided on a Greek theme and dressed accordingly. They even choreographed a sword fight on horseback. Unfortunately the swords got left home so they just...

I’m Sleeping ’til the Birds Chirp

We once lived in an old two-story victorian home surrounded  by towering evergreen trees. Each spring and summer morning we were serenaded with chirping as the sun rose. One winter morning by oldest son, who was four at the time, pretended to sleep in his bed. I...

Cabbage Salad

My sister in-law Brittany brought this salad to a family dinner a year ago and I immediately requested the recipe. It’s that good. It tastes nothing like coleslaw and all my children eat it. My ten year old son has even requested it for dinner before. It’s...