Two weekends ago, I headed to Virginia to celebrate the upcoming arrival of my BFF's baby....the shower was a surprise to her, as was my...

Another Pinterest find!  What is below is the original recipe, I cut it in half (which was enough for me and Brian for dinner, then leftover...

Cake: I ordered the cake from Sams Club; they get some points because they didn't have a "licensing fee" to use the Cars char...

I have to admit, I was hesitant about throwing a "friend" birthday party for Jake's birthday this year.  By hesitant, I mean t...

Everyone has their secrets; if you're a parent, you probably have a secret that deals with the one thing that no one can ever seem to ex...

I'll be sure to do a post about Jake's party (it was a success!)  but I did want to post details about his 4 year check up today.  F...

If kisses were colors, you'd see every one of the bands of a rainbow that shines in the sun.   If kisses were pebbles, your beach wo...

I was inspired to make a wedding frame gift for my brother Nate and his new wife, Katie after seeing something on...where else?  Pinterest o...

"I pledge allegiance, to the flag...of the United Steaks of America..." ~Jake, reciting the pledge last night mmm....steaks.....

The temperature around here randomly climbed up into the mid-50's over the weekend, so Brian decided to take advantage of it and took Ja...

Wow, I definitely read far less this year than I did in 2010 (I read 28 books in 2010, as opposed to a mere 20 this year...I blame my matern...

As promised, here are some videos from Christmas morning...the first one is us telling Jake it's Christmas and that Santa came, and the ...

New Years Eve is my least favorite holiday of the entire year; I'm not sure why exactly, I've just always found it to be anti-climat...

I shouldn't say that...it hasn't been this whole year, but the last half?  ugh!  It started with Jake getting some type of weird vir...

I realized that I didn't post pictures of one of the best parts of Christmas day...THE FOOD!! :) the appetizer spread No ma...

Remember I said things got a little bit crazy this week?  It all worked out in the end, but it initially started with us thinking that my...