I hope you had a fun Halloween! Our started out a little rough when Leila woke up sick. She ended up sleeping most of the day, waking up to drink and eat small snacks. While she was on her third nap of the day, Joe and I snuck out to the pumpkin patch. He had been looking forward to going since last year when he had braved the gigantic pumpkin…
Joe’s first t-ball game, in pictures: Don’t forget to enter my giveaway from Tea Collection. Ends October 28th!
Welcome to this month’s Recipe ReDux Roundup where the theme is “Fresh from the Pumpkin Patch”. I can’t wait to check out all of the pumpkin recipes we’ve gathered up. They all sound so good! I decided to use fresh pumpkin for my recipe, and the inspiration came from Kate at Gluten Free Gobsmacked. She made pumpkin fries last week, and I thought it sounded like a perfect idea! Because…
This past week was a very exciting one for us. Even though the minor league offseason began in September, Jeff coached through October in the instructional league. For those of you not familiar with minor league baseball, the instructional league is a chance for new draft picks and top prospects to get more work in at the end of the season. Games are played every day on practice fields without…
Fall has to be my favorite season. Cooler temperatures, open windows, pumpkins all around. That’s the stuff that makes suffering through 118-degree days in August worth it. Here in Phoenix, we have so much to look forward too. Fall, winter, and spring bring perfect temperatures to play outdoors all day long. The cooped up days of summer are behind us, and the last of the corn is being harvested. Today,…
Has your family tried a Meatless Monday yet? We don’t always do it on a Monday, but we go meatless at least once a week. Not only is it good for our health to have a vegetarian meal, but it saves money and usually takes less time to prepare. Last week I took the small sweet potatoes that were leftover from our Bountiful Basket and made vegetarian tacos with them.…
Have you discovered Pinterest yet? It’s like an online bulletin board where you can find and share inspiration. I had been looking at some fun fall wreaths and went to JoAnn with the intentions of making this Halloween wreath, but then I found these pretty pom-pom flowers. Are they dahlias? Someone help me out here. I decided to go in an entirely different direction and came up with this simple…