Jen over at The Three Little Piglets is hosting 12 Days of Cookies! How fun does that sound? She shared her Holly Wreaths here last week, and today I get to share with you my Caramel Cashew Clusters! I was contacted by Oh! Nuts a couple weeks ago to see if I was interested in…
** This was previously posted, I have updated the pictures. We had a very busy weekend here. Saturday morning my husband and son woke up early to see the Eclipse. Then my son had his first playdate in Colorado! I am so happy that he is making friends and adjusting quickly. Saturday afternoon we went…
Jen at The Three Little Piglets is having a virtual cookie exchange! Jen emailed me to see if I would be interested in taking part of her 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. Of course I would, what a great idea! Today Jen is making for you Holly Wreaths. Next week I will be making a…
My house is Christmafied! Yes, that is a word! We got our Christmas tree on Saturday, and boy was that an adventure. My husband and I both grew up going to a Christmas Tree Farm, and cutting down our own tree. Since we have been married though, we have never lived near a place where…
Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes are a great alternative to classic pumpkin pie. Like the filling of pumpkin pie but in cupcake form! Fall is the time for all things pumpkin! It can be your classic Pumpkin Pie that you make for Thanksgiving or it can be Pumpkin Coffee Cake that you make for brunch on the…
Pumpkin Caramel Monkey Bread Muffins – Monkey bread with a fall twist. A delicious pumpkin caramel sauce finishes it off perfectly! I just figured out what you should make for breakfast on Thanksgiving. These little pumpkin caramel monkey bread muffins were so good! Before I moved to Iowa I had never heard of Monkey Bread…
Did you know that November is Peanut Butter Lover’s Month? A whole month dedicated to us PB Lovers?! How much better can you get? Maybe a PB and Chocolate Lover’s month? Who knows, that may exist. There are so many food “holidays” that I have no idea about. I couldn’t let this month go by…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars are a great bar to have around this fall. Full of great pumpkin flavor and chocolate chips. My kitchen is unpacked!! I have been spoiled with a large kitchen for the last 5 years. The kitchen in our rental is a very nice kitchen, but it is much smaller…
The movers finally delivered our stuff!! I spent the ENTIRE day unpacking, and it really doesn’t look like I did very much. We did manage to clear out the garage so we can park both cars in there, that is huge! My Kitchen Aid is unpacked and all set up 🙂 Everything else is still…
We made it to Colorado! It was so nice to know that the long drive was just one way this time. Unfortunately our stuff did not arrive as planned. The driver who was going to drive the truck out “is no longer with the company”. So now, today is the day everything should arrive. …
Today all of our stuff is scheduled to be delivered at our townhouse. As I write this, that is the plan at least 🙂 Needless to say, this week there will not be a lot of cooking happening. Or last week either, since my kitchen was all packed up. So I asked a few of…
Tonight is the last night in our house. The movers come tomorrow to load up everything, and then we are on our way to Colorado. My son’s teacher is throwing him a going away party at school today. He is very excited for that, but he really is going to miss all of his…
It is the first Monday of the month which means it’s Secret Recipe Club Reveal Day! I love this day. It is so much fun to share what I made from someone else’s blog, and see what someone made from mine. This month I was assigned This Chick Cooks. And boy does she cook! Katie…
Hope everyone had a fun Halloween yesterday. After the sugar coma I think everyone is in today, I am making you a healthy pasta dish. It has pumpkin, which when made without all the sugar of a baked good, is really healthy for you. I found this pasta recipe over at I was Born…
Happy Halloween! We carved our pumpkins and roasted the seeds yesterday; my son has his costume and is ready to go! It should be a fun night for all the kids. We had a great weekend as a family. My husband was supposed to get here around lunch time on Saturday, but he surprised me…
I am going to forgo my usual Week in Review today to feature a couple more Halloween treats. I went a little over board with ideas this year! I made this snack mix for my son’s class. He saw it all packaged up and was very upset he had to wait until snack time at…
Hubby comes home tomorrow!!! I am not excited or anything, can you tell! Funny thing is, all through college our relationship was long distance. We would regularly go a couple weeks without seeing each other. But after being married for more than 10 years, and neither of us really traveling for work, I am really…
Things are progressing with our house. All the inspections are over and “passed”. We are set to close on December 5th. My husband even found a lot that is worth considering out in Fort Collins. It would be so nice to find something before we moved out there. Then we could send our 6 year…
Halloween is just around the corner, and I have another treat for you! I made Cake Pops for the first time, and attempted to make them look like Ghosts. I think there is a lot left to desired with these, but they would still go over very well with kids. Afterwards I thought maybe I…
Big news at our house today….my husband found us a house to rent in Colorado! It has been hard for him to find something. He has gone to see a few places, but there have been 6 or 7 people interested in each place. So it was a huge relief for him to secure a…
