If you haven’t figured it out by now, I love Christmas! This year will be hard as we have our first extended family Christmas gathering without my grandparents but the reason for the season still exists! If it was all about the hoopla, food, presents, and stress, I could definitely see why people don’t want […]
Christmas Printables {Free Gift Tags} & a Prayer Request
December 18, 2013 by
Good morning. I am asking prayers today for a sweet baby girl, M. I’ve asked for prayer on my Facebook page the last few days. Things are not going well. She has the same disease as my son Landon and needed a transplant right away- she’s only 7 months old. She received a new liver […]
The Best Salad Recipe Ever!
December 15, 2013 by
This recipe is part of a series of 12 Days of Christmas Party Food. You can find the other posts, including Frosted Chai Sugar Cookies, by clicking here. It’s not often that I get excited about a salad. I mean, come on, when there’s cheese and chocolate and hors d’oeuvres to be had, salads just […]
I met the Pioneer Woman! & Frosted Chai Tea Sugar Cookies
December 12, 2013 by
So first things first- on Monday, my friend Hannah gave me the heads up that Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) was going to be in Houston doing a book signing the next day! I was super excited but wasn’t sure if I would even be able to get in since it was so last-minute. […]
Venison Recipe: Sausage and Three-Cheese Lasagne
December 11, 2013 by
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Barilla, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #JoytotheTable http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO So if you’ve read my blog for long, you probably know that I live in America’s fourth largest city. What you may not know is that I grew […]
12 Days of Christmas Party Food: Classic Buttermilk Pie
December 9, 2013 by
Today is my grandfather’s birthday. He would have been 84 today. We lost him in March after he was diagnosed with cancer only about 10 weeks earlier. I miss him so much, so wanted to make something in his honor. He loved, loved sweets. Grandma (whom we also lost this year) always had a cake […]
