We have six kids. Some are readers and some are not. Amy, our 13 year old definitely falls in the reader category. She loves to read-a lot. For her last birthday, John, bid and won a box of over 60 Louis L’Amour books on Ebay. She was ecstatic! She has read almost all of them….
Hey John,” I asked over the cell phone from Costco. “I just dropped off our family picture and am picking out our Christmas cards.” I contemplated choosing a waving American Flag in support of Nathan who was in the Marines at the time. “Pick out something with the true meaning of Christmas,” John said. I…
Ever year when the Christmas Carols start being played and the decorations get brought out, we pull out our favorite recipes and decide which ones we will make and which new ones we want to attempt. One year we decided to make peanut butter balls. It was a disaster. The church cookbook had a small…
We went to the grocery store and I saw that they were having a sale on whole crabs. The kids and I have been trying new recipes and crab cakes was on our list of things we wanted to make. I walked up to the counter and the young man in a white butcher coat…
The best part of Thanksgiving is leftovers! Nothing beats a hearty turkey soup following the big feast. This year I decided to make my grandma’s home made noodles to add the large simmering pot. It was a mess! I had flour all over myself and the balls of elastic dough were sticking to the cutting…