I can’t believe that two years ago today, my sweet little bug came into this world.  She has an amazing testimony at age 2 and watching her grow is a miracle unto itself.  I thank God every day for his grace and the the blessing that is Lu. We are so fortunate to have her… [Read More]

And the winner of the Old El Paso Prize Pack is… Mrs B said… 11 Saturday nights with a good game of Clue would make a perfect time for tacos! And the winner of the Holiday Open House is… Pam Ponder said… 3 (this was a combination of the posts) thanks for stopping by today… [Read More]

As part of my “make it magical” Christmas traditions, we also have Santa’s reindeer leave a little gift for for the kids. This will really be the first year that Lu has gotten her own little surprise but I am sure she will love it.  We started the tradition with a bell (yes, like in… [Read More]

As a child there was a tradition in my home that I just could not resist passing on to my family. I have changed things up a bit and played up the Christmas “magic” a tiny bit more than my mom did but the general idea is the same.  On Christmas Eve, while we are out… [Read More]

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is decorating the Christmas Tree. We always reserve a night during the Thanksgiving weekend in which we unload all the boxes of shiny, glittery decorations and spend the evening listening to Christmas carols, drinking hot chocolate and decorating the tree.  I am not particular about many things… [Read More]

  Hostess with the Mostess, I am not.  Really, I am not an entertainer. I don’t know the first thing about how to host a successful dinner party and I can barely make the cushions on the couch match the curtains. {ok, so we don’t have couch cushions but I can dream right?} I typically decorate (and I use… [Read More]

The BLOGMANIA 2011 Dream team would love for you to get to know us better. What better way to accomplish that than through an open house? Starting November 1, 2010 at 9am EST – all members of the Dream team will publish a post on Holiday entertaining as it pertains to their blog’s niche. At… [Read More]

My family loves Mexican food and we love the easy dinner kits from Old El Paso.  On our hurried nights the Old El Paso kits, salsas and seasonings make it quick and easy to put a nutritious and balanced meal on the dinner table. We try to make taco night a monthly event. For family taco night this… [Read More]

And the winner is…  Tiffany Christie said… 137 I subscribe by email…Tiffypoot @ (aol.com) October 21, 2010 2:38 AM  The winner has been emailed and has 48 hours to respond! Thank for all the entries! Please check back this week for some other awesome giveaways!

One of the magazines I read has a monthly piece called “It Happened to Me.” I always read those articles with a sense of urgency because if it happened to them, then it could happen to me too – right? Well, yesterday we had an “It Happened to Me” incident at our house.  In my school district the kindergartners… [Read More]