Hosting the Thanksgiving or Christmas meal (and much more!) can feel overwhelming when you are trying to get your ducks in a row. What’s my secret weapon? Do most of the work NOW. Here are seven things that I found helpful in pulling off a successful gathering! 1. Create the menu. If you’ve worked in…
What’s Left Creamy Chicken Soup
I had big plans of “finishing” the laundry tonight but my brain forgot to connect with my body to actually turn on both the washer and dryer earlier today. So here I am! This is more fun anyway :p I had updated the LMM Facebook page with a soup I was creating a few days…
September’s Sunflowers: A Tribute to My Husband’s Mom
It’s September again. The wild sunflowers pepper the pasture land and the sunflower fields paint a yellow milky way against the Kansas sunset. For a woman whose birthday rests in September, it is only fitting that one of her favorite things would be sunflowers. This was true of my husband’s mom, my mother-in-law, Lorri. Her…
Coach Rickford’s Peach Milkshakes
We all know that the influx of peaches at the end of the summer find themselves in pies, cobblers, jams and jellies but have you tried them in a milkshake? The only milkshakes I remember making at home were these, with my dad! Check out this recipe: Ingredients: 2 fresh peaches, sliced (remove the skin…
The Most Beautiful Mess
Two weeks ago, my husband and I loaded up our two boys, the tent, and all things camping for a weekend at the race track in eastern Colorado. We aimed to pack necessities only, so I left my makeup, makeup remover, daily skin care regimen (except the sunscreen moisturizer!), white strips, hair product, hair dryer,…
Preschool Shoes
I have a pair of shoes that aren’t mine. They’re black and green, toddler boy size 8. The shoes aren’t new. In fact, they’ve been through it all. From race tracks and train rides to dirt piles galore. They’ve scaled fences and shelves, staircase rails and shopping carts. They’re as fast a a race car…
Shortcut Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls: The Only Thing Easy About Sunday Morning
Get the coffee percolating and remove the rings from your fingers because we are about to get doughy! Don’t worry, there are two reasons why I call these “Shortcut Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls”. There is zero time spent waiting for dough to rise or frosting to make. And you know what? They are just as delicious….
Owens Family Farm
Learning how other people live and raise their families has always been something of interest to me. Do you remember when you would visit your friend’s house growing up and the first thing you wanted to see was their room? Well, that same desire applies today, but in a different way. You see, the gal…
Twenty-Five Cent Tickets
Few county fairs have 25 cent carnival tickets, one ticket per ride or game these days. Let alone one that comes with all of the carnival fixings: snow cones, cotton candy, funnel cakes (the best), homemade bierock, open 4H livestock barn and a community building full of fair exhibits. But I know one that does….
Days of Demo
Demo is nothing new to us. In the past 5 years, we have remodeled our 3000 square foot home, a three bay car wash and a 1,000 square foot rental home. Add the birth of our two boys in that mix and you’d be right in calling us “crazy” (I’ve come to the conclusion that…