Good morning!  Today I am simplifying a little.  It's something I've been thinking of doing for awhile now and am finally just doing...

We've got lots to do this week.  Lots of things to do and lots of prep work for a trip that is coming up soon.  Today we are working in ...

I've been canning quite a few tomatoes this year.  Our heirloom tomato plants have been absolutely loaded with fruit.  I've made s...

Have you ever heard of Egg in a Basket, or Hole in the Heads, or One-Eyed Jacks?  It usually refers to the idea of cutting a round hole in...

10 years today... always remember!!!  I am somber as I remember what that day was like.  Please spend some time in prayer today for the fami...

Our pear trees are producing a fair amount of decent fruit this year.  I'm still trying to figure out all the varieties that we have.  W...

It's September already - yikes!  And we're in the midst of Labor Day weekend.  Where did summer go, for real??  It makes me sad.  I...

We've got yet another busy week ahead of us.  I really don't think things will slow down anytime soon... it's seriously looking ...

I have made dutch baby pancakes many times. They're a quick, easy, and tasty breakfast. I haven't made them since we've been av...

This week is another busy one.  Today , we're going to church in Grand Blanc.  Then we are headed out to my aunt's house on the lake...

I am still getting quite a few zucchini from our garden, so I've been trying to use it up in tasty ways.  I saw a recipe for sausage z...

We have another busy week ahead of us. Today we are going to church in Swartz Creek. Not sure what else we'll do today. We may go hikin...

We've been fortunate to have another bumper crop of zucchini again this year. Although, is there ever a year where everyone doesn't ...

We've been having a really fun weekend with a swimming playdate on Friday and a day trip to Holland yesterday. So I guess its probably t...

We don't really have too much going on again this week, which is nice. Today we're headed to church and possibly to the farmers...

As I mentioned in my post for chicken souvlaki , we had a greek feast with some friends on Saturday.  I decided to make some dolmades/grap...

We had some friends over yesterday and I prepared a Greek feast for dinner... chicken souvlaki, dolmades (post to come), tzatziki , greek s...

Is it really a new week already? Last week went by so fast. Work was really crazy and I expect this week to be more of the same. I'll be...

Last month, in preparation for getting this year's grass-fed beef order, I was trying to use up some of the last few remaining cuts of b...

I'm a little late posting this, as we've been in Grand Rapids for the weekend. We went to an absolutely beautiful wedding last night...

I am feeling really burnt out today. Last week was a crazy week at work full of long days. I stayed at work till 7:00 two different nights -...

I found this on The Primalist a while back and knew I wanted to try it. So I made it for dinner a few weeks ago. This was really tasty! We ...

Our house is running a little slow this morning.  We all slept in... the heat wore Kevin and Carson out yesterday and I didn't get home ...

Last weekend, we headed out to Sleepy Hollow State Park for our first camping trip of the summer.  Of course, I planned out our food for ...