The clock is ticking and my kids are counting down the hours until Santa hopefully shows up at our house. Christmas music is blaring and goodies are being baked. It is finally, beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I hope that even with the rush of the holidays, you take a moment or two [...]
The Gift of Time {Recipe: Girl Scout Cookie Fudge}
This post is for all the moms across the country who have drawers, cabinets and freezers full of Girl Scout Cookies. Yes, you love Girl Scout Cookies, but that isn’t why you have a zillion and one boxes of them filling up your house. It is possibly because you received reminder email after reminder email [...]
VTech Retro Phone Holiday Gift Basket Giveaway! ($300 ARV)
Friends, I am so excited to share this fun giveaway with you today from VTech! I partnered with VTech last year, and love their products for my home phone use. This year, they’ve knocked it out of the park again with the VTech Retro Cordless Phone, answering system with Caller ID. In addition to the [...]
2012 Holiday Fun for the Family List
This time of year is always overwhelming. I haven’t figured out a way for it not to be, yet. Don’t get me wrong though…I LOVE the holiday season! It’s the time of year where my mind starts racing and I think of tons of things I really want to do with the kids before it [...]
We Need to Talk About Eggnog
Friends, we need to talk about eggnog. Specifically, where you are on the love / hate scale with it? Eggnog is one of those things where each year around this time, I get incredibly tempted by the freshly stocked shelves of eggnog. Things go down exactly like this… I purchase a 1/2 gallon of eggnog [...]
From Our Family to Yours
From our family to yours… May your holiday be merry… May your holiday be bright… May your holiday be magical… With peace to you, both day and night. Merry Christmas to all our friends and family! With much love, Nick, Kristen, Jacob, Kelly, Ella and Leah Doyle
Merry Christmas {Recipe: Our Favorite Homemade Cinnamon Rolls}
There are just a couple more days until Christmas! This morning, as I sit by the light of the Christmas tree, with presents wrapped (ahead of time, which NEVER happens) I can’t help but feel so grateful for all of the blessings in my life. I love Christmas, for a multitude of reasons, but mostly [...]
Christmas Forgiveness
This time last year I was having a conversation with my husband about my family. “You know? Sometimes I think I would be fine if I just cut contact with some of them.” Of course I didn’t mean it, but I was frustrated. Each year I host our family Christmas and each year, it felt [...]
Breakstone’s Holiday Showdown – The Recap
I hope you’ve enjoyed my take on a holiday meal over the past few weeks. I started off the Breakstone’s Holiday Showdown by sharing an appetizer of Creamy Pumpkin Soup Shooters. For the main dish, we enjoyed a savory salmon with a herb cream sauce. Our dessert was a tasty baked apple brulee. I enjoy [...]
