A couple years ago my family was on a RT 66 road trip to the Grand Canyon. My parents were also on their own road trip, driving back to Oklahoma from their vacation to California. After we planned the trip we realized that we would both be traveling the same road on the same day and would…
I'm trying to come up with a personal memory from Louisiana since now that I'm recapping my cooking tour stops here, I can make it more personal with a small story from each state that I've not only completed as a challenge, but have also been to in real life. That was one rea…
I have this painting hanging in my living room that I’ve stared at countless times. It hung in my parents den for years before they gave it to me, so I couldn’t even begin to guess how often my eyes have landed on this scene. Their den is a bit darker than my living room with all our win…
I've never spent a significant amount of time in the Hoosier State, but the time I did spend there sure was memorable. We were moving from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania and we were driving across the country. My parents came along for the ride to help us move, and we stopped for the night …
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have been making my way thought the United States via my kitchen. In November I had the idea to "cook through the states," where each week I choose the dessert and meal that best represents whatever state we land on and then make it…
The boys have wanted a dog since they were 6 and 3, but since we were renting for several years we had to put that dream on hold. We always told them after we got our house built we would finally get a dog. So in their minds, move-in day meant get-a-dog day. Well, it didn't quite wor…
One day you have a baby and call him Weebie and the next day he is eleven years old in the sixth grade and getting braces. Braces! I vividly remember the day I got braces. I was Levi's same age, and one of my best friends was getting them too. She went to TGIFriday's to eat brocc…
