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A Bookish Birthday Bash!

My parents wanted to have the whole family over for a birthday celebration dinner for Levi and if you know Glamma you know that there is no throwing together a quick meal for a simple gathering - she is going to pull out all the stops and prepare a lavish feast to show the guest of honor…

Weebie Turns Twelve.

Oh friends, many of you have been here from the start. Long before I had children and was a young newlywed who only dreamed of becoming a mom and homemaker. This blog actually started out as "My Journey Toward ... The Glamorous Life of a Housewife." I dropped the first part on…

A Dirt Bike Birthday!

Birthday tables are a tradition for my boys since they turned one! It's so fun looking back on all their past birthdays and seeing what they were into at each stage of their lives. We have come a long way from red wagons and Sesame Street and now we're into their favorite past ti…

US Cooking Challenge 18: Florida

My heart stopped dead in its tracks when I rolled Florida, because I was convinced it was going to be seafood. Thank my lucky stars Florida is known for the Cuban food, so I was safe once again.  I know it's going to turn out that I roll all the seafood states in a row and am going t…

Some Things Can't Be Cancelled.

The best part of 2020 was that it gave us a taste of simpler times. More time outside, more time together, just more time in general. In the year where everything was cancelled, there was so much that wasn't. Restaurants were cancelled, but picnics were not!  Birthday parties we…

The Year 2020.

I fired this blog back up after realizing how desperately I missed this outlet. I kind of feel like a hypocrite though, and let me tell you why. When the pandemic started I grabbed the boys journals and told them to write. For the first several weeks I made them write every day. I encou…