I know it just turned to spring but I feel like summer is vastly approaching. Spring just happens to be one of my favorite seasons with the weather, flowers and there isn’t the excruciating heat beating down my back. I need to get outside more because my skin has been pale for the past couple […]

This past week I wrote about our trip to Deer Valley. Now it’s time to talk about the good food that we indulged in for that weekend. Believe me there was plenty of it and I’m still thinking about some of those restaurants. The first night we arrived in Deer Valley we dropped off our […]

It’s time for another round of Tried and True Recipes from around the web. I’m absolutely loving this series because I can finally make some recipes for our family from other bloggers. Not to mention I am learning some interesting facts about some of my food blogging friends. Today’s recipe is from Liz at The […]

A couple weeks ago I had a BIG, OK ginormous, 5 pound bag of large shrimp show up on my door step. This bag also came with a couple of OXO seafood tools to help me complete a 5 pound #shrimpshowdown. You could say I did a little happy dance when the seafood arrived. I […]

It’s a clean out the refrigerator type of meal. Cheesy brussels sprouts and cabbage pasta with chopped baked bacon. Dinner doesn’t get much better than this.  The wind and dirt will not quit blowing here in Lubbock. It’s spring break week and we can’t even step outside for fear of being covered in red dirt. […]

Spring break is officially here! Not sure why I consider this a holiday or vacation because the last seven years I have worked the entire week. It only counts if you have a kid in school or you are in school yourself. This break however doesn’t prepare you for the real world of 2 week […]

We called The Lodges at Deer Valley home a couple of weekends ago. If you follow me on Instagram you would have noticed that we had a little getaway. Shaun and I were very fortunate to get an adult vacation for the first time since having Olivia. As much as we love Olivia it was […]

Looking for a quick and easy side dish or appetizer? These Loaded Potato Bites are so easy to make and they are DELICIOUS! A couple of weekends ago, we ate at a popular chain restaurant in Salt Lake City, Utah. After a canceled flight and spending half my morning talking with the airlines, we decided […]