I bought a bag of cranberries after seeing so many yummy cranberry recipes floating around this month!  I decided to try my hand at a muffin-in-a-mug type recipe with the cranberries!  It turned out so good the first time!!  I was thrilled! You could easily substitute blueberries (1/4 or so) in Read more

I wrote recently about my mom's home during the holiday season! If you missed it you can check it out: Christmas at Mom's House I decided to do a separate post about the ornaments she worked on this year since there were so many cute ideas!  I think MOST of them can be done with your kiddos! Read more

11 months on Trim Healthy Mama for this girl!  The journey has been sweet.  Sweet has a few meanings in that sentence. I have many "sweet" weight loss goals to celebrate. I have many "sweet" non-scale victories that thrill my heart. I eat yummy sugar-free desserts all the time that are Read more

Do you have a place you go to at Christmas time that just resonates in your heart?  I do.  It's my mom's house.  She is a wonderfully, talented decorator and her home is always warm and cozy.  I went to her home to make some ornaments one day last month and took some pictures while I was there. Read more

At our home this is a sweet time of the year.  We love the month of December!  Christmas is a tricky holiday for us.  We try hard to balance it out in our house.  We put a lot of prayer and thought into this time of the year and what we will do with our family. This year my friend, Cindy Read more

It had been a long day.  I went to my room to read my Bible and try to refocus as I waited for my husband to come home.  I opened up the book of Proverbs to read some of my favorite passages when my son came in the room.  Today he learned to cut out hearts by folding the paper in half and he Read more