German Chocolate Cookie Bars

Below is a family recipe that we made every year while I was growing up. We have perfected it over the years. It actually started out as a mistake. My mom was working from a recipe she found in a magazine article, and accidentally turned the oven on to the wrong temperature (250º instead of [...]

Rum Balls, aka “Mommy’s Little Helpers”

Hi everyone! I’m Anna, the resident officer of the Grammar Police (Blog Editor). I was encouraged to share with you a  few recipes that I shamelessly promoted on Facebook. This is one of my favorites that my mom made every year when we were kids. We (the kids) weren’t allowed to eat them and now [...]

The Great Elf Adventures 2012

I am assuming by now that most everyone has seen the sneaky little Elves that take over homes this time of year. You probably either have one or wake up to a news feed of pictures from friends who have them! Santa sends these magic elves and the children get to name him or her [...]

Christmas at the White House 2012 features The Gold Star Family Tree

  I recently watched White House Christmas 2012 on HGTV. The special highlights the transformation the White House goes through in just a few short days as hundreds of volunteers decorate each room top to bottom with carefully planned out Christmas decorations. The special also highlights the Vice President’s residence as it undergoes a “Christmas [...]

‘Tis the season to share what I love

I absolutely love this time of year. It is a time many of us get to spend with our significant others, family, and friends. We get to share food, presents, memories, and love with one another. One of the top five reasons why I love Christmas is because I love food. I am a foodie [...]

We survived!

I posted about our plans to stay home during the holidays and start new traditions. We did just that and we really enjoyed our Christmas together! Needless to say there were many moments where we all missed the big family gathering that was taking place back home, but cousins with new cell phones helped my [...]

Buon Natale!

If you don’t speak Italian, you may not know that the title of this blog post is titled, “Merry Christmas!” I learned this phrase yesterday, on December 25th while we were strolling the streets of Venice. We had been to Venice quite a few times before (seeing that it is only an hour away and [...]

Cookies!

This week we have been making different treats each day. Monday we made a cookie I like to eat each year, but it’s not so fun for the kids to make. The cookies are just balls and half way through I was left alone balling dough. For yesterday’s cookie I had an idea. Why follow the directions [...]

Photographing Christmas

Christmas is such a great time for taking pictures!  Here are a few ideas that you might like to try to create some great photos for Christmas. 1) Take pictures with a ball ornament. This is a pretty fun idea.  You take a picture of a glass ball ornament and you can see the scene [...]

First holiday season away from “home”

This is our first holiday season away from our hometown. I was sooo nervous about Thanksgiving here that I was super bold and invited our family over to one of our neighbors house. I asked how military families do Thanksgiving and she said they were having people over, and without thinking I said, “Can we [...]

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