• Family Going Green

    Blueberry Season

    On Saturday afternoon we went to another u-pick farm — Bottom View Farm in Portland, TN — to pick blueberries. It was our first experience picking blueberries, and it was super easy. Our method…

    July 2, 2013
  • DIY Recipes

    Kitchen Challenge: Making Mozzarella

    I decided to participate in Love and Olive Oil’s June kitchen challenge. I got a late start – it’s almost midnight on June 30. But with a little help from a Williams Sonoma cheese-making…

    June 30, 2013
  • Family

    Family Meal Plan, Week of June 30

    Wow, what a crazy two weeks. I’ve been sick with bronchitis, sinusitis, a double ear infection, and a ruptured ear drum, so I haven’t been around here much lately. With the little bit of…

    June 30, 2013
  • DIY Family Mackenzie

    Mackenzie’s New Bed

    I’m finally getting around to sharing this… We built Mackenzie a new bed over the summer. She had really outgrown her crib, and it was just time. We found these plans we liked on…

    June 30, 2013
  • At Home Life

    Weekend Reading

    This weekend is another project weekend. Chris is working hard to finish Mackenzie’s new bed, and if that goes well, hopefully we’ll get to sand, paint, and set it up in her room before…

    June 22, 2013