• Let’s Bake Rocky Road!

    The Holidays are here and it's my favorite time of year, mostly because it's Rocky Road Season! This is a staple in our family. Every year my mom would make a batch for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas. And I would always end up eating at least half of the batch.

  • OJ Goes to Pre-School!

    Our little one is off to pre-school. To be honest, it wasn’t a hard decision to make. This girl has been cooped up in a house for the better part of a year due to the pandemic and we were hoping to put her into school for the 2020-2021 school year, pandemic or not. With COVID, we were a little concerned about which school to send her to. It obviously needed to be a place…

  • Fastest Chocolate Cake Recipe Ever!!

    Let’s Bake: EP 5 – Puddle Cake! What on earth is a puddle cake? Myke was looking through the recipe book and this one stood out to us. The recipe card looked old and a little worn. Also in the upper right, it said it was from the 1960s! Where did this recipe come from? I asked my mom about it and this is a fascinating piece of her history. Which makes this the perfect…

  • Let’s Run: Actually Running

    It takes a little while to build your running legs. I knew this going into my running journey, but last week I wanted to just run. I get bursts like that-when I just want to take off an start running. I wouldn’t call it a runner high just yet-at least it doesn’t feel like that for me. I know I’m not officially into half marathon training, but this is what I’ve been doing for those…

  • Let’s Stay Home: Things That are Bringing Me Joy

    How's everyone doing? If I'm being truthful, life has been somewhat normal for us in our house. Now don't get me wrong, it's been difficult to be in the house and not going pretty much anywhere except for walks. We have been able to sneak out to Jamba Juice a couple of times, don't worry we kept up our social distancing. Myke's job has been deemed essential so he still goes into work. My dad…