Life's Abundant Adventures

I've been BEYOND busy with Christmas activities and moving.  I feel like a loon for choosing to move in December, but c'est la vi...

photo credit My oldest daughters favorite Christmas treat is this amazingly simple English Toffee.   I’ve always been intimidated by mak...

photo credit If you could capture the essence of Christmas in a cookie, this is it.   I make these delicious gems every Christmas and t...

Christmas gives many of us the excuse to decorate our houses in pure Griswold-style both inside and out.   Our streets begin to twinkle...

 Photo Credit  We are big movie fans in my family.   We enjoy snuggling up and immersing ourselves in a good movie.   So naturally...

I made this amazing recipe for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.  I like to try at least one new recipe each year.  I'm so glad I stum...

Have I told you that the time from Thanksgiving to Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year?   There is something so magical about the tra...

Every year, Santa explodes in my house.  Ok, Santa Clause didn't actually explode in my house, but it sure looks like he did!  I d...

I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS.  It is by far my favorite holiday of the year, and thus, my favorite celebration.  I just realized that we are only 4...

Things have been really hectic lately.  I'd love to be able to post all the great projects I've been working on, but they'...

For my birthday, my Handsome Hubby organized a trip to Flagstaff, near the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona.  We go there sometimes in ...

We recently picked up a half pig from  Date Creek Ranch , a local ranch here near Phoenix.  They are a local, family-run ranch that take...

I’ve seen a bunch of cute tutorials on making these adorable dino-hoodies.   I wasn’t able to find one that didn’t use felt or that didn’...

It's okra time in the desert and boy am I ready!  I must admit that okra used to be on my list of veggies I tolerated but never r...

I feel that this post is long overdue.  I guess I've been putting it off in hopes of the potential content changing, but alas, my pro...