• Chocolate Cake
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    Perfect Homemade Chocolate Cake

    This is one of my favorite cakes to make. It only has a few more ingredients than a box cake and tastes incredible. I can have this in the oven in 15 minutes. This cake is so good because it has a secret ingredient – hot coffee. The coffee does an amazing job of bringing out the flavor of the chocolate. Surprise your family with this easy homemade chocolate cake and they will be impressed! You probably have most of this cakes ingredients in your pantry already. Ingredients 2 cups sugar 1 3/4 cups flour 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1…

  • What's for Dinner
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    What’s for Dinner?

    I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for new inspiration for my dinner menu. It’s easy to get into a rut of eating the same thing week after week. Sometimes it’s hard to think outside of the box…or pizza box. That’s why I decided to share my dinner ideas weekly. Each week I plan 5-7 dinner ideas depending on what activities that we have on the calendar. I’ll also share my shopping list for those meals to save you even more time. If you have any meal ideas that are favorites in your house, I’d love to hear them! Please add any ideas to the comments! Dinner 1…

  • Easy Homemade Granola
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    Easy Homemade Granola

    Our family loves to munch on granola as a snack or for breakfast with some fruit and yogurt. I try to avoid store bought granola because a lot of it is filled with more junk than good stuff. I started making my own granola after a friend shared her homemade granola recipe a few years ago. Since then, I’ve modified her amazing recipe slightly to fit our tastes. (This recipe also easily be made as a gluten free option.) Grab a big bowl and all of your ingredients. Some of the granola ingredients are optional or depend on your taste preferences (for example: do you prefer pecans or walnuts or…

  • Dinner Recipes
    Food

    What’s for Dinner?

    I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for new inspiration for my dinner menu. It’s easy to get into a rut of eating the same thing week after week. Sometimes it’s hard to think outside of the box…or pizza box. That’s why I decided to share my dinner ideas weekly. Each week I plan 5-7 dinner ideas depending on what activities that we have on the calendar. I’ll also share my shopping list for those meals to save you even more time. If you have any meal ideas that are favorites in your house, I’d love to hear them! Please add any ideas to the comments! Dinner 1…

  • Morro Rock
    Travel

    California Dreams – Part II

    Last year I found out that I had a work trip to San Diego for a week in October. My husband and I had never been to California and jumped at the chance to turn the work trip into an amazing 9 day family vacation. After all, who wouldn’t want to fly cross country with a 7 year old and a 1 1/2 year old? I’ll admit, embarking on a 9 day trip with 2 young kids to a place we’d never been before, did seem a little bit intimidating. But in the end this journey ended up being the trip of a lifetime thanks to some VERY careful planning…

  • Dinner Recipes
    Food

    What’s for Dinner?`

    I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for new inspiration for my dinner menu. It’s easy to get into a rut of eating the same thing week after week. Sometimes it’s hard to think outside of the box…or pizza box. That’s why I decided to share my dinner ideas weekly. Each week I plan 5-7 dinner ideas depending on what activities that we have on the calendar. I’ll also share my shopping list for those meals to save you even more time. If you have any meal ideas that are favorites in your house, I’d love to hear them! Please add any ideas to the comments! Dinner 1…

  • Bedside Lamp
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    The Essential Guide to Choosing a Lamp

    The links in this post may contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking my link. My husband says that I’m always buying lamps and pillows. I feel like I always find a dark corner that I want to light up with a lovely little lamp. And pillows – let’s just say, I like to be comfortable. To be honest, lamps may seem like a strange thing to write about but I think a lot of people are somewhat clueless when it comes to lamps (I definitely was). What’s so complicated you may ask? Well, it doesn’t seem very complicated until…