Leigh Anne Wilkes
Note: This is a long post and full of photos (but they are pretty photos!) Our first stop on our recent European adventures was London. The main reason for our trip was that our youngest daughter was heading to London to do a study abroad program with BYU. I decided I couldn't possibly send my baby across the ocean unaccompanied so I needed to go with her. Since Cali was graduating from college she needed to go to and she had also lived in … [Continue reading...]
Happy Weekend! I hit the ground running when I returned from London. We are hosting a wedding Open House for a friend tomorrow at our home so there was a lot of cake baking,decorating and crafting going on at my house this week. I kept my kitchen humming yesterday – eleven cakes! So watch for [...]
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As you may know I recently returned form two weeks in England and France. I hope you are ready for a bit of travel photo overload in the next few weeks as I share our amazing adventures! I promise I’ll include some recipes in there too. We are also hosting a wedding open house for [...]
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Any weight or excessive calorie intake that may occur from today’s post can be blamed on a couple of my friends. They are the ones responsible for introducing me to Cheesecake Factory’s Fried Mac and Cheese. Have you tried it? Yes, it is all their fault! Don’t blame me but be sure and head over [...]
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The jet lag is almost gone. Instead of waking up at midnight I am now waking up at 4 a.m. I can handle that! While we were in Utah for Cali’s graduation I had my whole family in one place. That happens less and less these days unfortunately! I had to take advantage of the [...]
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Note: Be sure to click on over and enter the giveaway for the yummy Pillsbury products and a $50.00 Visa card! I hope you aren’t getting tired of all these crock pot recipes! After years of not using my crock pot I just can’t seem to get enough of it lately. Why didn’t I learn [...]
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I’m home. After 24 hours of travel and no sleep I arrived home last night to my nice comfy bed. It felt so good. No matter where I travel in the world coming back to this particular carpet in the Portland airport let’s me know I am home! (sorry the photo is a little blurry, [...]
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I’m so delighted to share both my Lemon Cream Cake recipe along with a fun monthly collaboration starting today with 10 creative blogs. Each month on the 10th, the same 10 blogs will share a project around the same theme, and you can hop to their blogs to see and save their projects after viewing [...]
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We’ve been enjoying some summer like days here in Portland and temperatures in the 70′s. Yes, that is summer like weather here in the Northwest! I am so ready for these warm weather days to stay but I’m sure they won’t. I do live in the Northwest afterall. Those warm weather days always make me [...]
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Many of you know that I spent 20 years in the direct sales industry. I truly believe it is the best job a mother can have. I was able to lead a team of over 700 women, support my family financially and earn personal satisfaction and recognition all while being home with my kids! I [...]
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