Have you ever had one of those moments? You could call it coincidence but you know better. Last month at church a sweet sister got up during a testimony meeting. One of the ways she expresses herself and her faith is through song. She sang a beautiful old gospel hymn that I had not heard [...]
Bruschetta Chicken
September 29, 2010 By 7 Comments
If you are one of the lucky ones that has red tomatoes in their garden you are going to want to give this recipe a try. I, unfortunately, have no more red tomatoes left. It was a bad year for tomatoes. Even if you don’t have tomatoes in your garden you are going to want [...]
Large Group Event Table Decor
September 28, 2010 By 9 Comments
Decorating the tables for an event in one of our church’s cultural halls is always a bit of a challenge. The cultural hall is a basically a gymnasium, really nothing cultural about it. It is a big huge space! I did my best. Fortunately our Relief Society (the woman’s organization at church) owns some beautiful [...]
Large Group Event Menu
September 27, 2010 By 8 Comments
The past couple of weeks I have shared a couple of recipes that I was testing out for a large group event we were having at church (approx. 200 women). I was in charge of choosing the menu – 4 sweet treats and 4 savory treats. This is the second year I have done the [...]
Finding 50}Days 253-266
September 26, 2010 By 5 Comments
Two weeks of pretty: Last week kind of got away from me and half way through the week I realized I hadn’t taken any pretty pictures. So, the majority of this week’s photos are from our last minute, impromptu weekend trip to the Oregon Coast. There is no lack of pretty there! Day 253- September [...]
YHM}Fashion Find
September 25, 2010 By 35 Comments
Today’s post is a new feature I am going to start adding to the blog now and then -YHM}Fashion Find. YHM stands for Your Homebased Mom of course! Since we are always in search of the pretty and delicious here on the blog I thought I’d start sharing a few of my pretty clothing or [...]
White Chocolate Raspberry Bars
September 24, 2010 By 20 Comments
Today’s recipe is another part of the menu for the church evening I am coordinating the menu for on Saturday night. It is a woman’s event and we are having treats afterwards. Heaven forbid that women get together for anything and there not be food! The Sour Cream Apple bars are on the menu too. [...]
Childhood Favorites
September 23, 2010 By 27 Comments
Do you have some favorite childhood foods or treats that you have fond memories of? I know I do. A couple of weeks ago I spent a fun weekend in Northern California with my Beach Babe girls. We were celebrating Shauna’s 50th birthday and we have a great time driving convertibles through the beautiful wine [...]
Tuscan Roasted Tomato Pesto Pasta
September 22, 2010 By 11 Comments
First of all, I want to say thank you to all of you who have been leaving your favorite weeknight menu ideas. I’ve got so many great new recipes to try and will be sharing my two week menu plan in the next couple of days so stay tuned. Today’s recipe will be a new [...]
Holiday Family Photos and Virtual Wardrobe Consultation
September 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
I am excited to announce today a joint venture with Meg of Megan Elle Photography. Meg is offering some holiday mini sessions. It is the perfect opportunity to get a family photo taken for this year’s holiday card for a great price. You may remember that Meg took our family’s picture last year for our [...]
