The holidays can be an incredibly busy time. From Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year's there is always something to do. Here are 10 things you can do now so you can slow down and enjoy the holidays. As soon as the days begin to get shorter and the temperatures cooler, I start looking forward to the holidays. Thanksgiving is all about family and food. Then comes Christmas where we focus on family traditions and time together. In our home, we also have 4 birthdays in the 6 weeks from ...
5 Places to Visit for Amazing Christmas Lights
Here is where to see the most amazing Christmas lights on display in our region. Updated for the 2023 Christmas season. My favorite family tradition is traveling around the region to check out the Christmas lights. While we go out a lot in the weeks leading up to Christmas, the week between Christmas and New Year's is a great time for the whole family to be able to drive around and visit the holiday sights. Even before we had children, Steve and I would go out to look at the ...
Stock Your Pantry Now for Holiday Baking
Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. Soon, I'll be spending a lot of time in my kitchen cooking and baking for my two favorite holidays. Here's what our family is stocking up on now for holiday baking. Starting in mid-October, I start trying out the new recipes that I'd like to serve for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and the handful of birthdays we have during that time. I start planning out gifts we want to make, and the kitchen projects the children would like ...
Holiday Baking Essentials
Stock your kitchen with these baking essentials and always have the right tool for the job. I love to bake! Spending time in my kitchen with the various ingredients all around me makes me so incredibly happy. My holiday baking season starts every year, on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving while I'm baking pies for the big day, and continues straight through until Christmas Day ... and sometimes a little bit beyond that if there is additional family and friends we have yet to see. If ...
How to Make Sausage Stuffing
If you were to ask my son what his favorite thing was about Thanksgiving, he would tell you it's sausage stuffing. Sausage stuffing is a classic and it has to be on our table every time we have a roast turkey. It just isn't Thanksgiving dinner without it! This family favorite takes your traditional bread stuffing and adds another layer of flavor from the browned Italian Sausage. While some of the herbs are things you only get around Thanksgiving time, most cooks will ...