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Jack and Emma are entering their senior year at Jenison High School this month. GO WILDCATS! There’s really no knowing what this year will look like for them but here is hoping that this senior year is the best one. I’ve known Emma for a couple years now as her and I met through Flood […]

Ingredients 3 cups rolled oats 1 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk 2 eggs 1/2 cup melted butter 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 cup dried cranberries ​ Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. In a large bowl, mix together oats, brown sugar, […]

Today we’re sharing a summer favorite. This recipe is brought to you by my father-in-law John. His tip is to chop everything into tiny little pieces and to let the ingredients sit a couple hours or over night for best flavor. Printer Friendly Version Ingredients: 8 Roma tomatoes, diced 1 Vidalia onion, minced 2 green […]

This past week we took a 5 day cruise out of Tampa, FL with our family of four. My husband Ben, myself and our two kids Caleb (11) and Naomi (9) and our stops were at Grand Cayman and Cozumel. If you’re here, most likely you have never been on a cruise before, you’ve never […]

My daughter and I were talking today about how we could spend our evening doing fall things. Some of the things we came up with were carving pumpkins, caramel corn and baking pumpkin seeds. Luckily I had my trusted caramel corn recipe and all the ingredients on hand. This is probably the easiest recipe I’ve […]

Capturing Brendan and Alex’s proposal was quite the adventure! Brendan had his heart set on a beach proposal, but he wanted a more private spot, which made it tricky to stay hidden while photographing the moment. I managed to blend in by asking some friendly ladies on the beach if I could sit with them […]