Oktoberfest planning!

This Friday we are having our third annual Oktoberfest beer tasting/costume party! I am looking for some suggestions on great, easy, healthy, fall treats to serve. I am planning on making some special cupcakes from my new book – I will take lots of pics, and a...

Perfect for Hosting

Our latest purchase will be perfect for having people over! This is the steamer bar from Crate and Barrel and it holds 50 glasses!  It folds up, so it normally does take up the entire wall.  🙂  We can’t wait to use it! Share on...

Book Club: Water for Elephants

Last night was our monthly book club meeting at my house.  We  just finished reading Water for Elephants, which we all agreed was good, better than we expected from reading the back cover.  If you are looking for a good book to take on vacation or when you have some...

Fall + Friends + Recipes

For dinner tonight we had Brady’s parents and our friends Dave and Jean over for dinner! Everything on the menu was light and healthy! These recipes are easy and will be fun to put into the dinner rotation because they are classic winter time food and they make...

Menu Planning…

I was thinking about it yesterday, and I need to have a few menus prepared for the next few days.  Does anyone have any ideas of great fall recipes for hosting guests?! Friday Night in Fall Casual Dinner *Tonight’s dinner will be for my parents and my cousins...

Guest of Honor!

Our Guest of Honor and her hostess gift…Thanks Kel! Autumn Gerber Daisies!  Love them!! For dinner we had a variety of Mexican salad toppings.  Sorry the pictures are not too pretty!  It tasted good though, and was very filling! Grilled chicken cooked with salsa...