Virginia Skillet Cornbread
This hearty skillet cornbread, dressed up with whipped butter and honey, is just what you need to accompany any festive fall dinner here in Virginia – or wherever you are. Best of all, all you do is pour the batter …
Roast Turkey Breast with Honey Glaze and Roasted Veggies
If we’re hosting a large group for a special occasion, I’ll roast a whole turkey, but when it’s just my little family? None of us are dark meat fans {well, it’s too soon to tell with the littlest one, since …
Guest Room to Nursery :: Week 5
Here we are at Week Five of the One Room Challenge, where we’ve been transforming our guest room into a new nursery/bedroom for baby Marcus! There’s only one more week left of the challenge, and while we only have a …
Guest Room to Nursery :: Week 4
Here we are at Week Four of the One Room Challenge, where we’ve been transforming our guest room into a new nursery/bedroom for baby Marcus. And I’m happy to say that even though I didn’t get any of the DIY …
A Simple Fall Table
We’re definitely ready for the Virginia humidity to give way to cooler weather, which is finally happening. Although the cool weather and thunderstorms on our forecast, which we’re looking forward to, are a sober reminder that the cool weather coming …
Guest Room to Nursery :: Week 3
Here we are at Week Three of the One Room Challenge, where we’ve been transforming our guest room into a new nursery/bedroom for baby Marcus. If you just walk into the room and look at the back corner pictured, you’d …
Guest Room to Nursery :: Week 2
Here we are at Week Two of the One Room Challenge, where we’ve been transforming our guest room into a new nursery/bedroom for Marcus. We’re not as far along as I’d hoped we would be, but we’re getting there! Turns …
Guest Room to Nursery :: Week 1
Hey guys! We’re kicking off the six-week fall iteration of the One Room Challenge. I’m jumping on this current one to finally get our guest room transformed into our little man’s nursery, which he’ll be moving into sometime after the …
Guest Room to Nursery :: Week 0
I was hoping to get after transforming our second guest room into Marcus’s nursery when the biannual six-week One Room Challenge was going on in April, but obviously that didn’t happen. Fortunately, the ORC happens twice a year, and I’m …
Apple Tartlets with Maple + Gorgonzola
Here’s cheers to what will probably be the first of many fall apple recipes around here, especially given how many apples we tend to pick on apple picking excursions – and the number of apples our neighbors, who have a …
Newborn Photos with Susan Kruger Photography
I love photography. It’s one of my favorite hobbies. But when you’re the photographer, you’ve always got tons of photos of your loved ones, of family get togethers, of amazing memories – but you’re never in any of them! Granted, …
Birth Plans are Useless and Other Thoughts on Childbirth
Oh, hey there, how are you guys doing? It’s me here in real time. I only had a couple of days of pre-scheduled content ready to go for you before there, because, well, I kind of thought I had until …