What I did in the kitchen today: Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookies What I watched today: Seinfeld What I ran this morning: 4.5 miles. for the third day in a row. No ice today! yay! What I ate today: Chocolate Walnut Fudge, made by one of our teens. Really, it’s pretty much all I ate. What […]
On Jesus, Always
Jesus says, “Why do you rely on imperfect human beings to fill and support and strengthen you? There are so many reasons you know this to be an unwise decision. First, it is unfair to put such a burden on them. You know and they know there’s no way they can be your everything, all […]
The One with a Name Change
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Ok, so this news isn’t THAT exciting, but I’m still pretty geeked about it. I am officially a “dot com.” My new blog address is www.kevinandmel.com. How cool is that?! I have been wanting to secure a domain name for quite some time and was going back and forth trying […]
The One with the Christmas Shindig
This year we decided to host a huge Christmas party for our teens and invite all of their parents to attend. We were hoping to have a nice turnout, enjoy lots of food, and spend plenty of time getting to know everyone a bit better. So right after Kevin’s family waved goodbye on Sunday afternoon, we […]
The One with Family Christmas Photos
This was a whirlwind weekend, that is for sure, but it was completely awesome. I spent the entire week (especially the night before) baking, and every minute was worth it. Kevin’s family began arriving at 10:30am Saturday for our Christmas celebration. Everyone had a great time catching up, telling stories, and laughing together while the […]
The One with an Entire Day in the Kitchen
I bake a lot. You probably know that. Today was a baking day like I’ve never experienced. Thanksgiving prep came close, but yet not so much. I starting working in the kitchen at 10:00am. I took a 30 minute break for dinner at 7:30pm. And I finally sat down at 9:30pm. Not. Even. Kidding. I’m […]
The One with the Last Couple Days
Things I have done in the last 48 hours– Zested 10 oranges and grated the skin right off of my thumb’s knuckle. ouch. Sold one of the handmade items I’m excited to reveal to the world post-Christmas. Spent time in wonderful early morning conversation with my sweet husband. Had my butt (and abs) kicked HARD […]
The One with the Collage of Concerts
‘Tis the season for Christmas concerts! *whew* We’ve been going left and right to every band and choir concert in the state. Ok! Not, really every concert, but last night was concert number five of six.Sunday the 5th we attended a the middle school band concert. (Which, I might add, was the fastest concert either of us has […]
The One with the Home Quiz
This weekend was a blur of busy excitement. Friday evening our quizzers and some adult helpers worked hard to revamp our church to host the conference Bible quiz. We cleaned up rooms, pulled 50 chairs from the shed, set up those chairs in each classroom, displayed our bake sale goods, put up extra tables, practiced […]
On Respect
Jesus calls husbands to love their wives. We women are pretty good at demanding that, right? If the men in our lives don’t tell us enough or show us enough, we can beat them into the ground. We would never take the excuse, “Well, I told you I loved you on our wedding day, shouldn’t […]