I love small bite sized snacks, especially to serve as appetizers. There’s just something about finger foods with all that flavor in one bite that is so special. Like these spinach artichoke cups, these mini calzones, and even these buffalo chicken rollups. They’re all easy to make and great for giving a group of people a little taste of something yummy without too much. These bacon brie bites are similar....
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. With all of the birthday parties at home right now, I thought it’d be fun to share a birthday themed game that you can play as a family right at home! Or one that you could send to friends and play together virtually. This roll a cupcake game is just that....
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Spinach Dip Cups I’m a big fan of spinach artichoke dip. It’s one of my favorite Christmas appetizers! I pretty much order it anytime it’s on a menu, and I feel like I’ve perfected the baked spinach dip recipe at home! I even made a spinach and artichoke pasta inspired by my favorite dip combination....
A Virtual Scavenger Hunt If you’ve ever read my blog before, you might know that I’m a huge fan of scavenger hunts! Clue based scavenger hunts, seek and find based scavenger hunts – you name it, and I love them! My husband and I have been brainstorming on fun games to play via Zoom (other than just the best board games) since we aren’t traveling as much and the idea to do a virtual scavenger hunt popped into my head....
2021 Character Dining Update Update: Make sure to read this guide to Disney dining prior to planning your trip in 2021 as various character dining, regular dining, and signature dining experiences have been modified, closed, and cancelled throughout the Disney World resort. Currently Open Character Dining Restaurants As of July 2021, many of the restaurants on this list are finally open again but some are not doing their typical character dining....
With Halloween just around the corner and Halloween movies playing every night of the month, I thought it was time to finally put together the Halloween trivia game I’ve been meaning to create for years! I’ve designed a printable set of Halloween trivia questions that you can use as one of many Halloween games at a Halloween party or just to ask to friends and family during the month of October!...
Lately I’ve been really into dessert dips. I’ve already shared a hot chocolate dip, caramel apple dip, and most recently a Dunkaroo dip (that went totally viral on Instagram!). There’s just something about this super easy alternative to making a traditional dessert. I love that they typically only use a couple of ingredients, they’re no-bake, and they serve a large crowd of people! With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to make an Andes Mint chocolate dip that uses similar flavors to these mint chocolate cheesecakes!...
Each year my son’s school “does it up big” for teacher appreciation day, well, teacher appreciation week really. The PTA puts together amazing food spreads like a nacho bar, bakes treats, and plans activities to show some much-needed staff appreciation. I shared some of their ideas in this post about teacher appreciation week ideas – they go all out when it’s that time of year! We as parents volunteer to donate items, gifts, chocolate, blueberry muffins, soda, or whatever we have on hand just to show a little extra “Thank You” for all the time they spend on lesson plans, teaching, and helping our kiddos all year long....
This Hawaiian pork and pineapple shish kebab recipe is perfect for any summer get together! Use pre-marinated pork, add a little pineapple, and grill up for one sweet and tasty summer dinner. The entire plate full of kebabs will be gone in no time! One of our favorite things to do during the summer is grill. After grilling on a grill pan for way too many years, we finally bought a brand new gas grill to go with our new house and big backyard....
This post contains affiliate links to products I recommend. If you purchase via my links, I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Come Follow Me Young Women’s Program A couple of months ago I was asked to work with the young women ages 12-13, the beehives, for my church. You can learn more about my church here. One of my main responsibilities is to teach lessons to the girls on Sundays using the new Come Follow Me teaching program....
As my oldest son gets older and older, he’s quickly growing out of the simple things like this St. Patrick’s Day i-spy and growing into things that take actual reading, searching, and advanced thinking like word searches and crosswod puzzles. Luckily I don’t think he’ll ever grow out of my scavenger hunts, but that’s not the point of this post. So I thought it’d be create some St. Patrick’s Day word searches that you could use for the holiday!...
There are very few shows I could watch over and over and over again. And laugh every single time. Gilmore Girls is one of them. I’m a little obsessed, especially now that the new Gilmore Girls Revival is less than a month away. Come on Thanksgiving! I created these printable Gilmore Girls bingo cards specifically to play while you’re watching the revival on Black Friday, or if you’re not quite as obsessed as I am, whenever you finally get around to watching it....
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something via an affiliate link, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. If there is one song at Christmas that I can always remember the words to, it’s the 12 Days of Christmas. I can’t the same for the rest of the world based on the answers provided in this Christmas Family Feud game but hey, everyone has their own strengths!...
Last year my oldest son was obsessed with doing mad libs. We bought book after book and would do them at dinner while enjoying blueberry lemon muffins for breakfast. Now they’re even more fun to do together because they’re learning about the different parts of speech at school, so he actually knows what it means when I ask for a verb or an adjective! I thought it would be fun to put together some Christmas mad libs of my own inspired by three popular Christmas stories – the Polar Express, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and Twas the Night Before Christmas....
Is there anything better than fresh homemade rolls? The rolls are definitely my favorite part of any meal whether it be Thanksgiving, Easter, or just plain dinner. I mean fresh rolls, some gravy, and mashed potatoes. Yum! We typically switch between making these homemade yeast rolls and these homemade crescent rolls – just depends on what we’re in the mood for. They’re both pretty easy to make and delicious! You’ll love these dinner rolls because they’re soft, fluffy, and have the perfect amount of salt!...
Save time on building your own brick oven by choosing one of Round Grove Products’ prefabricated brick ovens then customizing it to match your entertaining space. You’ll be cooking pizzas, steaks, and more at brick oven speeds in no time. While I received a Round Grove brick oven in exchange for this post, all opinions and ideas are 100% honest and my own. When my parents came home from their mission to Bosnia a few years ago, I was pretty disappointed at first when they decided to buy land out in the country rather than buying a house close to both of my brothers....
There’s not much better than homemade strawberry shortcake, especially when you can get the ratios of strawberry to shortcake to whipped cream correct. There are plenty of easy strawberry shortcake recipes out there that start with a cake mix or a biscuit mix, but none of those are nearly as good as homemade (and I love cake mix recipes). And honestly, making strawberry shortcake from scratch is almost as easy as all of those recipes and so much better!...
I love Christmas music, absolutely love it! There’s just something about hearing Bruce Springsteen sing Santa Claus is coming to town that gets me in the Christmas spirit. Yesterday I shared a fun Christmas music bingo game and today I’m sharing this fun matching Christmas carol game. If you like this one, you’ll probably also love this Christmas carol scramble game! This game is great because it’s matching so it’s easy enough for kids to get a good number of them right....
With fourth of July just around the corner, I’ve been sharing some of my favorite red, white, and blue desserts all week long. I’ve already shared this fun American flag cake, this berry cheesecake fluff, and this 4th of July pinwheel cookie recipe! Plus a fun 4th of July charcuterie board to put them all on! But today is the ultimate 4th of July dessert – a red white and blue layer cake that’s moist, creamy, and delicious!...
This year Easter is going to be a little strange because we’re having my son’s 4th birthday party the day before Easter and will likely be eating mostly party leftovers plus these twice baked potatoes for our Easter meal instead of the traditional ham, scalloped potatoes, and rolls. Since we won’t be having a traditional Easter dinner, I thought it would be fun to at least go all out for Easter brunch with my husband’s parents....
