TLC In The Kitchen

This past Saturday we had our fifth child’s birthday party.  She wanted to have an animal party and since we have a yard full of animals we decided on a barnyard animal theme.  Of the many, many birthday parties I have hosted for my children, this was one of the best birthday parties ever!
 
I made [...]

My family like most other families – loves pizza. For years now Friday night has been pizza night at our house. Pizza Night is one of our favorite family traditions. Sometimes we pizza for take-out, but lately more often than not, we make our own pizza. We love pizza. Any pizza will due. Tonight is [...]

We have a very large family; therefore we have many birthdays to celebrate.  My husband and I have been blessed with twelve children and grandchildren to celebrate!  Over the years we have developed some Family Birthday Traditions.  In February we have two adult birthdays and the beginning of March we have one child’s birthday to [...]

If I had known that I wouldn’t be able to post over the holidays, I would have let you know. Apparently, the Christmas season was busier than I thought it was going to be. We had a children’s Christmas pageant, two adult Christmas choir performances, my brother’s huge Christmas party, two Christmas Eve services, Christmas [...]

I have started my holiday baking. Mmmm, mmmm, do I love cookies? Yes, I do. We’ve been baking off and on for several days in between Christmas concert performances and Christmas parties with our family and friends. Here are a few more great Christmas cookies recipes with pictures.
CRANBERRY ALMOND BISCOTTI yield 24 cookies

Ingredients:

1-1/2 toasted almonds [...]

Have you ever attempted making a gingerbread house? I have. Even as an accomplished baker, I found it slightly overwhelming. A gingerbread house really requires a lot of planning, time, energy and commitment. With all that invested, I wasn’t truly happy with the results, so I now focus on other Christmas cookies and specialties.
My husband [...]

I really don’t know how it happened, but I’m glad it did. Somehow over the years I began collecting nativity sets. I probably have ten different nativity sets now. I love each one of them!
I remember my first nativity set. I was a young mother who wanted her children to understand [...]

It’s time for another of my favorite Christmas traditions. The Christmas tree! I don’t know what it is about the Christmas tree, but it says let’s celebrate loud and clear. As a child loved decorating our trees and as an adult I still love it.
My husband will only allow a “real” tree [...]

I am so excited.  Just like a little kid, I can’t wait to get our outdoor Christmas lights put up.  I think that the outdoor Christmas lights are one of my favorite Christmas traditions.  My dad always put up outdoor Christmas lights when I was growing up.  I don’t know if it is because they [...]