Top 5 Netflix Movies for Blended Families

Last year was a year of big transitions and transformations for our family.  We went from broken to blended and three kids to five. There were times of sorrow and times of great joy.  Homes and families split and new ones formed.  In some ways it was a milestone I do not wish on any …

Candy Corn Cookie Recipes

  It’s the time of the season when I love to bake!  I took advantage of the Halloween month to bake a few batches of candy corn cookies.  One batch had candy corn and white chocolate chips and the other had candy corn and peanuts.  They were both good, but the majority liked the candy …

DIY Halloween Mantle

It’s been a little over a year since we’ve been in our home and I feel like we are finally feeling settling and moving past the “needs” where we can now choose the “wants”.  This is my first year decorating for Halloween; I decided to start with my mantle.  I bought wooden numbers from Hobby Lobby. I sanded them down …

Get Your Tickets Now for the Halloween Hoot

On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, October 24, 25 and 26, Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve in Rochester, will present its ever-popular Halloween Hoot. Tickets are $7.00/person, and must be purchased in advance. This event usually sells out, so buy your tickets early! Admission fee includes cider & donut, guided walk with skits, and campfire with …

Halloween Wars Returns to Food Network

Halloween Wars returns to Food Network for its fourth season, premiering Sunday, October 5th at 9pm ET/PT.   Witness five teams, consisting of a pumpkin carving expert, a cake decorator, and sugar artist, as they battle it out over four episodes to create heart-stopping Halloween-themed displays, guaranteed to scare the daylights out of viewers.   …

10 Halloween Safety Tips

Ahhh….Halloween, that time of year we all look forward to. Parents run around spending hundreds of dollars for a few good Facebook pics and a couple of hours of fun filled trick-or-treating. Costumes, glow-in-the-dark candy bags, make-up, pumpkin flashlights, blinking necklaces, Pinterest crafts/recipes and endless bags of candy to hand out at the door. Don’t …