Category: holiday

Christmas Wins

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Cassandra

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Another Christmas has come and gone! I feel like it takes months to prepare for- thinking about the perfect gifts for everyone; buying and making each gift - and then it's over in a...Read More

15+ Gifts For Boys That Aren’t Video Games or Legos

Posted on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by Cassandra

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Every year, it's a challenge to figure out what to get my boys. I don't know why, but boys are much harder for me to shop for than girls. I always find a hundred...Read More

Mom’s Lionhouse Roll Recipe

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. The holidays are not the holidays without homemade rolls. Growing up, my mom always made homemade rolls for our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. To buy them store-bought is nothing short of blasphemy in our...Read More

Loaded Green Bean Casserole

Confession: the first time I've ever had green bean casserole was when I was 22 years old. It was my first Thanksgiving with my hubby's family and they had made the traditional holiday casserole concoction with cream of mushroom soup...Read More

Christmas Cookie Round Up

Posted on December 15, 2017December 13, 2018 by Cassandra

Christmas time is the season for baking! Growing up, I always spent a good day or two (or three) in the kitchen with my mom. We would bake our favorite goodies and take them to our friends and neighbors. This...Read More

Lyonnaised Carrots

There are so many good foods to eat at the holidays! Lately I've been posting some of my favorite sweet treats, but let's not forget about the vegetables! Vegetable dishes are a little harder to get excited about for some...Read More

Christmas Almond Ball Cookies

  Christmas in not Christmas without Christmas almond ball cookies. Throughout my entire childhood, my mom always made these cookies and they were always my absolute favorite cookie that she made. I suppose you could really make these at any...Read More

Teach the Children: the meanings behind the symbols of Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2017November 18, 2019 by Cassandra

  When you think of Christmas, what comes to mind? Is it Christ? Is it the decorations and festivities? Candy canes, Christmas lights, bells and fir trees; those are just a few things that I think of when I hear...Read More

The Most Beautiful Christmas Tree

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Cassandra

I know that themed Christmas trees are all the rage right now. I have seen some really beautiful trees and admire the attention and detail that goes into them. I have thought about doing a tree with coordinating garlands and...Read More

M&M Christmas Cookies

M&M cookies are a classic holiday treat in my family. As far back as I can remember, my mom always made m&m cookies to add onto her trays of goodies that she would pass out to friends and neighbors at...Read More