The Brownie Bet

I lost a bet to my Sister in law, Donna, during the NCAA Final Four this past March. I was rooting for my Michigan State Spartans and she was rooting for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. If you follow college basketball you know that MSU lost to Texas Tech in the first game of the […]

My Big Sister

I’ve written about both of my brothers but I wanted to share about my sister. Having a sister is one of the greatest gifts I’ve ever had. Let me tell you about her. She’s a fantastic Mom. She’s incredibly loyal. She’s funny. She’s smart as a whip. She’s kinda bossy, I mean she is […]

Ready for the Farmer’s Market

So excited that the Farmer’s Market in Missoula opens this weekend. It’s been unusually chilly this spring and there hasn’t been a chance to plant anything yet so I’m excited to be able to go downtown and go the Market and see what veggies might be available. One of the best things about living in […]

Summers gone by

It’s summer. Maybe I didn’t pay much attention because the weather in Montana hasn’t really been all that “summery” until recently or maybe just because I’ve been too busy. Regardless we are half way through July. I’ll be honest, summer really isn’t my favorite season. It’s hot and there are bugs and in Montana we […]

Love letter to My Husband

I don’t think we can ever tell the people closest to us how much we love them. I tell my husband every day I love him but I don’t know if he understands the full depth of my love. He is my best friend, my biggest cheerleader and he’s always there to dry my tears […]

Topics from my brother

My younger brother is the one of the most interesting people I know. He is highly intelligent and very driven. He has an analytical mind that lends itself well to Math and Science. In fact if he hadn’t become a Petroleum Engineer he would have made a hell of a Master Pastry Chef. He is […]

Comfort & Food

What is it about food that draws people together? Is it because we all get hungry and it’s convenient to sit together and break bread? Or is it more of way to be close to those we love? I know from personal experience that food is not only a form of physical sustenance for our […]

My Dad and Grandma

I find myself writing about my Dad and Grandma a lot. I have to say that I loved my Grandma but she kind of scared me a bit too. She always seemed so much bigger and robust then my Mother’s Mom who was a tiny thing, in fact she got along very well with my […]

Boxes of memories

I wasn’t sure if I was going to write about this aspect of my life but I think I will. In the last couple of weeks I’ve received boxes from both of my Parents. The one from my Dad was expected and and I was very excited to receive it because I knew it was […]

Finds from Grandma’s Recipe Box

Over the weekend I started to go through my Grandma’s recipe box. It was packed pretty tightly with all kinds of recipes. A lot of them where hand written, but quite a few you can tell she used a typewriter to type up the recipes. There were recipes for Church gatherings, Family gatherings and recipes […]