Last year we did an escape room experience at Breakout Knoxville for my son’s birthday. We had such a great experience that we wanted to do another escape room adventure but this time it was going to be a virtual experience! I invited family members from Louisville and Knoxville to join us in a virtual…
I love decorating my garden area with new flags and yard art but I don’t want to spend extra money on them right now. So this weekend I found some red and white checked placemats in a cabinet that I was no longer using and decided that they would be perfect to turn into an…
The Kentucky Derby is a big event in our area and most of the Kindergarten classes in the nearby counties have an annual stick horse race. These stick horses for Derby Day become treasured keepsakes for the kids, but this year everything is different. Even though you can’t celebrate the Run for the Roses due…
Ever since the kids were little, I have been collecting t-shirts that have special memories in the hopes that someday I would be able to make a memory quilt! That day has finally arrived. My oldest son is graduating from high school so I’m ready to create a memory quilt using the special t-shirts that…
A few years ago we took a road trip down to Muddy Pond in Monterey, Tennessee and saw how sorghum was made from the local sugar cane. We of course brought home our own bottle of sorghum and had to try out the recipe on the back of the bottle for the best sorghum cookies!…
When my kids were little, we read books all the time. Some of my best memories are of time spent cuddled up on the couch or before bed reading some of our favorite books. I’ve collected several of our favorite children’s books to share with you. There are several more that I wanted to add…
Every family has certain foods that have been passed down from one generation to the next. There are some families who have traditional soups, desserts or lasagna recipes. One of the things that I have grown up loving is a bran muffin recipe that my grandmother would make. Then my Mom made it for us…
We love collecting souvenirs from the places we visit so I decided that I should make crocheted toilet paper souvenirs that will help us all remember the ‘great quarantine of 2020’. I started out making a couple to see what they looked like and ended up making enough to share with friends and family members…
Did you get your flannel and blue jean squares sewed last week? Now it’s time for week 3 assignment. Today we’re going to sew the squares together, make our rows and start snipping the raw edges. I love how quickly this week’s project takes us from random squares to the start of a finished quilt!…