I love taking a walk around the farm, making homemade brownies, sitting by the fire, and spending time with family. Those are the moments when I remember to embrace the simple things that make life special. As we go through the month of November, I want to share a super-easy way to remind us to…
It’s hard to believe but Fall is here. I love simple decorations that give my home a hint of the season but don’t require extra expense or lots of time. Recently, one of my work colleagues showed me some yarn pumpkins she was using to decorate her house and I knew I had to make…
Many people think that the perfect day for a picnic is the middle of summer, but have you thought about how nice it is to have a picnic when the temperatures start to drop and the leaves begin to show off their fall color? Fall is a great time for a family picnic but there…
I recently had a friend tell me that she has a huge stash of yarn and no idea how to use it! She had tried to learn to crochet and knit and it just didn’t take! So now here she is, with beautiful yarn taking up space and no easy way to turn it into…
We eat a lot of apples in our house but don’t often get to pick them from the trees ourselves. Since this is apple season, we took some time to drive up to Huber Orchard just north of Louisville and pick our own apples and experience some outdoor fun. It is starting to look like…
Summer may be coming to an end with school in full swing, but that doesn’t mean the days of playing in the creek or out in the backyard are over. There’s still time on the weekends to get out and spend time skipping rocks, looking for crawfish, and wading in the creek. Set yourself up…
I’ve seen these adorable yarn candy corn decorations on Pinterest but I didn’t have any styrofoam cones in my house. I live in rural Kentucky so going to a craft store is going to involve too much time and I don’t want to wait on an Amazon delivery. So I decided to use what I…
Kentucky is one of those states that gets the best of all seasons! We get hot summer days, cold snowy winters, daffodils in the Spring and all the changing colors of Fall that you can imagine! Whether you are in Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort or out ‘in the country’, we’ve got some great Fall fun activities…
I remember when I was a kid how we would spend time each fall carving pumpkins, playing in the corn fields and jumping in leaves. Not much has changed over the years, kids still love to play in the corn, pick out the best pumpkins and take hay rides. A few years ago my kids…