Tyler, TX blogger - parenting, cooking, DIY-ing, crafting, sports, and life with three boys!
I love gardening. This year, since we moved, I do not have a big garden like I used to and I miss it. We have the space, but I'm not willing to dedicate a whole day to tilling up the land, but maybe sometime I will! We do have a little flowerbed in the back that I have planted peppers, onions, cabbage, and carrots in. Everything is coming up nicely! I have been intrigued by the fact that you can regrow your vegetables, and we recently were View Post
No Taco Tuesday is complete without the perfect side dish. Luckily, you have come to the right place! If you don't like this recipe for Instant Pot Green Enchilada Rice, you can also try my Instant Pot Mexican Rice or Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice! But now, for the purpose of this post... green rice!This Instant Pot Green Enchilada Rice is SO flavorful, and the secret ingredient makes is SUPER easy to make. Don't worry about buying View Post
We did our second round of Whole30 earlier this year and it was a success for me. I love how delicious fruits taste when I am completely off of sugar! This is a recipe that came from that experience, and also visit Texas de Brazil restaurant with my husband. So....they serve grilled pineapple, but it does have sugar on top. This air fryer pineapple recipe has no added sugar and is so so delicious! I also made a coconut whipped cream as a topping View Post
While everyone in the country is getting into a groove with doing their schoolwork from home, I want to share what is working for us, and has worked for us for years: the checklist. I have found that my boys thrive on checklists, where they can see what they need to do in a day or week long period, and then work at their own pace to get things done. When we homeschooled when my oldest was in kindergarten, schedules just didn't work for any of us. View Post
Fresh fruits are our favorite, year round, but of course there is something about spring that makes us love them all the more! Fresh, local fruits are such a joy. I love buying a carton of raspberries and see my kids eat them with big smiles on their faces! My husband also loves raspberries, so I combined the delicious, fresh flavors of spring with a light raspberry cheesecake filling inside these cute, easy cookie cups made from View Post
Before I became an Instant Pot user, rice was something I ate, but did not really like unless it was prepared for me at a Japanese restaurant or by my mother-in-law. I thought of it as a filler, a side dish to make sure that I stayed full until the next meal. I was constantly burning rice on the stove or just resorting to the microwave rice packets. But then, I got an Instant Pot, and my opinions about rice changed! I started with Instant Pot View Post
Have you ever wondered "are my clothes really clean?" I do SO MUCH laundry and while none of us work in hospitals or clinics, I am sure that with three kids, the germs in our laundry are pretty bad, especially after they return from school or a trampoline park. I am not a doctor nor am I a scientist, but I have been reading up on how to sanitize laundry because it is growing increasingly important to make sure that our clothes are sanitized. If View Post
The world is in a terrible funk right now, as you are well aware. I am the most introverted homebody, but yet I still am itching to get out into the real world again. It is definitely a trying time, but I am finding joy in the small moments. I know, it's easier said that done, but sometimes just spending time with my kids with no schedule, no must dos, and just doing what they want to do helps create a childlike happiness in me that we forget View Post
Our family just got back from a mini vacation, staying in a cabin and visiting Daingerfield National Park. We fished, went out on a paddleboat, went hiking two days in a row, and had lots of family fun. We loved being outdoors and the weather was next to perfect. That is one thing that I love about Spring is the beautiful weather. The kids can finally go outside, get some Vitamin D, and just enjoy the day. Outdoor activities for kids is what the View Post
St. Patrick's Day is on the way! For some reason, St. Patrick's Day was always one of my favorite holidays. Maybe it's because I am a redhead and I think I'm from Ireland. Maybe it's because of the adorable St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Kids! I remember always having to wear green to school so no one would pinch me and well, that's pretty much the extent of our childhood celebration of this holiday. But with the fun View Post
