Posted on January 19, 2026 Hey friends, Where Did the First Half of January Go? I blinked and the first half of January vanished. My last post was over two weeks ago — how is that even possible? This winter is moving at warp speed. Between Tang Soo Do classes, homeschool wrapping up the semester,
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Posted on December 22, 2025 Hey friends, Christmas is in full swing here — lights are up, presents are (mostly) wrapped, and the boys are bouncing off the walls like it’s Christmas Eve every day. Between cookie baking, last-minute shopping, and Tang Soo Do practices, the fridge was starting to look like a ghost town.
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Posted on December 16, 2025 Hey friends, A Busy December Catch-Up Life has been a whirlwind these past few days — Christmas decorating, homeschool wrapping up for break, Tang Soo Do belt tests, and all the holiday magic that somehow turns December into a blur. I meant to share this haul right after it happened
Posted on December 15, 2025 Hey friends, If there’s one thing better than a perfectly smoked brisket, it’s the leftovers turning into something even more legendary. This brisket chili has become our post-Thanksgiving tradition — hearty, smoky, and the kind of meal that makes four boys forget they’re eating beans (win!). We threw it together
Posted on December 11, 2025 Hey friends, Why We Bought Seven Boxes of Cereal Confession time: We almost never buy cereal in this house. It’s one of those “real food only” hills we’re willing to die on — too much sugar, too little nutrition, and let’s be honest, the boys would live on it if
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Posted on December 12, 2025 Hey friends, I went into the kitchen thinking “let’s just test a new sourdough idea”… and accidentally created the dish that made four boys go completely silent for five whole seconds. That has never happened in the history of this house. Meet the Sourdough Taco Pizza. Instead of regular pizza
Posted on December 5, 2025 Hey friends, When the Grocery Haul Takes Over the Island Some weeks the grocery haul feels like a victory lap. This week? It felt like an avalanche. I unloaded the bags from BJ’s and Big Y, stepped back to snap a photo… and realized our kitchen island was staging a
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Posted on November 30, 2025 Hey friends, I literally said out loud yesterday, “We’re good until December.” Famous last words when you live with four growing boys. By this afternoon the fridge looked like a sad museum exhibit and someone (who shall remain nameless) ate the last slice of Thanksgiving brisket for “second breakfast.” So
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Posted on November 27, 2025 Hey friends, Why We Swapped Turkey for Brisket Four years ago we did something crazy: we swapped the turkey for a brisket on Thanksgiving. Everyone thought we’d lost our minds. Now it’s the most-requested dish of the year, and the boys literally count down the days until “Brisket Day.” From
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Posted on November 26, 2025 Hey friends, The Night-Before-Thanksgiving Chaos It’s the night before Thanksgiving, the house smells like cinnamon and chaos, and I just got back from what I’m calling the “Lord, please multiply the milk” run. Yesterday I swore we were set. Today I realized we had: Zero pumpkin pies (how does that
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