I hesitate to even blog this because everyone (especially everyone in Texas) has a chicken tortilla soup recipe. However, it’s a Mix and Match regular in our house, so I thought I’d share. My dear, dear friend Lori gave me…
Pumpkin Patch
What’s the best way to spend a cool fall day? At the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm! Papa Jay and the kids checking out the animals. They loved being able to feed the cows and other animals. Kensington and Lovie…
Halloween Recipe Giveaway!
Beginning today, I’m looking for the best Halloween dessert recipe using a cake mix. It can be a cake, cupcake, brownie, bar, cookie…just a dessert that incorporates Halloween and a cake mix. Between today and Monday, October 24, email me…
Happenings
Here are some happenings around the Shull house… My kids at Costo…they love the samples 🙂 On Thursday, we had record heat (98 degrees!) in Dallas for September 30th. I took sweet little Smith to Canton with Andrew’s parents. He…
Bundt Cake #6: Dark Chocolate with Chocolate Ganache
I’m gonna level with ya…the next 12 cakes or so have a holiday feel….you know, I’m in the mood for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years…so they’ll all be geared that way. I thought I should give you one more…
Dinner Tonight: Whole Wheat Pizza
When we first got married, my football playing husband told me that Sunday nights were “pizza nights” at his house growing up. I assumed he meant we would call Dominoes. I was wrong. He meant, we would make homemade pizza…
Chocolate Chip Whoopie Pies
As soon as I told my hubby that I would be making approximately 1,052 versions of a Whoopie Pie, he said, “please make chocolate chip”. So here they are. For Andrew :). When it came down to writing out the…
Swingin’
I totally stole this off of Sheaffer’s blog. Look at my big boy swinging on a big swing by himself for the first time! When did he get so big? Smith William Shull, I love you so much!
Dinner Tonight: Darn Good Chili
This isn’t a recipe…it’s a strong suggestion :). As much as I love homemade chili, I don’t think it’s as good as Bear Creek’s Darn Good Chili. My mom and I have been using this chili starter for years and…
Pumpkin-Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies
I posted a chocolate-peanut butter version here already. But this is the mama recipe. I found this recipe one day several years ago and have been making them frequently ever since. (I will eat ANYTHING made with pumpkin…especially in the…
Tangled Birthday
Lovie’s birthday is September 12 and Kensington’s is September 15…my family prides itself on having individual parties for everyone (we really just want more reasons to eat cake) but since this year, we were flying home from Denmark on September…
Bundt Cake #5: Caramel with Caramel Frosting
I’m not going to lie…this version rocked my world. At first, I was like “ho, hum…another version” but then I tasted it and was in HEAVEN! The frosting really does take the cake and those little caramel bits…I could have…
