My first High Tea…
Since this is such a festive time of year, I thought I’d put up some photos from a High Tea (formal afternoon luncheon with tea) that my mother-in-law took me to…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
I love this time of year… One of my favorite things about decorating for Christmas is the ornaments and how each one of them holds special meaning. (I gave Mike…
Gingerbread houses (that are super easy and fun to make)
I grew up making gingerbread houses every Christmas. So when Mike and I had kids, that became part of our Christmas tradition too. I think gingerbread houses made from scratch–with all…
Beautiful Christmas Trees
Every year before Christmas, my mother-in-law takes the kids ornament shopping. They spend the day going from Christmas shop to Christmas shop, picking out just the right ornaments for everyone…
Would you like some cake with those candy corns?
I just had to share the chocolate cake my daughter made with her friends for a neighborhood party not too long ago. I thought it was too cute. (It’s…
Gorgeous island flowers…
I took these close-ups when we were in Oahu recently. The flowers there are gorgeous. My favorite ones are the white ones in the last photo; they’re…
Pearl Harbor – A Visit to Remember
While we were on our vacation in Oahu recently, we visited Pearl Harbor. We took a short boat ride out to the USS Arizona Memorial — the site where the…
It was one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been…
It really was. Even though Mike and I had been to Oahu once before, we’d never been to Ko’Olina in Kapolei. It was beyond what we even imagined. The weather…