PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE PROTEIN MILKSHAKE

I love Peanut Butter!! Seriously, I converted my daughter to love dips through Peanut Butter and apples. Peanut Butter and banana toast is one of our favorite breakfasts. I spread tons of Peanut Butter on my waffles and sandwiches... Way more than I should according to my husband! I even put Peanut Butter in shakes and smoothies... Enter... Peanut Butter & Chocolate Protein Milkshake!

LEMON POPPY SEED BREAD

Now that the temperatures are starting to cool down... I'm so excited to be baking a little bread, a little more often. This bread is actually one that I never made growing up because it was my brother's favorite. So he always made it! I actually kind of forgot about it until I was craving something sweet, but not too sweet! Lemon Poppy Seed Bread is the perfect treat!

HOMEMADE OREO SPIDER COOKIES

For the past 6 years, we've had a pretty steady tradition of making delicious homemade Spider Oreo Cookies around Halloween time. So when I was thinking of a craft that I wanted to share for the Craft Lightning series, I couldn't think of anything more crafty and delicious!

$350 CASH BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY

The blog world is very different than the real world... When I entered this world 4 months ago, I had no idea what I was doing. I was trying to learn as much as possible, as fast as possible! I was so impressed by the kindness and generosity of so many of the bloggers that I "met."

CHICKEN TAQUITOS WITH AVOCADO DIP

I love these! They are divine... Lunch, dinner, snack... You name it! These are perfect. The first time we had them was when we were preparing to go on a trip to the beach. We didn't want to be worrying about what we were going to eat and didn't want to eat out for every meal--we just can't afford that right now. So I made some easy dinner and snack foods that we could easily prep in the hotel room. These were a hit!

CREAMY AVOCADO PASTA

I love avocado!! It is one of my absolute favorite things to eat. Period. Luckily, both of my kids love avocado, too. It was the one of the first real foods that I gave to both of them when they started eating "real people" food. To this day, Owen (16 months) can eat a whole avocado on his own in one sitting! He loves it!

CREEPY-CRAWLY SENSORY BIN

Last Halloween I made an extremely simple creepy-crawly sensory bin for Lanae that was a huge hit! She couldn't get enough of it! She had just barely turned 2 and it was one of the first sensory bins I had ever made. I was A-MAZED at how well she handled it, then!

FALL SCENTS & TEXTURES SENSORY BIN

I love the scents of fall. I love all of the fun textures. When you walk outside you can see beautiful colors from the leaves changing on the trees... there are acorns and pinecones scattered on the ground. You can feel the change in the air! Well... In some places you can! That's actually one of the biggest thing that I'm missing about the West, right now!

ALL ABOUT TWITTER--$210 GIVEAWAY

I'm so excited to be participating in this awesome giveaway put together by some really fun bloggers! If you follow on Twitter, you have the opportunity to win $210 in cash! Yeah. That's right!! Check out some of the other great bloggers, then scroll down to the bottom to enter the giveaway!

CINNAMON QUICK BREAD

Today I'm excited to be sharing a childhood favorite! Homemade bread... but not just any bread. A quick, easy, moist, sweet and scrumptious bread that the whole family will love and devour!! This is Cinnamon Quick Bread and it is perfect for breakfast or dessert! And it smells divine!