For The Love Of All Things....

Hello everyone! As we head into the new year, which I personally can't wait to happen, we are always looking for new healthy recipes, right?! Well I hope to share a few of my favorites over the next couple of weeks for you. This first one I share is an absolute favorite of mine as well as some friends and family I share it with. I hope everyone is excited for this new year and ready to reach all those goals! We all need each other to help make those goals and dreams possible! So, LETS ALL build each other up and help one another. Share you favorites with me too.  Butternut Squash Soup is one of my favorite recipes to make for lunches. My recipe doesn't make a ton but it is worth it. The recipe is very simple.  Here is a tip though before you even get started if you buy the butternut squash whole put it in the microwave for 2-3 mins first, this will soften the squash enough for you to cut it in half and then peel it. So here goes.... BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP Ingredients ...

Lets talk about our four legged friends...we have a lot of them, so we could talk for a long time! These puppies and not just ours, teach us so much about LIFE, don't they?! As much as they drive me crazy, I truly love them all.  Everyone who knows me, knows I was never an animal person until I met my husband and he had Moe aka Moe Moe. He was a beagle. Once I met that dog, man I just needed to get another one. Moe was just crazy haha, that dog and Nick were best of friends and I realized what it meant when people say " a dog is a mans best friend" that was 1000% true for Nick and Moe. Moe went everywhere he could with Nick, he was always right at the door when Nick got home and when he was single he was Nicks dinner partner every night! When I say dinner partner I mean this dog tried to eat all of his food at any chance he could! This dog LOVED food. I could go on for hours about his issues but I won't do that to you all! When I met Nick, Moe actually welcomed me i...

How can you not love chicken, that is so easy so simple and absolutely DELICIOUS! Everyone in my family likes it! Yes, you read that right, everyone. Even my daughter who well is so picky its nuts! The other day she asked what we were having and I told her chicken and she squealed with excitement, that does not happen unless it's pancake and bacon day or my husbands Alfredo! So it MUST be good, right?! Now I will say the chicken is the main dish in our house but usually there are a couple different sides, because well i said it....my daughter is picky and my husband doesn't like veggies so I make multiple things. It goes good with white rice, rice pilaf, mac and cheese (homemade i can share that recipe another time), Alfredo, chicken salad, chicken on top of salad, just mixed with veggies, it just works for anything. So here we go! Step 1:  Cut up your chicken into bite sized pieces. I used to cook it whole but the kids didn't like it as much and I had to cut it up an...

WOW, What??? Anyone who really knows me, knows that i DO NOT love books. That my friends is a very true statement, but there are some that i have fallen in love with. I will share those with you because maybe there are some other people out there who have the same love/hate relationship with books as I do. There is hope that maybe there are some books out there that can catch a persons attention enough to WANT to finish the book, or even not want to just close it and never look at it again but actually freak out when you don't have time the next day to pick it up and read more! Ya i said it, these books right here definitely did that for me! So a little back story..... why do I NOT like reading? Well growing up I was a VERY slow reader. I would read a page and not remember what i just read at the top. I struggled to do book reports or I struggled to do homework when it involved reading. I just couldn't focus and remember what I read. My poor father , when he was home he was r...

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Carrie and I thank you for viewing my blog posts :-) I am a wife, a mom of 2 kiddos, a dog mom of 3 dogs and a believer in Jesus.... Amen to that right! I am not perfect and I will never claim to be! I just try to be me and I hope you will just be YOU! I decided to title this blog For The Love Of All Things....because well, that is what I hope to share with you! Things I love, like, or just feel like maybe you might want to hear about! So some things that I love that you will probably hear about: cooking, music (new and exciting songs that just totally rock in my mind), basketball, coaching basketball, learning ideas or tools that work for my kids, gadgets that help me and much more, so we can just stop there! I am hoping that maybe, just maybe, I can get some guest writers to share some of their favorite things too, or something they are super passionate about as well. If there is something specific you might love ...