From the monthly archives:

December 2009

2009 year end Recap

December 31, 2009

Since today is the last day of 2009 (still can’t believe how fast it went) and doesn’t it feel weird to say 2010! Anyways to ring in the New Year I thought I would recap some of my favorite posts from 2009. Now as I go through them it seems like so much fun/important stuff [...]

Four Christmases

December 30, 2009

Four Christmas celebrations we had this year, each different but yet each filled with great food, family, laughter and love. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful families. *beware picture overload* Starting off we headed to Houston to spend Christmas Eve at my grandmother’s house. The boys were set with their favorite books and [...]

Granola Bars

December 29, 2009

This recipe I started making to send in DT’s lunches shortly after we were first married. They are a great tasting, filling snack and the beauty about this recipe is that though it tastes great and is good for you, it is very versatile. I’ve made it with chocolate chips, peanut butter, toffee bits, various [...]

Daring Baker’s Challenge – Gingerbread house

December 26, 2009

The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes. I was [...]

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009

Each Christmas since the birth of my baby boys I have made Christmas cards with pictures I have taken my very self. Sounds like a very simple thing. And yes the first year it was. Sort of. I remember it clearly the boys were about 3 weeks old and I wanted to do sleeping baby [...]

Chocolate-y Christmas Cafe au Lait

December 23, 2009

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Emeril Lagasse. Emeril as I am sure you’ve know is highly famous and has tons and tons of recipes to choose from. I knew that with Christmas right around the corner I wanted something tasty and easy. So I choose this christmasy [...]

Christmas decorations

December 23, 2009

I just love decorating for Christmas! The past 2 years I didn’t do much. The first year I had newborns and then the 2nd year with unruly curious little toddlers I couldn’t do much decorating as it would all of been eaten or broken. But this year the boys have a little more self control [...]

Terrible two’s

December 22, 2009

I’ve heard all the horror stories of the terrible 2′s, from the temper tantrums, hitting, biting, slapping, squealing, not sharing; you name it, I’ve heard it. Mostly from other mother’s warning me of what’s to “come”. And trust me personally I’ve seen it, heard it, been the receiver of all these actions with my now [...]

$5 dollar subscriptions

December 21, 2009

Amazon is currently running one of their very popular $5 magazine subscription sales! Go here to snag a one-year subscription to Southern Living, Health, and other magazines for only $5 per subscription. Entertainment weekly is also going for $10 for a whole year 55 issues. These are some amazing deals. This would be a great [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.