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Category: Pioneer Woman

2013/Baby Gray/Pioneer Woman/Recipes/Rooster/Thanksgiving

Rain Check

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

Today there are clothes to wash and dishes to prepare, but I think I’ll take a rain check. A pajama-clad boy and the cozy, warm couch are calling my name....

meal plan/Pioneer Woman/Recipes

Meanwhile, Back on the Menu

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 3 Comments

One of my very favorite things to make for dinner is Pioneer Woman’s Sour Cream Noodle Bake. I love it exactly as is–no modifications, so additions ...

macaroni and cheese/Pioneer Woman/Recipes

Cheese, Please

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

I haven’t always been a fan of mac and cheese. The awful Kraft powdered cheese in a box did me in as a kid. Lately, I’ve started making homemade mac...

baking/bread/dinner/Pioneer Woman/Recipes/Willow House

Back in the Saddle

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Since Baby Gray’s arrival, I don’t feel like I have really cooked. I mean, I have cooked many dinners, but it seems like we eat the same thing over ...

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There were days I wondered if he’d ever start pl There were days I wondered if he’d ever start playing to win. Now look at him: sheathing his sword on strike three. 😂
Baseball weekends are the best weekends. Lessons Baseball weekends are the best weekends.

Lessons learned. Memories made. Work put in.

Baseball is a big part of our story, and we are so glad to be able to share it with the boy.
All the Mother’s Day things—grateful for my mo All the Mother’s Day things—grateful for my mom and the ones who call me mom and the places I get to fill in the gaps and the hurt and the waiting and the in between. 

It’s a day of balance and challenge and so many emotions and thoughts. Where ever you fall on the Mother’s Day spectrum, I hope your day was just what you needed.
From band to the baseball field and back again. B From band to the baseball field and back again.

Big day yesterday with 1s in both band competitions and a 2-0 day on the field. 

Today didn’t go the way we wanted on the diamond, but that’s a big part of the game.

I don’t want to remove the failure because it’s part of life. It’s what helps us grow. We don’t grow when life is easy and comfortable. Growth comes from working through the hard and getting better—not just in baseball but in life. 

Full disclosure: it is a lot more fun when we win, though. 🙃 Grateful for these boys and this team to grow with.
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