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St. Louis Family Trip

The Gateway Arch and text "St Louis Spring Break with Kids"

For spring break this year, we decided to go to St. Louis and I’m so glad we did! We live in the Madison, WI area, making a road trip extremely manageable (only 5 hours!). We wanted a Midwest destination with plenty of activities to do with kids and where the temperature would be slightly warmer. St. Louis was the perfect spot. I would highly recommend St. Louis to anyone with kids.

March 2025 Book Reviews and Ratings

Twelve book covers of the books featured in the blog post

March is a long month. Add in a five-hour road trip for spring break and I got a significant amount of reading done including a number of excellent reads! Check out my book reviews and ratings below to see if there is a title that strikes your fancy.

February 2025 Book Reviews and Ratings

11 book covers

I find myself turning to fantasy stories more and more these days as historical fiction and dystopian novels are becoming a little too close to reality for my taste. When reading I need to completely escape our current world politics to be able to enjoy myself. I hope you find some books you are excited to read in my book reviews below. Just beware, I did read some stories with heavier topics this month and you may want to check out the trigger warnings first.

Mini Heart Fruit Pizza Cookies

Pin image for Heart Fruit Pizza Cookies

My family loves a fruit pizza for any occasion. For Valentine’s Day, we’ve been making a large heart-shaped fruit pizza for years but this year I wanted to make individual mini heart fruit pizza cookies for ease of serving as an after-school snack the week of Valentine’s Day.

January 2025 Book Reviews and Ratings

Roundup of January books, all book covers

I started the year off strong and then sickness led me to not read a single page for over a week. I’m not sure if that has ever happened to me before but I was so miserable and in pain that even books could not bring me any comfort. This month was heavy on fantasy and romance but I hope you find a story in my book ratings below that you are excited to read.