by Rachel Jay Farrell | Sep 19, 2026 | Healthy Living, Desserts, High Protein, Recipes
This cranberry orange cardamom cake started in my head somewhere on the airplane home from Iceland to South Carolina. Cardamom shows up everywhere in European baking (way more than it does here), and once you’ve tasted it paired with tart fruit and citrus,...
by Rachel Jay Farrell | Sep 16, 2026 | Real-World Learning, Flip the Page with Grey
The Magician’s Nephew Book Review The Magician’s Nephewby C.S. Lewis A Book Review for Kids Ages 8+ Get a Copy Buy The Magician’s Nephew on Amazon | Check your local library A classic — your library almost certainly has a copy! AGES 8-12 PAGES...
by Rachel Jay Farrell | Sep 15, 2026 | Family Travel, Smoky Mountains
FAMILY TRAVEL Winter in the Smoky Mountains with Kids: Why Our Best Family Trip Was the One No One Planned For Two days after Christmas last year, we loaded up the camper and drove to the Smokies for eight nights. We didn’t have an agenda for the week. Just us...
by Rachel Jay Farrell | Sep 14, 2026 | Intentional Living
INTENTIONAL LIVING Why and How We StoppedCelebrating Halloween (After 11 Years with Kids) This isn’t a post about why we’ve never celebrated Halloween. I know there are plenty of those out there, and most of them are written by families who made the call...
by Rachel Jay Farrell | Sep 13, 2026 | Healthy Living, Desserts, High Protein, Recipes
This high protein cherry chip cake is a remake of a childhood favorite. Every February, my mom pulled a box of Betty Crocker Cherry Chip cake mix off the shelf and made it with their cherry frosting. That was my birthday cake every single year. She made it once and it...
