• Home
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Welcome
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Convos with Karen

  • Family
  • At Home
  • Health
  • Recipes
  • In The Triangle
  • Travel
  • Board games with teens
    Top Games for Teens — from board games to party games, we have the list!
  • Christmas gifts list for her
    Christmas gift ideas for her
  • Irish soda bread on cutting board
    Irish Soda Bread recipe without buttermilk
  • stack of kids and teen books on wooden shelf
    Best books for kids and teens in 2020
  • Lessons from my daughter: The power of resilience
  • water glass and fruit
    What are the benefits of water?
  • home remedies for fire ant stings
    Home remedies for fire ant bites that really work
  • Easy Asian Pork Loin for quick family dinners
  • 5 ingredient recipes for easy family meals

Latest Article

Board games with teens

Top Games for Teens — from board games to party games, we have the list!

Family

Updated February, 2022 We have always loved family game night! Once, we played a game of Rummikub that took more than three weeks. Just when we thought someone would win, another player would win the critical round and set the front-runner back. We’d play a few rounds each night after dinner until the big winner (me) finally declared victory! As…
Read More

Christmas gifts list for her

Christmas gift ideas for her

Family

Yep! it’s here — DECEMBER! I am honestly not sure how this year passed so fast, but here we are, at Christmas. I am one of those who likes to shop throughout the year. It drives my husband crazy! He’s a last minute guy. So this list of Christmas gift ideas for her is to help the “not quite last…
Read More

Irish soda bread on cutting board

Irish Soda Bread recipe without buttermilk

Recipes

This year-of-staying-home has found me doing lots of things I never used to do, like gardening and learning to play chess. It’s also led me to expand on the things I already do. I love baking, but I like quick stuff. Don’t send me to a complicated recipe. I like baking muffins, bar cookies and brownies. But, all those sweets…
Read More

stack of kids and teen books on wooden shelf

Best books for kids and teens in 2020

Family

When the year started, I didn’t know it would become THE year. The benchmark. The one that defines the all the years in my lifetime. Our kids, too, are facing challenges they might never face again in their lifetime. (We can hope. Right?) kids need to know we can do hard things! When facing challenges or new experiences, we have…
Read More

Lessons from my daughter: The power of resilience

Family

This post is sponsored by iMedX. All opinions are my own. Since March, the world sure has changed. Honestly, as our daughter starts her sophomore year, I didn’t expect us still to be here. At the lake. Together. Yet, here she is. And here I am. And, finally, I think we’re starting to figure it out. It only took 155…
Read More

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 9
  • Go to Next Page »

Latest Recipes

Irish soda bread on cutting board

Irish Soda Bread recipe without buttermilk

Easy Asian Pork Loin for quick family dinners

5 ingredient recipes for easy family meals

More Posts from this Category

Latest Posts

Board games with teens

Top Games for Teens — from board games to party games, we have the list!

Christmas gifts list for her

Christmas gift ideas for her

Irish soda bread on cutting board

Irish Soda Bread recipe without buttermilk

Primary Sidebar

Hello!

I'm so glad you're here!

I'm Karen, wife, mom, friend and dog mom! My husband and I met in junior high band, but there's a lot more to that story!

Read about it here!

Recent Posts

  • Top Games for Teens — from board games to party games, we have the list!
  • Christmas gift ideas for her
  • Irish Soda Bread recipe without buttermilk
  • Best books for kids and teens in 2020
  • Lessons from my daughter: The power of resilience

Categories

  • Family
  • Health
  • Home
  • In The Triangle
  • Recipes
  • Travel

Let’s Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Categories

Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2022 · captivating theme by Restored 316