Quick: What’s the best barbecue in Kansas City? There is nothing that riles up Kansas Citians quite like the great barbecue debate. I’m sure that each of us has at least one BBQ restaurant that we’ll go to dinner-war for....
Welcome to the “Hy-Vee vs. Price Chopper – Which One do You Love?” series! Join us this evening for another post on Price Chopper from our contributor Erin. I pass by two grocery stores on my way to McKeever's Price...

The Waiting Room

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We announced to our family and friends on May 5th of this year that we are deciding to grow our family through adoption.  On June 3rd, we published our online adoption profile and told the world about our search...
In the Marasco house, we LOVE football! Be sure to understand me when I say WE, because I don't just mean that my husband watches it while I tolerate it. NO, I am a HUGE fan of football, as...
This summer, during the crazy time of my church’s Vacation Bible School, my dear friend posted on Facebook a sweet bed-head photo of her nine-month-old on the morning of the last day of  VBS week.  The early morning light...
The research. The networking. The thrill of the first call. The interview ... from the first "no way in hell" to the last "that person was awesome," I loved every minute of our daycare search. Yep. You read that...
I used to be a planner.  I used to color-code my calendar with the different types of events I had going on.  I would even write in things that had already happened, just because I liked to feel busy.  I...
One night, as I was doing the never-ending dishes, I found myself having a pretty negative self-talk dialogue. "I'm so tired, why do my kids eat so much, why do I keep cooking, are theses dishes ever going to end,...

Launch Party {Recap}

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We want to say a big "thank you!" to all of you who came out to our launch party Tuesday night. We had a great time meeting fellow Kansas City moms and several local bloggers, as well. We have...
Note: This is the final post in our six-part “Back to School” series. To read other posts in this series, click here. Thanks for joining us! Remember the times your parents would ask you what you did at school all...
Right before I found out I was pregnant with my son, I ran the Kansas City Half Marathon. During the first couple of months of pregnancy, I continued to run until his head lodged low into my pelvis sending...
Note: This post is the fifth in our six-part “Back to School” series. Join us for the conclusion of this series on Thursday! This year marks my eighteenth in the classroom. Eighteen years! I have now officially been a teacher...
I went into this parenting thing with a teensy, weensy sense of over-confidence - I have younger siblings, I babysat, I've seen what other parents do right and most importantly, what I believed they were doing wrong (HA!) ......
Note: This post is the fourth in our six-part “Back to School” series. Join us for more from this series next Tuesday! I’m not saying that I’m brilliant, but I hang around a lot of brilliant people – brilliant people...
Note: This post is the third in our six-part “Back to School” series. Join us for more from this series on Friday! Tomorrow, my oldest child begins kindergarten. KINDERGARTEN, people. Almost six years ago, I entered this scary world of...

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Places to Play Pickleball in Kansas City

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Pickleball has officially swept the nation.  It is a low impact sport that feels accessible for almost anyone. Leagues and pickleball-centered businesses are popping...
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