Category Archives: Kitchen

By Megan Pothoven The Pothoven house is ready for Christmas. It is a yearly argument whether the tree gets put up before Thanksgiving. Adam is adamant that it shouldn’t be up until December, but I won this year. The older two kids were having difficulties keeping their hands off the ornaments, which found themselves all around...

Adam and I have three kids, ages three and under! Wow! Sweet Archer is such a good baby, and his two older siblings do a phenomenal job entertaining him. I’ve learned a lot in these past three weeks...one of the most useful? That peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches are acceptable meal options. See #1 on my list! By Megan Pothoven Time...

  As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we are especially thankful for the beautiful fall weather we have experienced! As soon as the combine was parked, the baler began turning out cornstalk bales, the natural fertilizer from the pig barns was injected into the soil in preparation for next year’s crops, and Emily and Braden began...

I don’t know what it is about the leaves turning from a crisp green to a burnt orange, but I always get sentimental and find myself reflecting on the past year. This feeling heightened when Penelope and Baylor brought home their daycare pictures. For Penelope, this is her fourth picture, so of course I had...

By Megan Pothoven The Pothovens are now members of the Traeger family. Adam has been wanting a meat smoker for a long time, but I have been rather resistant to the idea due to the cost, the amount of space it takes in the garage, and the amount of time it takes to smoke meat. I’ve seen...