Merry Christmas, everyone! We officially made it to the very best time of the year. I hope you have plans to be with the ones you love and are taking moments for yourself to enjoy this beautiful season. I want…
Bourbon Slush
It’s Day 2 of the Kemper Christmas Cocktail Week and it’s all about nostalgia today. Growing up, my parents would make a huge batch of Bourbon Slush around the holidays in a big gallon-sized ice cream bucket. Remember those? I…
Cranberry Moscow Mule
One of Jerod’s favorite places to wander is the local liquor store. I can’t even give it justice on the sheer size and amount of alcohol they have in this place. He loves to walk around, see what seasonal is…
Walmart Holiday
If you would search the word “Walmart” in my blog, you’d find countless posts where I always start with how amazed I am with Walmart’s selection recently. It seems that every time I take a deep dive on their website,…
Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
It’s Christmas Cookie Exchange season, which means it’s Pinterest scrolling season, which means it’s stress over making something that doesn’t look like it came from a cannister season. You want something cute but you’re well aware that your time is…
Cozy Kitchen Window
Happy December 1st! After we got our tree cut down on Friday and I nabbed the last of the new Christmas decorations that I’ve been cyber stalking, I feel like the house is finally coming together. I’m about 90% decorated…
Simple Stairway Garland
If you watched my Instagram stories yesterday, I was bustin’ a move during naptime to get my stairway garland put up before the little ones got back up at 100mph. Sometimes I do projects during naptime because it’s just so…
10 Best Faux Garlands on the Market
Today’s the day that my garland finally comes in and I get to start putting up my stairway garland! I’ve got a pretty funny story to share about what I ordered, but I’ll share that when I actually can get…
Merry Christmas from the Kempers!
I’m rounding out 2020 with one last post before I turn myself a bit more inward to my family and less on Growing Up Kemper. I’ll be back in January with new ideas, new recipes, new things lifestyle. But before…
10 Simple Christmas Decor DIYs
We are fully in it. I mean, In. It. According to our letterboard, we have “15 More Big Sleeps Until Christmas.” Each day it ticks away, the more I want time to just slow down so we can enjoy this…