Dawn Cockell

Destin, Florida 2018

Destin, Florida 2018 Christopher and I just returned this past weekend from our Destin, Florida 2018 beach vacation. Both of us grew up going to Destin each year for our family vacation. My family went to Gulf Shores, Alabama until I was about twelve and that is when we moved on to Destin...which is way better in my opinion. I love Destin because it is a quick and easy getaway for us. We can drive to Destin in under six hours. The beaches in Destin are about as good as you can get in the ... Read More

Sunless Tanner

Sunless Tanner Favorites It is summertime and I think that pretty much everyone likes to have that summer "glow." I know I do. Christopher and I pretty much live outside from mid April until the end of October. I tan very easily so despite me drowning myself in sunscreen, I do still tan and actually get pretty dark. However, my face is another story. By now, anyone following me knows that I try to never let my face get in the sun. If I expose my face to the sun the dark spots get darker and ... Read More

Lemon Icebox Pie Recipe

Lemon Icebox Pie Recipe Lemon icebox pie is one of my favorite pies. I grew up eating this. My mom would often make it during the summer time. Therefore, for me, it is a summertime kind of dessert. I feel as though it is "light and airy" and a perfect warm weather dessert. Most lemon icebox pie recipes are pretty similar...lemon juice and sweetened condensed milk are the two major ingredients in pretty much all recipes. I came across Joanna Gaines lemon pie recipe a couple of years ago. ... Read More

Raised Vegetable Garden

Raised Vegetable Garden Gosh it has been almost three months since we (Christopher mostly) built our raised garden bed area. I wanted a raised vegetable garden so that I could easily maintain it...all by myself if I wanted to. Then, because of living in the country we figured we might as well put a fence around it because of the deer and critters that we have roaming. So, we have raised beds but they are not complete. We still have to add our garden shed on the back and put rock down around all ... Read More

Turks & Caicos vs Grand Cayman

Turks & Caicos vs Grand Cayman As most of you know I just got back from Grand Cayman about a month ago. If you have read my previous posts you know that we kind of ended up in Grand Cayman at the last minute due to having to cancel a trip. Turks and Caicos is "our place." I mean...my blog is named after Turks and Caicos because it is the place that makes us happy and that we dream about when we are not there. In our eyes, you just cannot get better than Grace Bay and Providenciales. We like ... Read More

Easy Sausage Balls

Easy Sausage Balls Sausage Balls are a great easy appetizer to take to parties but also to have around the house for breakfast. I pretty much only make these around the holidays. However, I decided to make these to take with us on our recent trip to Grand Cayman. They are easy to put in a zip lock bag and carry with you. Also, turns out that they were great for us because food is SO expensive in Grand Cayman. We went to the grocery store and bought fruit and eggs and had sausage balls, fruit, ... Read More