A little extra sweetness this holiday season.

When Mike's grandmother was alive and well she would make cuccidatti cookies (among others) every year around Christmas time. The house would constantly be filled with a sweet baking aroma of sugar and vanilla with a warm sense of family encircling the home. These cookies were an all day process and by far were a favorite of every one in the family. Mike's grandmother would constantly have to shoo her family members away when they tried to sneak some while her back was turned.

I may not have had the privilege of meeting this amazing woman, but I plan to pay homage to her by making it a tradition in our home to make these cookies every year.

Tradition has become so important to our little family, I hope it is becoming more important to yours too.

SINKLAND FARMS. - RINER, VA

traditions are important to our little family. coffees together in the morning, the same sweet "i love you's" said every night and yearly trips to sinkland farms. rain seems to always be to our backs, leaving us with ominous clouds overhead and a brisk wind chilling us as we look through the gourds. still, there is magic here. an open valley surrounded by the sweet appalachians, with a wicked twisted tree overlooking the property.
we hope to get married here one of these days.