I'm married to a wonderful man and we've had four children in 3.5 years!! Needless to say, our lives are busy but fun! And there sure are plenty of mouths to cook and bake for! I love baking from scratch! Cookies, cakes, brownies...I also love using my slow cooker and love making casseroles, although the hubby doesn't like casseroles too much. Before I got married, my grandma taught me how to cook. We'd have my husband (then fiance) over to her house every Friday night where I'd prepared a meal from scratch. BOY, was he spoiled! He still is spoiled! I have tweaked a slow cooker beef barley soup recipe until it is distinctively my own. We have it weekly here (even in the summer), and the kids all love it! I've had plenty of tragedies from dumping everything on the floor in the midst of cooking to leaving ingredients out to using baking soda instead of baking powder. (YUK!)