Hello! Welcome to Keeping Up with the Joneses. Thanks for stopping by! We're a young couple living in the East Arkansas/Memphis area otherwise known as The Delta, with a love for family, friends, faith and food.

We believe that some of the best memories are created at home around the dinner table, and when entertaining those you love. This little blog is where I share recipes, wine, our home and our life. Enjoy! -Kendall

What You'll Find:

I love to try new recipes. In fact, I rarely make the same thing twice. I'm a bona-fide cookbook collector, Pinterest addict and magazine aficionado. On the blog, you'll see what I've got cooking.

I love wine, y'all, so from time to time I feature bottles I've loved. Crafts and decorating our little house are passions of mine, so you may see some of that. Thanks for stopping by!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!! We had a little cook out at our house. Here are the pictures!

(side note: these pics were taken with my Dad's new camera, a Canon Rebel. I'm totally jealous and want a better camera..... good thing I have a birthday coming up! :)



Patriotic Cupcakes


Up close and yummy!!


The Jones' fireworks stash



My parents came into town and then our couple friends from dental school: the Siscos and the Blockleys came over, too.

Over the summer break, the Siscos made a game set for "bag-o" or "corn-hole", as some call it! I had never played, and it's actually takes a lot of skill. I was awful. But, I will improve over time, I hope.


The goal of the game is to get as many bags of corn into the hole as possible, but you also earn points for getting it on the board. Travis knew all of the 'official' rules. Apparently it's a legit sport??



Even Mom gave it a shot






Our delish 4th food! Burgers, Boston Butt Barbeque, Corn, Special Baked Beans (I'll share this recipe soon, soooo good!), Chinese Slaw Salad, and we also had Blackberry Cobbler, too. This is an amazing recipe that I promise to give you in due time!


Our master pyrotechie!






We had much better displays than this one, but it was hard to take pictures of them :)


Kendall, Kayla, Tara


The Siscos


The Blockleys


The Joneses

We had a nice celebration with friends and family, and even more, we're thankful for our freedoms on Independence Day!!

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