Last night I hosted our FRG coffee group for the first time, and everything seemed to go off without a hitch! Our battalion’s coffee group just formed a couple months ago, and I volunteered on a whim last month to host in November. I’d never been a part of an active coffee group until we got here to Fort Riley, so… Keep Reading
Slice of Life – 11/7/15
Honestly, things are going so much better around here than I expected. I had no idea what we were going to fill our days (especially our evenings and weekends) with without Jamie, and I really worried about how I was going to handle everything mentally doing it “all” on my own. Thankfully we’ve managed to keep a full schedule that… Keep Reading
Shark Rocket Powerhead: A Review
This is a review of the Shark Rocket Powerhead, one of the best vacuums we have ever owned! We love this vacuum for so many reasons and still use it religiously four full years after we got it. Can’t recommend enough! Read on to see why. With a growing family naturally comes a growing house, and I’ve never found myself… Keep Reading
Little Girls’ Bathroom Refresh
Besides hanging up Hadley’s shower curtain and putting a picture frame up on the wall, I hadn’t attempted any kind of updating in our hallway full bathroom until a couple weeks ago. We spend so much time in this space from the time Hadley gets up until the time she goes to bed, so it’s been driving me a little nuts… Keep Reading
Baby #2 is a……! (Plus a Little Guilt on the Side)
Good morning and Happy Hump Day! Today is shaping up to be a full one for us, but I wanted to pop in really quick to share some news we found out on Friday. If we’re friends on my personal Facebook or you follow me on Instagram then you may have noticed that we know the gender of this baby!… Keep Reading
Halloween 2015 and Retiring the Minnie Costume
The Minnie Mouse dress-up outfit that my mom scooped up from Target a few months ago that was intended just to be for fun around the house accidentally turned into Hadley’s wardrobe for the entire month of October and, needless to say, it’s toast! We were invited to a one year old’s costume birthday party at the beginning of the… Keep Reading
Pre-Deployment Family Pictures
Hello from my kitchen table on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon! I’m sitting here with a full heart as I watch Hadley and my mom make a cake together a few feet away. Grandparents are just amazing! Watching Hadley love on her four grandparents and watching them love on her in their own unique and special ways puts me in my… Keep Reading
Mutual Funds: How to Set One Up for Loved One’s 1st Birthday
With Hadley’s second birthday around the corner (blows my mind), I’ve been reminiscing more frequently about her first birthday festivities last year. My sister and brother-in-law gifted Hadley something very unique last year that Jamie and I thought was brilliant, so I figured I’d share their idea in case there’s a tiny little love in your life that you’ll be looking… Keep Reading