Well this is a record; It’s been a full SEVEN WEEKS since I’ve cranked out a “slice of life”. This last quarter of the year has just been a-flyin’! My last “slice of life” was supposed to be a two-parter, so this post was actually sitting in my drafts. I remember sitting down to work on it during some down… Keep Reading
Creating a Children’s Travel Journal and Keepsake
A couple of days before we left for Germany, I stumbled upon an online article (I wish I could find it!) that discussed the “ancient” art of scrapbooking, and how most kids have no idea what this is. The author discussed how she’d recently taught her fifth grader about scrapbooking by creating a few pages with her about a recent family… Keep Reading
Losing a Diamond Ring in the Atlanta Airport, and How It Showed Back Up
There’s an itty bitty detail from our Europe trip that I never told you about, and that’s that our trip was almost ruined before we were even wheels up from Atlanta. Nothing (and I mean nothing) is ever easy, right? (Oy.) What would a big vacation like this be if something didn’t go awry? We had an incredibly fast layover… Keep Reading
Getting Behind Philanthropy as a Family
Jamie went to a “Man Night” at our church last month, and he came barreling in the door at 10 p.m. ready to talk my ear off about what an incredible night he had. He loved the food, the community, but most of all, the speaker. All weekend long he’d randomly spit out things he remembered from the speaker and… Keep Reading
Stitch Fix November 2018: Review #27
I have been meaning to update you about my last fix, in which I requested FIVE PAIRS OF SHOES! I was hurtin’ pretty bad for some new fall/winter shoes, so I figured letting Stitch Fix pick some for me to try was more fun than going to the store. Well, that request fell a bit flat because Stitch Fix has… Keep Reading
Our First Halloween in Our New Neighborhood
I remember my parents really enjoying Halloween when we were growing up because they would get to be outside with all of the neighbors and socialize. My mom would sit beside all of the other women from our cul-de-sac and pass out candy while my dad took us around trick or treating. We all just loved it. Fast forward 20+… Keep Reading
Easy Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe + a Giveaway!
This easy homemade pizza dough recipe can be made a couple hours or a couple weeks before mealtime. It’s simple, fast, freezable, and most importantly a recipe your whole family will love. Skip all the way to the bottom of the post for this easy homemade pizza dough recipe, or skim through this post for step-by-step pictures and instructions. Enjoy!… Keep Reading
Coffee Talk: What It Was Really Like Traveling Abroad with Little Ones
If you and I were sitting down for coffee and you asked me how things really went while traveling with the girls overseas (because it was surely a mess at times, right?), here are a few things I’d share with ya. For reference, Hadley is almost five and Sadie is exactly 2.5 years old. I’d tell you that our overnight… Keep Reading