Happy Easter weekend! I have a few really sweet memories from Easter growing up. We almost always went to Good Friday service, which I remember, even as a kid, understanding the seriousness of Jesus dying on the cross, even though I didn’t comprehend the experience and meaning entirely until I was a bit older. When we were young, my sister and I always… Keep Reading
Throwing a Sip and See for a Mom and Her New Baby
Over the weekend, a girlfriend and I threw a Sip and See together for a friend of ours who recently had her third baby girl. We sent out invitations a few weeks ahead of time inviting her friends to drop by between 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to see Sarah, meet/see/hold her newborn daughter, grab a bite to eat, and mingle with… Keep Reading
Five Ways to Make Your Blog More User-Friendly
Not only do I love writing my own blog, but I genuinely love reading dozens of blogs as well (BlogLovin is my go-to resource for keeping up with my favorites.) I occasionally run into issues on others’ blogs that could make them a tad more user-friendly, and if I’m having these issues on your site, there may be other readers running into… Keep Reading
Our Upcoming Deals with Amazon’s Subscribe and Save – April 2017
I need to start leaving some cookies or Gatorade or something out on my porch for our UPS/FedEx/USPS folks because they do a lot of walking up and down our (short) hill of a driveway! We’ve made necessary adjustments to our April Subscribe and Save order, so I just wanted to share what items were subscribed to get, if you’re… Keep Reading
The Saturday Sit-Down #13: My Little Sunshines
Britt and I rebranded our blogs and started consistently blogging right around the same time, and because we have kids very close in age, it’s fun to keep up with each other. Reading her blog has always felt like a breath of fresh air. Even when she talks about tough subjects, she does so gently with a touch of optimism. She’s… Keep Reading
Slice of Life + A Background Story: April 6th, 2017
Hello hello! I hope you’re having a great week. 🙂 Do you have any Easter/Spring Fling-type events going on this weekend? Our weekend is SLAMMED pack from Saturday morning until Sunday night (with thankfully all really good things!), so we’re putting on our seat belts and planning to plow through and enjoy every bit of it. A Little Background Wanting… Keep Reading
Disney Vacation: One Tip for Planning Your Dream Vacation
Because my Disney recap posts have been quite lengthy in words and pictures (sorryyyy!), let’s cut straight to the chase in this post. 🙂 If you and your family have dates penciled in for when you’d like to shoot to go to Disney, or maybe you’re like I was and just dreaming of one day going, I have one super… Keep Reading
DeSpains Do Disney Part Four: Magic Kingdom and a 4 a.m. Departure
Our 6 a.m. alarms came early on Saturday morning, which would be our last full day at Disney World. We were so excited about the day we had planned at Magic Kingdom, but we were also not as sad as we expected to be that it was our third and final day of vacation. We’d had the very best time the previous… Keep Reading