Years from now, my guess is that I’ll likely recall four main events that defined our 2016: the year our second daughter was born, the year that brought Jamie home from another deployment, the year I became an aunt and my sister a mother, and the year that flipped my entire life upside down when we came devastatingly close to losing Hadley…. Keep Reading
A Budgeting Tool to Use in the New Year: A Review of Mint.com
On a list of things that I typically steer clear of blogging about, finances is hiiiiigh up there! On a list of things that I typically love blogging about, my favorite things are super high. So I guess these two lists are colliding today because we’re talking a budgeting tool that we’re totally into and I thought you might be into as well…. Keep Reading
Slice of Life – December 20th, 2016
Unless we’re on vacation, I very rarely ever say that I don’t want a day to end. But I didn’t want Saturday to end. It was the sweetest day. Let me back up. On Friday I had plans to throw a Christmas party with about 15 of my girlfriends here in Kansas. I was pumped, and so were they! Nearly… Keep Reading
Rodan and Fields Before and After
If I would have seen a blog post with a title like this a few months ago, I would have clicked it so fast; I’ve been curious about the Rodan and Fields before and after hype for months! Though I’d heard about this company almost three years ago, it didn’t start really piquing my interest until one of my close… Keep Reading
Classic Games to Play with Family & Friends
Do any of you pass the time during the holidays by playing games with your friends and family? For years we’ve enjoyed a big meal, ate dessert, and then nestled in for the night to play a round (or two or three) of whatever game someone inevitably brought along. Sometimes we play for 30 minutes and other times for three… Keep Reading
Slice of Life – December 13th, 2016
Oh hey December… you know how to bring the party! We’ve had a really fun month so far, and it’s a little hard to believe that we’re not even halfway through it. The next couple of weeks hold a bunch of fun events, but I know come New Years Day we four DeSpains will be soaking up a lot of down time… Keep Reading
Last Minute Gift Ideas Under $20 For Men, Women, and Kids
With just 11 days left until Christmas Eve, today is likely one of the last days to place an online order that will (hopefully) arrive just in time to give a loved one for Christmas. Because I love any reason to play around on Nordstrom’s website, I rounded up a bunch of great gifts ideas that are all currently under… Keep Reading
Favorite Christmas Recipes
Helloooo Monday! Whew – we need a weekend to recover from our weekend. It was so great, but I think the girls and me will be hanging low today and catching up on a little rest. I’ll be sharing a few pictures in a “Slice of Life” post tomorrow, but until then I wanted to pop in real quick with… Keep Reading