Good morning and Happy Friday! What do you have going on this weekend? We have a couple of work-related Christmas parties on tap and of course we’ll be watching the Army/Navy football game tomorrow (Beat Navy!), but otherwise we’ll be staying in and relaxing every chance we can get. The temperatures in the teens aren’t much of an encouragement to get out and… Keep Reading
The Christmas Gift I’ll Never Forget
When I was about 15 years old, my dad gave my mom a Christmas gift that left big tears streaming down all of our faces. It was the most wonderful Christmas Eve, and I’ll never forget it. A few weeks before Christmas I remember my dad sitting at the kitchen table one afternoon looking through piles and piles of old pictures…. Keep Reading
Christmas Home Tour 2016
I’m excited to participate in Sarah and Victoria‘s Christmas home tour link-up today! Sarah is not only a blogger that I enjoy following, but she’s also a real-life friend from our education classes in college. 🙂 I didn’t decorate our home last year for Christmas since we spent the month of December at my parent’s house in Alabama during Jamie’s… Keep Reading
Current Favorite Things
I always really enjoy little glimpses into others’ lives where they share recommendations for things they’re loving, so I thought I’d make a quick list of things around our house that I currently use daily (mostly) and can’t say enough good things about. I’d love to hear your recommendations as well for things you’re loving lately! In my closet LuLaRoe… Keep Reading
Slice of Life – December 4th, 2016
Hello hello hello! I hope you’re having a nice weekend! Like many of you, our December calendar has filled up fast with various holiday happenings, so I’m really looking forward to a fun (albeit quite busy) month for the fam. My mom inspired me to get all of my Christmas shopping done by December 1st, and though I still have… Keep Reading
Shredded Chicken with Sesame Noodles
Like many of you, I had the weirdest jitters all day on Election Day last month. I knew that the meal I was making for dinner that night would produce leftovers, so around 4 p.m., on a whim, I invited a girlfriend and her kids over to jump on the trampoline and eat dinner to help pass the time until the polls… Keep Reading
Introducing Food at Five Months Old
When the time rolled around to introduce to Sadie to food, for the life of me I couldn’t remember what I did or when I did it with Hadley. I felt like a first-time mom sitting behind my laptop reading article after article about how to best start food. Because I know this is a heavily researched and talked about topic… Keep Reading
Birthday Cake, Turkey, and a Heck of a Time at My Class Reunion
A little “behind the scenes” for ya: I always upload my pictures to the blog first and then tell the stories. Selecting and uploading the pictures usually takes less than five minutes. Today it took almost 30 minutes because I just uploaded 38 pictures. Friends, we may be here a while. 🙂 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week were… Keep Reading