Happy Friday, Sweet Friends! It’s been a good and decently full week around here filled with lots of playtime outside, creating fun things inside and we even got to spend a day of fun with my mom. Today I wanted to share with you some more things I’m loving right now and, of course, link…
If surprises were a love language they would be hers. It doesn’t matter if it’s things or experiences, when you surprise A her face lights up like it’s Christmas morning. “A surprise for me? I’m just so excited!” Sometimes that means pulling an old afghan to have a surprise picnic in the yard while her…
I love any excuse I get to celebrate Ryan and let him know how much I appreciate him. Now that we have kids I get the extra excuse to celebrate him for Father’s Day and get the kids in on it. You guys, he is the best dad. There is zero doubt that he loves…
He started to walk this week. I’m having a hard time getting past the fact that we’re edging closely to the one year mark as it is but here we are with a thriving little boy who turns eleven months next week that eagerly started walking…really walking on Monday. He’s been toodling around with his…
I like trying new products and giving my feedback – especially when it’s free products. That probably makes you think “oh, must be nice to be a blogger” or “that kind of sounds too good to be true” – but hang with me because it has nothing to do with either of those! But I get it-…
This time of year I start doing a lot more thinking about my time and how I spend it. I just celebrated my birthday last week, Mother’s Day is this weekend and frankly, timing is moving faster than I can grasp. Do you ever want to just stop time and cling to a moment? I…
I’ve shared with you recently how much I love having a clean home and how important it is to us. With two little ones and two dogs cleaning is a regular job around here and I want to do it as efficiently as possible. One thing I do a lot is vacuum. Between snacks and…
We love coloring here in our house. We have more coloring books than I probably even know of. We have countless Crayola crayons, colored pencils and markers like you wouldn’t believe and I’ve got a little one with a creative spirit just like her mama. It didn’t come as a surprise to me that adult…
Happy Earth Day, friends! I don’t know about you but the older I’ve gotten the more conscious about the Earth I have become in effort to make it a great place for the generations to come. I cared a bit less when I was younger about things like conserving energy and recycling materials. The older I got though…
I was thinking the other afternoon about all of the pregnant women I know, or know of, and coincidentally I was about to get get ready for the Free Everyday Luxuries Set I’m sharing with you this week. I had a “lightbulb moment” about a unique gift idea that is a bit out of the norm…
I’m an extremely simple girl. I don’t go shopping often, I don’t have a lengthy “wishlist” of items for birthdays or holidays. A good description would be “low maintenance”. I am a fan of little things though. They are the little pick me ups, the little details that I find brighten my mood a little…
I like a clean house and so does Ryan. We like having cleared counters and floors clutter free. There is just something about those things that make us feel a bit extra pride in our home. Then we had kids and let’s be real – we love those things still and we fiercely love our…
I feel like this week has flown by – how is it Thursday? Better question – how is already the middle of April? I know I cannot be alone on this. We’ve been enjoying the Spring weather with our windows wide open every day and we built our garden last weekend and this weekend we…
In March Ryan and I celebrated 10 years since our first date. Oh how different life is now ten years later. We’re older and we’re wiser and we’ve learned some tough lessons throughout the years. We’ve got a house, two cats, two dogs and two babies. We also have a lot more love and history than…
Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to try out all three of the Vintage Honey Teething Necklace styles. So today I wanted to share all the details with our experience with each necklace type before our discount code runs out at the end of this month. I was a brand rep on…
We are suckers for delicious home cooked meals. We are constantly exploring new flavors and creating new recipes. With Ryan’s culinary history we have a very diverse list of meals that we create every week and enjoy the process. Some are quick and some are longer and drawn out but the truth is – we…
We have been so lucky to have some seriously beautiful weather this last few weeks. This week we seem to get a weird little cold front in the afternoons for a couple hours and then it goes away. Spring has all but sprung around here and the extra sunshine and open windows makes me ridiculous…
Today is World Book Day and yesterday was Dr. Seuss’ birthday so I thought sharing our favorite books around here right now would be the perfect thing to do. A is such a little reader and so we have a very large book collection and make trips to the library regularly and come back out…
I remember wishing for my first art kit growing up. I had it on my wish list for a birthday or holiday and I hoped it would be a gift I received. I received that art kit and ran my fingers across the creamy pastels, markers and colored pencils. I carefully opened and closed it…
Can I tell you a secret? There’s usually only ONE football game a year that we watch: the Super Bowl. This year we will certainly be watching because A) Commercials. B) Go BRONCOS! The last time the Broncos were in the Super Bowl was 2014 and they had a tragic loss it was tough for us…