My word for 2013 was intentional and at the beginning of 2014 I deemed “intentional” a life word and added present as my 2014 word. I want to be intentional and present in all of my relationships, and all of the things that I do both business and personally. I’m fairly decent at reaching out…
Ryan’s Aunt has season passes to the Denver Botanic Gardens and offered to take us to the gardens a few weeks ago. The colors were vibrant and the gardens were full. We love going to the gardens but this time around it was even more beautiful. Every year they have an exhibit of some sort…
We had been talking about this day for months. We arrived before they opened and sat in the long driveway filled with people waiting for them to open at 11. A had just fallen asleep and I sat on the car once the gate opened and had Ryan go up first. We decided this was…
There I sat looking around the blank, off-white walls, naked of photos & wall decor mostly packed up. A house that we called home for the last three years. It was the longest we’d lived in a rental and our least favorite home we lived in throughout the last eight years. We had been desiring to leave the…
If I’ve learned anything within the last several years of my life, it’s that good things take time, patience has never been easy, but it worth it and there’s a right time for everything. It’s shown true through the years of trying for a baby, searching for a home for two years and even desiring…
I’m pretty hit and miss on muffins, sometimes I love them…sometimes not so much. I’m very picky about flavor and texture, I want them light and flavorful. These are exactly that and a household favorite around here. So delicious! [yumprint-recipe id=’12’]Enjoy!
I’m far from a fashion blogger or a beauty blogger, most days I wing it – I wouldn’t call myself fashionable- after all, I wear crocs to the mailbox much to my husband’s dismay and I pretty much live in the same 10 shirts from week to week. But, I did think it would be…
We have been here before, twice now, the limbo of the waiting game; walking the line of anticipation and potential disappointment. Part of me most of me is bursting at the steams with excitement, the tiny remainder is a quiet, reluctant caution that makes us unsure that a celebration is coming instead of another let…
There’s a bitter-sweetness to being back in a place you haven’t been in some time. Emotions flood back in, what you felt in that snapshot of time, the joys, the dreams, and the struggles that you seemingly left in that place. A couple weekends ago, I found myself back down where my old office was….
I’ve mentioned before that A is a very busy toddler and can be quite the picky eater. I’m constantly looking for ways that she will get in healthy foods while on the go. We got a box of granola bars one day while at the store and they were a hit she loved them, but…
Recently, I got a little happy mail from my friends at Influenster. The #tlcvoxbox. A voxbox for moms that was filled with 5 products. A bar of Ivory, a fuel points card, Avon wrinkle cream, Neosporin To-Go, a travel pack of Puffs Plus lotion tissues, and my personal favorite the free Breyers Gelato. Now, when…
We got tickets for the Friday night came for the Rockies vs the LA Dodgers over at Coors field. We’ve gone several times together but this was A’s first trip to the ball field. We had pretty great seats 22nd row just to side of first base. I would be lying though if I said…
Before I went out of town, my mom called and told me she needed me and A to come up for an afternoon because my birthday gift was something she needed A for. Obviously things changed a bit when I had to go out of town last minute, so we finally coordinated a different time….
Memorial Day weekend spoiled us. It was the kind of weekend where Ryan came home Thursday night and surprised us with the news he took the next day off last minute, so we could have a four-day weekend. After traveling previously, then work being pretty chaotic for Ryan it was a nice surprise. Four whole…
“Hospice says she has 24-36 hours. You need to get back.” That’s all the text said and my plans for the next 24 hours and the next week and a half was changed dramatically. A and I booked a plane ticket, packed and Ryan took us to the airport that night. I was nervous about…
The second weekend in April we took a trip to the local Botanical Gardens. Ryan and I have gone in the past during the summertime and it’s absolutely gorgeous, you are surrounded by so much beauty. This year we visited a little bit early, as there wasn’t nearly as many things in bloom, but it…
Weekly I get an email called MOMentum and a few weeks ago I read something that I needed to read but not for the context it was sent. In the email there was a poem: The small woman Builds cages for everyone She Knows. While the sage, Who has to duck her head When the moon is…
A few Saturdays ago, I was finishing up a custom piece with the background noise of music playing over our home stereo system and the sound of Ryan and A playing and giggling in the other room. The sun poured into the room that is my makeshift studio/guest room/storage room and I was waiting on a…
As much as the city life here in Denver drives me a bit looney most of the time, one thing I cannot discredit is how much there is to do as a family. In February we headed to the Butterfly Pavilion – one Saturday afternoon – as it was $5 day. Let me first start…
This was A’s second Easter but the first Easter that we did much. Last year I bought her a stuffed lamb and that was about the extent of excitement. This year my heart was bursting with all of the fun that we had. We watercolored Easter eggs on watercolor paper that we sent to all…