Maddie is often wearing frilly dresses and sparkly shoes- and they are just as often covered in layers of dirt. That might bothe...

Pro tip: if you have a sensory kid- or just a kid who is bored with plain old chalk: get it wet. It changes the experience completely.  It g...

I have always been a bit of a people pleaser. A chameleon who adapted to fit into whatever situation I needed to in the way that...

In lieu of a birthday party this year, we decided to celebrate me turning 40 with a much needed family trip to the beach! I am super excited...

I know I am supposed to be sharing beach pictures but I am overwhelmed by the sh...

I always forget how much work it is to babysit small people. Its a lot of fun, but when you are used to having a mostly independent set of k...

You may be tempted to feel sad about this but I want to tell you that this IS NOT sad. It is just a part of my story and a part ...

We really enjoyed the recent snowfall that we had. This family loves winter weather, and we made sure to go outside every single day and get...

I was telling a friend today that I haven't posted on social media recently, despite really wanting to, for a lot of reasons. Mostly it ...

This is the year I finally make a dream board. I have always wanted to do one but, I let fear win. I kind of subscribed to the whole mistake...

I know a lot of people are having strong feelings right now. I don't post or discuss political things on social media most of the time. ...

Happy New Year friends! My resolution is to finally unsubscribe from all of theose annoying emails I spend way too much time deleting and ne...

We went ice skating with the youth group at our church last week. I wasn't able to skate but there were enough people willing to help m...