Motherhood

Boston in 6 days

Boston in 6 days

Many of you all know, my husband and I spent 6 days in Boston Massachusetts in early November. He was there for business, I (myself and the kids) were there for pleasure. The boys have never left the state, so this was the perfect opportunity […]

My 12 Goals for 2018

My 12 Goals for 2018

2018 is going to be an awesome year. It’s already filled with so much opportunity, weddings (my bestie is getting married in less than a month!!), vacations, and growth. Within all this change, I made 12 goals for the 12 months of the year. These 12 goals […]

5 Quick Holiday Treat Recipes

5 Quick Holiday Treat Recipes

Every year for Christmas I give handmade gifts to family and close friends! Last year I gave hot cocoa in a mason jar, with a DIY custom mug. I decided not to do that this year and try something different. I was pretty stumped on what […]

Weaning my older Toddler from the Pacifier

Weaning my older Toddler from the Pacifier

So I’m sure everyone was wondering when we would wean Elias from the pacifier, and to be honest we didn’t know when we were going to do it, or how we were going to do it. I read countless articles about how to do, and […]

Favorite Healthy Snacks for Toddlers

Favorite Healthy Snacks for Toddlers

Now that we have ANOTHER toddler, I’ve put together a list of my favorite toddler snacks. Joel turned one last week, and for the last month we have been experimenting with more grown up (toddler aged) snacks. We pretty much fed him everything we ate, […]

Joel’s Lumberjack 1st Birthday Party

Joel’s Lumberjack 1st Birthday Party

Last weekend we celebrated Joel’s 1st Birthday! Where has time gone? I feel like it was just yesterday I was in my bath tub giving birth to this little guy. And  now he’s walking, talking (baby talk), and calling the shots! Ever since Joel was […]

Family Holiday and Joel’s 1st Birthday pictures

Family Holiday and Joel’s 1st Birthday pictures

As the holidays approach so do the beautiful Christmas photos. We’ve never missed a family holiday picture, and luckily for Joel, his birthday photos will always be scheduled during our holiday pictures because little man has a December birthday. We booked our photo with Ryan […]

DIY Reindeer Ornaments

DIY Reindeer Ornaments

Growing up I’ve always been a crafty person, I love DIYs and anything that involves trips to the craft store. So naturally I want to establish that same love for crafts with my boys, but they honestly don’t care. Must be a boy thing. So […]

Best Animal book for your early reader

Best Animal book for your early reader

Did you know sea otters hold hands while sleeping? Or that both baby koalas and baby kangaroos are called Joeys? Or what a porcupette is? These are all things RJ, Elias and I learned with our new book from National Geographic. This book from National […]

How I manage it all

How I manage it all

Motherhood is hard. Being a wife is hard. Maintaining a house is hard. Being a (part time) working mom is hard. Being a blogger is hard. IT’S HARD! I often get asked “how do you do it?”, “how do you always look so calm with […]