Family

This past year, I pulled back a little from sponsored posts. Those posts were a huge blessing to me and made a significant contribution to my family, and I will always be grateful for them. But, as I find my way in this blogging world, I wanted to create even more...

For more than a year and a half, we've been fundraising and preparing for Julia and Nate to go to Rome - to sing on New Years Day - for the Pope. This week, they are there with Brian, my father, my brother, my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law. It is absolutely...

For the first time in our marriage, we will be at home for Christmas. As I write this, mom, dad, and my brother are in El Paso, Texas making the trip here. We have always spent the holidays at someone else's home. This year, it's been even more precious to make our...

Because I want them to remember what everything looked like... not perfect, often rearranged by little hands, hodgepodge of happy!

Years ago, I wrote a post that had the following sentence: "I will never be the amazing cupcake baking, list making, stay at home mom." Six years ago, there was no way I could see God's plan for today. Six years ago, I was thankful for a job outside the home that paid...

Riley has been asking to learn to tie his shoes. The other day he asked, "Mom, are you tired of teaching me how to tie?". It was a complete gut check. I don't think I've said anything to him, but it is quite possible that he's picked up on my feelings when he's asked...

So, remember those fun, cute monthly photo shoots I've been doing with Mary Alice? Well, now she can sit and crawl. It's all over. I think I feel a sticker. Oh look! A sticker. Hey lady, if I sit on the blanket, can I get a sticker, too? Or maybe a treat?...