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[wpvideo EUMM5Lcj ] I totally forgot to upload this from Fourth of July and I had so much fun with the kiddos, taking a few pictures on our lawn. I love these moments with them!

My little babe is nine months! This is a really sweet phase.. Emma has an absolute sunshine personality, she is a joy for all of us. The kids are figuring out more and more how to make her belly laugh. She is feeling bigger every day, especially in her speech and she is LOUD. I…

This week we’ve been gearing up for Luke’s fourth birthday. He chose funfetti cupcakes to bring to preschool so I had a late night moment alone with a funfetti mix and frosting. I am NOT an experienced cupcake baker, though I bake plenty. It’s something I’d love to learn! Meanwhile though, I am quite an…

This last week, we had our last meeting with the youth group we’ve been leading for eight years, and helping with for almost ten. Those numbers feel a bit unreal! .. There is so much in my heart when I consider all that occurred over the years.. in us, in our family, in time with…

to the most wonderful man i could ever hope for my son to have for a father,  happy father’s day!!

nope! not too early 🙂 one of my favorite traditions is spending our friday after thanksgiving putting up the christmas decorations (you too?)! that’s one way we like to try and work off all the pumpkin pie calories from the day before (and by ‘try’ i mean that in between the decorating, we eat pumpkin…

the best family photo we can manage thus far. you’re welcome son 🙂 around these parts, we have two thanksgiving dinners. one yesterday and one tomorrow and we started the shopping on sunday to boot, so really it’s like a full week of thanksgiving mindset, which consists of family/friends, laughter and stuffing our faces.. err, our turkeys. thus,…

a few of my favorite things about autumn..  because we all know that “I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” well, at least Henry David Thoreau knew it 🙂 +gourds in big baskets, cause they’re gourds. in big baskets. +feeling that crisp breath of…

okay guys, last day of the blog every day in may series!! i missed it by five days now after making it for the other thirty, h-a (cone of shame!). with good reason maybe as we’ve been uber sick and a computer screen is the last place that sounded fun, but i’m here and ready…

you guys!! there are two more days left of this blog every day in may challenge and i might just be at a loss for words when this is all over! you’ll have to bear with me most eee-specially after this month of may is over, who knows if there will be anything left to…

today’s challenge is to share ‘five songs or pieces of music that speak to you or bring back memories. Use Grooveshark or YouTube to include them in the post’ i had n-o-o-o idea how much i would enjoy this..i never knew how many memories a song would evoke! i look forward to reading everyone else’s…

for today’s challenge, may 28: Only pictures

for Day 27 of the challenge.. i get to write A letter to [our] readers. so here goes! dear friends, happy memorial day!! like so many bloggers, i had no idea what i really was getting into when i started this. it’s amazing the sorts of friends you make in this blog land. my favorite part, actually.…

happy sunday my friends 🙂 it’s day 26 and today i’m talking about ‘something you read online. Leave a link and discuss, if you’d like.’ the below link from kate at eatthedamncake (a blog looking at ‘beauty, body, womanhood and dessert’..fun right!). she wrote a response to the very popular dove ‘real beauty’ sketches. something about…

for Day 25, share something someone told you about yourself that you’ll never forget (good or bad). about ten years ago, someone told me that when i walk into room, that it was like someone turned a light on and that i brought a joy and lightness wherever i go. so kind. and yet really…

the challenge today.. top three worst traits. easier than best, maybe? well.. it’s a little easier for me at least! these are some of the things i’m workin’ on 🙂 self judgement going on right now people. ‘go’ mode. when i get crazy driven about something, james calls this my ‘go’ mode. i blitz through everything, forget…

ok, it’s Day 23! today i’m sharing the ‘Things you’ve learned that school won’t teach you’ i loove school but it’s true, there are quite a few things that you can’t find in books.. here’s my list! +a smile goes a really.. really.. long way+you can’t please everyone (wish this one wasn’t so flipping hard!)+books can’t…

first, a story.the pool day.oh! what a day, i thought to myself, you just couldn’t align it any better. my lunch break began and i couldn’t think of a better idea than go for a nice swim. it was beautiful.. warm, sunny, the water just the perfect cool temperature! what’s that i see as i walk towards the pool at my…

oh this is a fun one you guys! i’m digging deep today my friends, i’m looking into the vault for my favorite posts in my archives (for the challenge!). looking back, i find it funny [read: cringe] what i chose to write about just a year ago, but also happy that i decided to record…

today, i’m gonna get real with y’all and ‘share something [i’m] struggling with right now.’ originally, i got a little stuck with this post and thought.. meh.. might as well just read what everyone else has to say about struggle cause i feel like i’m always ringing the same gong over here. not just in…