Recently I recieved this message from Valerie on Facebook: We are currently trying to downsize all our items, as Dave Ramsey suggests. A friend and I are getting ready for a huge ‘eliminate debt’ sale and I want to get rid of all the extra clothes for the girls because they have so many! However,…
In honor of Labor Day, here is Noah’s long awaited birth story. One week before our second child’s due date we had a regular check-up with one of our midwives. While at that appointment we talked about my history of low amniotic fluid levels with Grace, our first born.  We decided that I should have…
For the third year in a row, our family was gifted a week at the beach. Â Nate works for a non-profit and one of his donor’s has generously given us the use of his beach house. Â When I grow up and get rich, I want to do crazy-awesome stuff like that! Here are some highlights…
I know many moms who have baby-book-guilt. Â You know what I mean. Â It is that awful I-am-a-bad-mom-because-I-never-finished-the-baby-book feeling. Â There are just so many things to fill out! Â Why do we need to write down the date every. single. time. our kids got a new tooth anyway?!?! Â It is like these books are designed to make…
Grace fell in love with riding on carousels so I decided to make her carousel cake for her 2nd birthday last year. I went to Google for some inspiration and became instantly overwhelmed. Â All the cakes pictured were pretty extreme. Â I wanted something that I could make on my own at home. Â Here is what…
Confession: I always throw away the heel of my store bought bread. I know that is 100% wasteful and sad since there are many people in this world that would love to eat it. I asked on my Facebook page: Do you eat the heel?  What do you do with it? They shared some fantastic…