It was a Saturday in January and I asked Nate if I could have some alone time to work on cleaning up our bedroom. My neat-freak husband responded, “I’ve been waiting my whole life to hear you say that.” The bedroom wasn’t that bad, but we tend to have a flair for the dramatic in our…
I usually don’t do much for Valentine’s Day, but this year I want to try out some of these sweet and simple ideas. Grace has been invited to a Valentine’s lunch with friends from church. She is going to hand out these silly straws. “Sip Sip” Hooray! It’s Valentine’s Day!! I got this idea from Plucky…
I wrote a crazy-long list of goals for this year. Here is how I did last month on my Insane Goals. January Accomplishments: 1. We did a pretty good job of “thinking outside the cereal box” in January. We did eat some boxed cereal, but we also had yogurt, oatmeal, and eggs. I made 4…
Welcome to the 3rd Annual “A Day in the Life of…” photography project! The concept is simple, but the results are awesome. Take one picture every hour, for one day, and an unique hour by hour snapshot of your day is created. I hope you enjoy my pictures and I look forward to seeing yours! A…
My mom once told me that the saddest part about having a baby is coming home from the hospital and still looking pregnant. And it is true!! I lost a lot of weight immediately after delivery, but it took me a long time to let go of my maternity clothes. Noah was born in April. In October I…
I’ve never liked setting goals, but something got into me in 2011. I created a huge list of things I wanted to accomplish and called it my Insane Goals. Each month I blogged about my accomplishments and disappointments. After some positive feedback, I opened up my monthly posts to other bloggers so they could link-up their goals also. It was fun…