Yesterday I came across a video on Instagram. Rachel Hollis is a famed inspirational speaker and author, encouraging women to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and relentlessly run after their dreams. Not a bad message at all, right? I was a bit late to the Rachel Hollis party, slightly weary of her cult-like following, but still read her best selling book, “Girl, Wash Your Face” back at the beginning of the year. For me, there were a few quotable[Read more]
Hello Friends and Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and a wonderful Easter yesterday! We had a very low-key and beautiful Easter, and I even snuck in a pretty lengthy nap! Here’s a bit about our day, if you’re interested… The Easter Bunny came! And the kids were up at 6:45 to let me know! With ALL THE EASTER CANDY the kids have been collecting over the last week, we took it easy on the candy and[Read more]
Hello and Happy Monday TUESDAY! Our relaxing Spring Break is over, yesterday was the Mondayest Monday ever, and it’s back to school for just seven more weeks! I think we can do it… The kids did exactly what they wanted to this spring break, and it was glorious! They played outside all. day. long. for four days straight, were absolutely filthy, ate every last snack in our pantry, slept late, and generally entertained themselves. I was able to enjoy them[Read more]
Hello and Happy Monday! And for me and my family, Happy Spring Break!! We are thrilled to be home this week for some rest and maybe a bit of fun. Brantley said that on Friday, she had an assignment at school to write about what she was going to be over spring break. She said that she wrote that she didn’t know what we were going to do over spring break, but was hoping she could sleep late, stay in[Read more]
Hello Friends! After the longest car ride home ever (took us 6.5 hours to get there and 10.5 hours home!!), we’re back from Orlando. My mom held down the fort (of course she did, SHE IS AMAZING), the kids and dogs are great, and SPRING BREAK STARTS just as soon as the kids get home from school!!! We don’t have any big plans, but we have a wide-open weekend, which I’m looking forward to just as much, if not more,[Read more]
Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and a great start to your week! Our weekend was busy and full of soccer and softball and cleaning and preparing for our trip this week… Scott and I were in the car all day yesterday, and are away for a few days in Orlando (or ‘Lando, as Ben says)! It’s not quite as fun as it sounds, we are both be working while we’re down here, but it’s a nice[Read more]
Hello friends! Happy Tuesday! I am coming off a Women’s Retreat with my church over the weekend, and am feeling refreshed and renewed, and ready to start the week with a new perspective. I am so grateful for this past weekend. Grateful for the time shared with wonderful friends and in God’s word. Grateful that Scott held down the fort at home so I could feed my soul, and still got some work done while watching the kids and managing[Read more]
Hello friends! TGIF! WHEW- we’ve had some busy weeks here lately! Thought I’d catch you up on what’s been going on around here… After over two weeks with a broken clothes dryer, we got it fixed on Monday! Hallelujah!! As any mother knows, laundry can pile up, and pile up quick. Even when your washer and dryer work just fine! I have gotten pretty good about doing lots of loads of laundry on the weekends as to not get too[Read more]
Happy Friday and Happy MARCH, my friends! Can you even believe it?? January was like 4 months long, and February was 15 minutes. Now it’s March, tomorrow it’ll be the summertime, and next week it’ll be 2020, I swear. ANYWAY- I typically post Friday Favorites, and today you’re getting a special alliterative bonus with Friday February Favorites! Turkey MeatballsI made these super easy meatballs last week and they are SO GOOD and healthy too! I made them for a Greek[Read more]
Hello friends and Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Ours was a lot more fun than usual, ha! Thought I’d do a bit of a recap and share what we had going on. Read along if you’d like… Friday morning, our good friends Tyler & Candace got married! Scott and I couldn’t even remember the last wedding we went to, and our friends are very, very special people, so we were really excited about being there and supporting them. It[Read more]
