I’m stealing ideas from my childhood these days (not the one where Austin (my brother) and I wear matching pajamas until I get married) but the idea of wrapping gifts the way my mom did by involving my brother and me. There’s just something about tradition (so sorry, kids. you’ll have matching pajamas forever). But the older […]
All Things Family
It’s a….
Are you ready? I was SO surprised. And nervous to make sure it was healthy but much to my surprise, not Russ’, it’s a…. GIRL! We even asked several times to be sure! I should’ve known because I am so darn emotional (and I’m usually not at all!). I have […]
Dreams Do Come True
Growing up, I taught everyone that would put up with it–my poor younger brother, dolls, animals, even my grandfather. My grandfather quickly became the culprit of my lesson plans and was the best student I probably ever had! It was always my dream to be a teacher or to open my own dance studio. I had […]
The Littlest Pog
Good morning! I am SO excited (I’m pretty sure I start every post like that which hopefully tells you that I kind of love this writing thing…) to share with you my friend’s Etsy shop! Randi and I met through our husbands. Andy, Randi’s husband, and Russ worked together when Andy moved here from KANSAS several […]
The Start of Something Beautiful {We Hope}
Exactly one year ago today, I shared the post that all seemed to make it click for me. Which, looking back, makes complete sense because it was about my dad. You see, one year ago, I jokingly nominated my dad for Father of the Year because he made this hood for us. Yes, as in, […]
Five years later…
Disclaimer: This is another sappy love story so if you make it to the end, don’t say I didn’t warn you! Today marks five years with my kindergarten sweetheart. Some of you may have read our little love story or how we ended up with four years, three houses, and two kids. That morning of kindergarten I already […]
A Legacy
October 28, 2013 Last Tuesday, Papa would have been 90. He was kind, generous and unassuming. Sometimes he pretended he couldn’t hear what Mama was saying, but we really knew the truth. One of my favorite memories is taking them to the beach and starting to unload our bags… You see, we had everything you […]
My Best Brother’s Wedding
My Best Brother’s Wedding Growing up, my best friend Brandy (who I also met the first day of kindergarten!) and I were kind of obsessed with My Best Friend’s Wedding. (Please tell me one of you was also upset that he did not pick Julia Roberts. ) Today, Brandy is a wedding planner on the […]
More of what we’ve been up to…
May 26, 2013 Lately, we’ve been quite busy. Turns out going from one to two children is a little overwhelming but brings GREAT joy! It’s just a little hard. We are still in the midst of selling our house in order to continue renovations on the yellow house. We are working on Kuy’s SECOND birthday […]
What We’ve Been Up to Lately…
May 17, 2013 So I started a blog…and rarely post! Seriously…NOT what I had in mind but along came my second child and MY how things changed! I had good intentions of posting on Tuesdays and Fridays and…it’s more like once a week. Please forgive me and hopefully, I will be more consistent very soon! […]