I’m a Christmas person. And, yet, this felt like the most un-Christmasy Christmas ever. I don’t know if it was the shorter span between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the politics drama that seemed to invade my social media pages, Benjamin being at home without a job…
For the first time in a long time, I don’t have a New Year’s resolution that revolves around health/losing weight. Normally, it’s at the top of my list EVERY single year. It’s been an ongoing battle most of my adult life…
One of my most popular blog posts (which you can check out here) is all about moving our dining room table out of the kitchen nook and putting it smack dab in our entry. I can understand why because when I began to consider it about two years ago, I…
Let me start off by being real honest here, tablescapes are normally only done for an Instagram picture and then it all comes down. There’s one dining table at our house and it’s used three times a day for meals and then for homeschooling and for…
Whew! What a week! We held our first ever Front Porch Pickin’ where we opened up our home for a Christmas holiday tour and our front porch was a temporary antique booth/home decor store. We had hot cocoa and apple cider and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and…
I’ve teamed up with five fabulous bloggers to share our favorite cookie recipes! I’m so excited because I love a good holiday cookie! My absolute favorite cookie is a fresh-out-of-the-oven classic chocolate chip cookie. A little backstory on me, I didn’…
Hey friends! You’ll be seeing pictures of the kids throughout the post. I took some Christmas photos of them for our Christmas cards and I’d love to share them with you. Lately, life has been busy in a good way. We’ve been decorating for…
A couple of years ago, Benjamin and I decided we didn’t want our holidays to be remembered because of the gifts. We wanted to create a true Christmas season experience. We want our children to look back and think about the fun things we did. We began to…
There’s a certain lesson I seem to have to relearn and relearn. Just do the chores. Address the Mess. It’s a simple lesson, right? But in the monotony of staying at home, it’s easy to start putting off the chores for something a bit…
Pregnancy Update: 19 Weeks Today with Little Guy…No name yet. But he’s the size of a mango. Potential names for this week: Jacob, Davis, Lincoln, William, Hanks. FYI: we prefer either Biblical names or family names. Since genealogy research has been a hobby of mine for…