dirty mirror. don’t judge.

This weekend I had an excuse to dress up… …and if you know me, you know that getting dressed up is one of my most favorite things in life. The purpose for this dress up occasion? My husband’s company Christmas party. I’d never been to a Christmas party with him, but he recently got a new […]

the heart of a mother.

I know that with everyone writing about the tragedy that occurred in Connecticut last week you’re probably feeling totally inundated with everyone’s thoughts on the situation, so feel free to skip over this post if you’d like. But, I basically just needed to put my thoughts out as a way of processing for myself and wanted to share […]

fill in the blank friday.

Here are your blanks for this fine Friday – enjoy! 1.  When it comes to holiday shopping, I   don’t do a whole lot of it. We have participated in The Advent Conspiracy for the past 4 years and as such we have changed the way we give gifts and actually make the majority of our gifts […]

baby’s first christmas 20 second diy ornament.

By now you probably know that when you see the word “DIY” on this blog, it’s probably being used very loosely and this DIY is no exception. Sometimes I’m hesitant to even share my DIY projects, because they really are just that simple (see examples: here, here, and here). But, then I realized…there’s no realizing […]

a weekend in the woods.

Sunday was mine and Craig’s five year anniversary…and to celebrate we spent the weekend in the woods. We headed to Suttle Lake with my parents. This may seem unromantic, but it was actually super perfect because I’m still nursing Fern and can’t get away for a weekend without her yet and going with my parents […]

5 years of wedded-ness.

This Sunday will be our five-year wedding anniversary and I can hardly believe how blessed my life is. In honor of this, I wrote out a little story of us at Disney Baby and also posted our wedding video at Babble if you want to check it out. It’s crazy watching it five years later […]