a girl and her dog and a very scary day.

Yesterday started out as a pretty typical morning. It was actually a super exciting start to the day for me, because I was able to put Fern’s hair in pigtails for the first time ever. It was so cute. But, then we had a scary brush with some mouse poison and I wasn’t sure who […]

life lessons for fern #7.

Dear Fern, Today I am going to share a life lesson that is one of my favorites and that is… Whenever you have a chance to dress up – take it! Whether the “dress-up” occasion requires a silly costume or is a black-tie affair, embrace it!  One of my favorite things in life is getting […]

our year in review…later than everyone else’s.

I realize that everyone else shares their year in review blog posts on December 31st or January 1st… But, I’m not quite that organized, so I’m sharing mine on the 2nd. Blogger fail. But, we’ve been sick, so I’m ok with it. This year… I birthed a human (feel free to read my birth story […]

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 […]

friends.

Over the weekend Craig, Fern and I went to the beach with our friends Echo and Andy and their sweet girls Poppy and Alomae. Fern loves when these girls are around  – the next best thing to having sisters of her own – and we love just doing life with their sweet family… Including moments […]

weekend happenings and a makeover.

Some of you may have noticed a new look when you meandered over here today… Well, that’s because over the weekend, I put on my big girl pants and figured out a bit of HTML code to tidy up this blog. It’s not anything drastic, and it’s probably super novice stuff for those who aren’t […]