Patience and Parenting
Every night, as part of Porter’s bedtime routine, we get his PJ’s on, we brush his teeth, and he goes potty. A couple of weeks ago, while hubby was out of town on business, I had had a long and… Continue Reading
Parenthood
A Simpler Life: Taking Care of Toy Clutter
So it’s September… nuff said. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE it when my kids get new toys. It’s like they have a babysitter for whole week! Obviously I don’t leave them all alone for a week but… Continue Reading
What We Learned the First 50 Days of Real Food
As we approached day 50 of our 100 Days of Real Food we were feeling… exhausted. This has been a big challenge for our family! But we also felt so proud of ourselves! Being healthy and productive and just better… Continue Reading
Swanson Triplets Baby Story
Being able to witness and document Weston and Janae Swanson’s baby (babies’ ?) story has been such an amazing experience. Janae and Weston were married in March of 2013 and two years later welcomed these three little angels into… Continue Reading
Raising Confident Kids
Motivational Monday – #1 Raising Confident Kids Do you worry about your children growing up to be confident? Do you take the time to teach them specifically about confidence? After seeing this video below I started to ask myself these questions.… Continue Reading
Chalkboard Monthly Baby Pictures!
Have you ever seen somebody’s super cute monthly baby photos on Pinterest and thought, “I think I could do that”. And then you start down the road to amazingness only to lose momentum for whatever reason and then you give… Continue Reading
100 Days of Real Food Challenge
Happy Monday everyone! A few weeks ago Zach caught me eating some toast with a thick layer of nutella spread all over the top of it (I am very passionate about nutella). He gave me a kind of dissapointed… Continue Reading
Our Moving Experience and Tips
We moved into our first house almost a year and a half ago. Crazy!! We are loving it so much and we are so happy with how everything has turned out. When we were looking for homes, we had just… Continue Reading
HELP! My kids want to play with me!
How many of you moms out there have kids who want to play with you… all day?! Don’t get me wrong, I understand the whole, “enjoy it while they’re young” business, and “they grow up so fast” thing, and… Continue Reading