Happy New Year, everyone! I took an unplanned blogging break due to Christmas festivities, a sick husband and kids, and a long drive to Texas after Christmas. This past month has been a whirlwind and I am eager to get settled into my routines again and begin this new year. I've been thinking about my goals for the new year of 2018 for several weeks now. I always have the tendency to tackle huge goals and dream big dreams. Of course, I want to declutter my whole house, cook more from scratch, save money on our grocery bill, create more photo books, figure out a good cleaning schedule once … Read More...

Since I'm 21 weeks pregnant now, and past the halfway point already, I thought it was time for a second trimester update on life around our house. Once again, my pregnancy has been a smooth one. I had a bit more nauseous during the first trimester than I remember with the first two but that could be chalked up to the stress of moving and having two little ones who are 3 and 1 already. I do have more smell aversions this pregnancy. First trimester was especially rough for those. The only one that still really gets me is the smell of pork. I just can't handle it right now. I feel like I've … Read More...

Whew. It's been a whirlwind couple of months! I always love summer time because as a former teacher married to a teacher, we love our summer vacation. Little did we know how busy our summer was going to be this year. As I've talked about here on the blog and on my weekly newsletter, we made a rather unexpected but good decision to sell our house. It's why I haven't been writing much this summer because we've been busy moving! But we closed on our new house last Friday so it is officially time for a long overdue update. Are you ready? Let's recap a bit, shall we? Here's a timeline of how … Read More...