This is a review of the book The High-Calling of Motherhood, however these opinions are 100% honest and my own. Let me just start by saying that Chimene Shipley Dupler has spoken to this mama's heart and soul in her book The High-Calling of Motherhood. She hits on just about every aspect of Motherhood that you can imagine. You will find yourself crying, shaking your head, agreeing whole-heartedly, and feeling inspired. What I love most about this book is that she reassures us that what we … [Read more...]
3 Strategies to Help Your Kids Cope with the Loss of a Pet
As a mom and a blogger I feel like it's my job to use the successes and failures in my everyday life to hopefully help and encourage others. In most ways I am able to do so with ease. This post has been extremely difficult. I am not ashamed to admit my failures and fully accept that we have no good, horrible, very bad days. I love to share ways that we attempt preschool, explore nature, and I've even briefly discussed our super emotional twin pregnancy and NICU/Surgery journey. And … [Read more...]
Ways You Can Save by Using Coupons by Groupon
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% honest and my own. Picture this... you just took your kids Spring shopping. You found some good deals, shopped around. Way to go, you are one smart mama! You get home, proud of your loot, only to discover a 15% off coupon for one store and a 50% off for another. Total Bummer. I love a good deal and I especially love finding the right coupons. Now you can do both with Groupon. My husband and I have used Groupon for years! … [Read more...]
What We Do Wednesday: Family Vacation
After a wonderful week away in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, I feel like I have finally caught up enough to get back to my computer! Our family vacation was wonderful, relaxing, and busy all at the same time. What is your favorite way to vacation as a family? We enjoy anything that involves water and lucky for us our family vacation spot this year included both a beach and a pool. Until next … [Read more...]
What We Do Wednesday: Family Time
We have had an extremely busy week! Grandpa flew in from Texas for a long weekend, to see what we did the first part of his visit check out What We Do Wednesday #6. Aunt Chey Chey also flew in from Texas for a week. The girls were able to spend a lot of quality time with family, and what is more important than family time! A few fun things from this week: Until next week, … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: What We Do #3
Welcome back to another week of What We Do! As always I hope that this post will inspire you to try new adventures and get outdoors as well as give you ideas of new activities for your kiddos. These past few days have been busy between a trip to the zoo and travelling to see family in Pennsylvania but we love every minute of it! I love the days where we go, go, go because the kids are able to get so much energy out. However, I've also come to love our lazy days of snuggles. I … [Read more...]
Strength: My Power Word for 2016
I saw somewhere on Twitter the idea of choosing a word to represent your year instead of making a New Years Resolution. I'm not a big fan of New Years Resolutions mainly because like most people by March I've already lost interest or given up. So, the idea of choosing a word to describe my year sounded extremely appealing. … [Read more...]
