Happy Valentine’s Day friends! I hope you are taking a moment to make the people in your life feel a little extra special today. Because…why not?! I love an excuse to be more intentional and these days I feel like…
Category: family
Last weekend this beautiful piece of furniture was hauled into my entry way by my husband, brother-in-law and cousin. My grandma’s {Nana’s} vanity. I can’t tell you how many afternoons I used to play around this thing. We went to…
I am back to share the final 5 months of my 2016 in review. I loved taking a look back at January through July and reflecting on how much changed in such a short time…new state, new jobs, new everything! …
One of my favorite things about blogging is being able to look back at old posts and see just how much we’ve done over the years. It always provides needed perspective and keeps my ever-buzzing mind in check, reminding me…
Christmas might be over, but we just finished celebrating {no better way to start the New Year!}! We had Christmas with my parents, sister/brother-in-law/nieces today so we’ve left our decorations up and I may or may not have continued the Christmas music…
I think I’ve gone more Christmas overboard this year than any other year. I’ve had Rockin’ Holidays radio on Pandora for a month, piles of presents under the tree for all of our loved ones, and yet I still can’t…
Ah my sweet little firecracker baby. Duke has always had a big personality, but it’s certainly been developing ten-fold since we hit the 1-year mark in October. Aside from the ridiculously dramatic tantrums he throws, complete with full on sprawl…
Well now that we have flown past the 1/2 way point I figured I should document this pregnancy before I forget everything. We are 22.5 weeks into this pregnancy with baby boy #2! I finally feel like a human being…
Blame it on the fact that I work in nonprofit these days, but I am so much more keenly aware of the necessity of GIVING these days. This year we’ve been able to support our local United Way, the Giving…
I’ve been listening to a holiday Pandora station at work all week and I love it! I am beyond excited to decorate our house for Christmas this weekend after enjoying all things Thanksgiving. I missed a lot of Merrigan Thanksgivings…