Memorial Day Weekend-ing

 We spent an amazing 3-day weekend at my favorite place on Earth – the family lakehouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas! It’s a decent drive (five hours plus stops), but getting there and seeing the beautiful lake and mountainous scenery always makes it worth it. The kids were SO excited! We spent Saturday boating, fishing, eating

Summer Goals

Preschool is officially over for both kids, the splash pads are open, and we have very little on the calendar (during the week at least) for the foreseeable future. That must mean one thing…summer is here! 🙂  This year absolutely FLEW by, and the kids have grown SO much I can hardly believe it. Although

Momfessionals

So, better late than never, right?!! 🙂 Today’s Show & Tell Tuesday (or Wednesday…) is all about our momfessionals – a term that basically means our mom confessionals. In other words, how we all survive this NUTTY motherhood thing without LOSING OUR MINDS.  So, let’s go! 1) I HEART PRESCHOOL After Kate’s horrific first year

Feeling Thankful…

This week was not an easy one… Kate came down with a virus on Monday that was ROUGH, she completely forgot how to sleep, and she didn’t really get back to her normal self for five days. My dad underwent his third back surgery for a disk that degenerated and caused nerve damage. Carter finished

Carter is FOUR!

I cannot believe my baby boy is FOUR!!!  We had a great weekend celebrating this big guy with family and friends. We started the morning with pancakes, headed off to church, and then came home for presents. He got his first bike and was PUMPED! It took him NO time to figure out how to

Little Eyes Are Always Watching…

Last Wednesday, I was stopped at a stoplight. We were on our way to drop off my son at preschool, and the day had already been…well, special. I glanced up at the rear-view mirror and realized in the chaos of the morning, I had forgotten to put on any makeup. I am not a big