My Happy Place

Ah, Lake Hamilton. There are fewer places I feel more connected to my past, present, future, and God than when I am at our family’s lake house in Hot Springs. There’s something about taking your kids to a place where you grew up and seeing their faces light up the way yours did (and still

Ten on Tuesday

All right, guys. My blogging game this spring has just been…well, sad. One of these days, I’ll get back in the groove, but for now, I’m jumping in to share ten things I’m loving on this hot summer Tuesday!  (Note – no adoption news to share…still just waiting for the call. Yep, STILL. We’ll take

May Recap: Life Lately

Well, hey there end of May! In the words of my Carter, “What the what?!!” This month has been an absolute WHIRLWIND. I repeat. WHIRL. WIND. Here’s a little peek at what we’ve been up to…in completely random, not chronological order… We celebrated this beautiful lady, my mom, on Mother’s Day with an amazing meal

Catching Up on Our Travels – Santa Fe and Hot Springs!

We’ve been traveling like crazy this summer…over the course of the past 10 days, I was only home for two! Eeek! So let’s catch up! First up was a wedding in Santa Fe for one of Blake’s college roommates. It was a fun little kid-free getaway, and it was so nice to be in the

Life Lately

Happy summer, everyone!! Well, we are just shy of a month into summer around here and really settling in to a new groove. It’s 90 degrees by 11am, so we’ve been doing all we can to make the best of the HOT weather! Since my last post (yeah, I know…it’s been a long time…), we

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