Family, Fun, Food, and Home Design
I was getting ready today and took the time to put some makeup on. The girls love watching and wanted me to do their makeup. I take a brush and gently swipe their faces with it and brush their eyebrows. Big Nugget soaks it all up, you can see her demeanor change, and told me [...]
I've had the same bedtime routine with our oldest since she was old enough to talk. Tub, brush teeth, read a book, sing a song and "talk about my day". Sure we switch up what books we read, she's really into our back to school book list right now, and what songs we sing but one [...]
Ya'll I can see it, the light at the end of the summer tunnel. We made it! We survived. We actually had fun - did you see our trip to The Henry Ford Museum in Michigan? Phenomenal. Now it's time to turn our attention to all things back to school, then fall, then football, then [...]
I lost my Dad almost 6 years ago. The pain is always there. Most of the time it's a dull ache, a whole in your life that you can't fix. Sometimes that pain will turn sharp and smack you in the face. You expect it on milestone days, weddings, holidays, and birthdays. It can happen [...]
Some of our family will be in town over Easter weekend and we are so excited! I'm starting to pull together my menu for the day but I can guarantee my favorite dessert and these raspberry sweet rolls will be included. The Easter bunny already finished it's shopping on a swoop through Target and a [...]
It's Catholic Schools week in San Diego which almost means that it's Teacher Appreciation time. Last year, we had just started preschool the week before and I literally just had a baby so our gift was a card and some money. It was greatly appreciated but I wanted to be a little more crafty, and [...]
Have you seen the viral video of Keaton Jones? He is a boy in Tennessee who was being bullied and his mom recorded him sharing his pain and pleading with the bully kids to stop. It's absolutely heart wrenching. It's gotten a ton of media attention and a host of celebrities offering their support. My [...]
EDIT: I love our Elves so much that I've become an affiliate and the links in this post have been updated to my affiliate links. The Kindness Elves are coming back to our house for a visit and I'll be honest, I'm slightly anxious about it. I did it a little bit last year but [...]
Growing up, my Dad would dress as Santa and wake us up with our best Christmas gifts each year. It's some of my most treasured memories and also some of our best family stories. But that was my Dad's Santa. Our version of Santa is a busy man and has a lot of kids that [...]
Santa only brings our girls 4 gifts, something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read. If you missed my post about Santa gifts, you can read it here. Usually the WANT category is an easy one for Big Nugget. I am having a hard time getting her to make an [...]