Chapter 46: How Quickly Life Can Change

On Wednesday, March 11, Jeremy returned to work from his paternity leave. That evening, after we laid the girls down for bed, we turned on the television to watch the Utah Jazz game. We found it odd that the 7:00 pm game hadn’t started yet. We did some research and found out that the game […]

20+ Halloween Costume for Kiddos

I love Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays. I have never been a fan of the creepy side of the day though. Scary movies and gruesome decor has never been my thing, but watching cute little trick-or-treaters melts my heart every time. I love planning my girls’ costumes, and I love seeing the […]

Twix Cookies

Shortbread cookies are Mister’s absolute favorite. For me, they are probably a one on a scale from 1 to 100. I want my cookies soft; I want them chewy. I found this recipe for Twix cookies on Chef in Training. Since I had all of the ingredient in the pantry, I decided to give them a […]

10 Clever Family Halloween Costumes

We’ve never been a matching costume family, but I can’t help but admire the ones that I see. After seeing these cute ideas I’ve never been more tempted! Peter pan & the lost boys Circus family Alice in Wonderland Krispy Kreme Krew Mary Poppins & the chimney sweeps Intergalactic family Fast food MASCOTS Garden gnomes […]

Chapter 45: How I’m Braving the Storm

Everyone has their tips of how to avoid the storm of depression, or how to get out of the storm once you’re in it. The hardest part of being in the storm, for me, is even realizing that I am in a storm. By the time I realized I was in the storm hypothermia had […]

Caramel Apple Pie

Let’s just take a minute to talk about this recipe. I don’t care for apple pie, it’s just not my fave. I’m not a fan of pie crust (I know, I know, I’m crazy), and apple pie usually has a lot of crust. Mister loves anything with apples and is a math nerd, so when […]

10 Creative Ideas for a Fall Porch

Mmm… fall is the essence of my soul. Cinnamon spice and everything nice. I am so proud of myself for making it to September before I pulled out the fall decor. Even more so impressive is that my Halloween hasn’t even been touch. I may or may not be planning on doing that this weekend […]

Play Kitchen for Under $65

This post has been a long time coming. For Ellie’s second birthday we wanted to get her a kitchen for awhile, but we didn’t want to pay for one. Even the cheap ones are pretty spendy. I came across the idea of making one out of an old entertainment center and I got really excited […]

Chapter 44: Morning Sickness

Now being pregnant with baby number three I’m starting to learn the secrets of how to survive morning sickness. Don’t get me wrong, I still wish I were dead most of the time, but I’m trying not to be so dramatic. Every pregnancy has gotten worse for me. With Ellie I was just nauseous all […]

Chapter 43: What I Hold Dear

What is the most important thing to you? When I first this of this question I thought I knew my answer immediately, family. As I thought more about it, however, I realized that the most important part of my life is my faith, my beliefs, my religion. To be fair, though, my religion is centered […]