Ever have one of those days? Where you want something and you have no idea what it is? When it feels like your mind has restless leg syndrome? I was feeling that today. Perhaps it was being stuck in the house again with a stomach flu riddled kiddo (on the mend!) or it’s that we’re…
Oh my goodness y’all. SO much going on! There’s a ball around here somewhere that I dropped and can’t seem to find it anywhere. SO much to tell y’all! We’re moving to Houston when we find a house! I KNOW!!!!! Monkey is sick with the stomach yuckies so the food I was going to share…
I drink a lot of water. I love water, and I don’t think twice about it when I open my fridge and fill my tumbler full of cold, clear, delicious water. I should, however, be saying a prayer of thanks that I have the ability to do that, that I have virtually unlimited access to…
This week has been a flurry of Valentine’s related activities – cookie baking, Class Valentine’s decorating and putting together, class party supply buying and party planning and watching Monkey prepare and write his first ever class Valentine’s all by himself. {swoon} As the kids were prepping their class Valentine’s, my mind was going over…
Oh hello 2013!!!! Oh Hello February! FEBRUARY – y’all. F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y. Can someone please explain where January went? Good grief time is flying by! Are y’all getting all geared up for Valentine’s Day? If you need some Unique and FUN DIY Valentine’s cards – Check out these 10 Creative Valentine’s for Kids , if you want…
It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since I met the man who changed my life. I was 19 and he was 22, and I was absolutely not looking for a boyfriend, much less a husband! He had other plans in mind – he says it was love at first sight. He saw me…
I love what I do, I love this blog and that it gives me a space to share my life and my family’s life with y’all. It gives me a place to share my passion for food, photography and writing with y’all. It has also afforded me some wonderful opportunities and trips. One of the…
This might be the creamiest most delicious fudge that I’ve ever had. Ever. In November I received a lovely card and package with fudge from Diane, and in this pack was some fudge. This fudge… it was crazy good. There were nuts, cranberries, BOURBON and chocolate… it was out of this world. After the first…
There are so many life lessons that I want to teach my children. So many nuggets of wisdom that I want to place on their hearts with the strongest superglue possible. The importance of being a friend, and understanding the precious gem that is true friendship is pretty high up on that list. So…
Week 4 Day 22: #ReynoldsRealMoms Dinner Day 23: SNOW – this Texas girl absolutely flipped out and spent quite a bit of time out in the snow during the ReynoldsRealMom shoot! Day 24: This still makes me giggle 😉 Day 25: Les Miserables with my mom – what’s an epic movie without a vat of…
Happy Birthday, my love. Nathan – January 27, 1976 Today, January 27th, is one of my favorite days of the year; it’s the day we celebrate you. You are the man who captured my heart and healed it. Thank you. Without you, I would not be who I am, where I am. Every one…
Vivian Odessa Matthews July 5, 1931 – January 25, 2013