I’ve been thinking a lot about life and the things that motivate me to do what I do.
So much of my motivation is centered around providing an environment for my children that is safe, loving, and creates a space to learn and grow. As I think deeper about why I want these things for my children, I obviously want what is best for them - but, I also want to keep them from experiencing some of the unnecessarily painful things I experienced in my own childhood.
Read MoreLife is full of joy and pain…and a whole lot of in-between.
Every day feels jam packed from the moment our feet hit the ground in the morning, to the moment our heads hit the pillow. Sometimes the day ends and you wonder “where did this day go?” Nothing was remarkably amazing or horrible, it just kind of happened. These days happen more often than we like to admit and they can feel discouraging.
Read MoreThe start of a fresh month is a great time to reevaluate the things on your plate and clean up your schedule. Here are four ways I reassess the ways we’re spending our time.
Read MoreEveryone is faced with hundreds of decisions throughout the day that need to be made in a split second. If left to making a decision simply based on how we feel in the moment, we could respond in selfish and unhelpful ways.
How can we quickly assess that we’re in the right mindest to make the best of even the smallest decisions throughout the day?
Read MoreOur mission statement communicates the things that we want to be true of each person that lives in our home. These are the values that we want to cultivate every day and extend to our family, friends, and others we interact with.
We simplified our mission statement even more and created something we could hang on the wall in our home as a regular reminder of what’s most important.
Read MoreThis last spring, we returned to the baseball field for another season of baseball. This was Emet’s first season of coach pitch baseball. We were so proud of him and the way he adjusted to playing without the tee. It was a joy to cheer him on from the sidelines as he played.
Read MoreI’ve released a brand new Spring Bucket List in my resources. Don’t let this season slip by and miss doing something new or revisiting some of your favorite traditions. Download the bucket list, write them down, and make it happen.
Read MoreThis month, we celebrate our son Emet turning 6 years old. Sometime over the last year, our boys discovered and quickly fell in love with the show Bluey. So it’s only natural that Emet wanted his birthday to be Bluey themed this year.
Emet, as we celebrate your 6th year, here’s a small list of things we love about you…
Read More2022 marks over five years of blogging. Over the years, I’ve written on a wide variety of topics from parenting and cooking to staying organized and setting goals. I’ve even brought in some friends to help contribute along the way.
Below you will find the top ten most read blogs from the last five and a half years. I hope you enjoy this variety of posts and that they’re helpful to you in some way.
Read MoreWhen I’m aware of the commitments I’ve made and what I’m choosing to focus on are the months I’m the most successful with accomplishing tasks and moving towards my goals.
I wanted a place for me to collect my thoughts, set goals, and keep track of the most important projects for each month. I’m a big on having regular brain dumps. I even have a couple of different versions of a Brain Dump doc in my resources. But I wanted something that provided the space to see multiple things on one page. So… here’s a new Monthly Planning doc.
Read MoreEach year I like to put together a collection of the most read blog posts. As your new year gets off the ground, here are 10 blogs to help you stay organized, motivated, and well-rested.
Cheers!
Read MoreI love looking back on the holidays and seeing the highlights from the season. It’s fun to see the boys expecting to revisit old traditions each year and experience excitement as we introduce some news ones. We started the Christmas season a bit earlier this year by stringing up our lights outside before Thanksgiving. We had the time, the weather was warmer, and we knew how busy things would get on the other side Thanksgiving.
Read MoreThe annual Christmas card photoshoot. These moments never fail to be incredibly memorable and special. That rush of everyone getting ready with out spilling stuff on their clothes, messing up their hair, or having a breakdown over which socks they get to wear…
Read MoreThanksgiving, for us, is a much slower paced holiday. We spend the day before prepping dishes and the smell of food fills our home. I love being in the kitchen with Calvin listening to music while the boys watch a movie or play in the other room…
Read MoreWe started the first few days of 2022 taking it easy because we were feeling a bit under the weather. This meant we didn’t get started on all the things we were planning. Less turning in early and starting before the sun came up and more taking medicine, temperature checks, and resting whenever we could…
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
Read MoreIt’s Christmas, once again!
Every year I try to put together a new collection of fun Christmas music to help put you in the spirit. This year we’ve been listening to a lot of instrumental / easy listening / light music from the 50s and 60s. There’s something really nostalgic about these songs that instantly put me in great Christmas mood.
Read MoreWhen the summer began winding down I thought it would be fun to have an end of the summer party at our home. We’d invite some of our dear friends for grilled food, swimming, and time to soak in the final days of warmth before fall hit. Well…life got busy, deadlines with work approached, and we had to table the idea for an end of summer party…
Read MoreWhat do you have in place to help ensure that you're taking the time to rest and recoup throughout the day?
As I get older, I'm realizing how important regular sleep and times of rest are for the well-being of my family. I'm notorious for pushing hard to get things done and at times burning the candle at both ends. The truth is, it really does catch up with you. And taking a few days to "catch up" on sleep really doesn't work like it used to.
Read MoreI’ve fully committed to homeschooling both of the boys this year. We started last year and I began developing some tools to help keep myself organized - because, honestly, it’s a lot of work. As it is with anything, entering a week of school is easier when you have a plan and way of keeping track of what you’re doing.
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