Sometimes it’s really hard to think about how to celebrate your loved one on Valentine’s Day. Should you get a special gift? What should you get? Where should you go? What should you do? After years of marriage, these “special days” can easily turn into “just another night”, so leave it up to my [...]
Yay! It’s finally here!!! Today I’m wrapping up our Home for the Holidays Series as the host for Kids and Christmas! I’m especially excited because today is all about family. It’s not about staging. It’s not about flawless photos. It’s ALL about moments. Being together and celebrating the Joy of Christmas ~ together. I honestly [...]
Hello everyone ~ I hope today finds you well! Between sickness sweeping through our family of 5 over the past two weeks and just being emotionally overwhelmed over the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I have been away from blogging and been focusing on our family, friends, and home. I know this tragedy has [...]
Well, I got nothin’ for you today since the hubby and I were sick over the weekend. BUT I definitely wanted to hop on here quick to remind you about tomorrow! Danielle from Finding Silver Pennies will be hosting the Home for the Holidays Mantle Party!!! Yay! So if you have a Christmas Mantle you would [...]
Well, I finally got my craft on ~ at least MY version of it. I am admittedly not much of a “crafter”, but I think this counts. Now, this isn’t a full blown tutorial, but if you have some basic wood working skills and a few tools, you could make this too! Here is what [...]
Happy Monday everyone! First off, thank you to everyone who linked up their recipes and tablescapes last week for the Home for the Holidays Link Party. I’m excited to be sharing my faves today, and it was really hard to narrow it down! I am not jealous of people who do this every week. This [...]
Do you ever get your table all decorated for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holidays and parties? Today Nov. 29th – Dec. 2 is the time to link up all of your Christmas table settings over at Kristy’s wonderful blog: Bliss at Home. I’m already inspired by the people who have shared their ideas and [...]
It’s just one of those weeks. Michael is on for 4 – 24 hour firefighter shifts (that’s not normal btw). Do the math and that’s 96 hours this week. Needless to say, this will be short and sweeet for all you beautiful ladies who follow along here – yes, YOU! I’m loving the cute little [...]
OK, I have been SO excited to share this link party series with you for awhile now! It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time of year again!!! I am excited to be hosting a Christmas themed link party series along with 7 other bloggers starting a week from today! It is always [...]
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