It's Thanksgiving week. You're most likely a little anxious for and excited about a few extra days off. You're also most likely already thinking about food. You know, checking out Pinterest to figure out what you'll make, dreaming about Aunt Sally's … [Read more...]
The Friday Five: Turkey (Burner) Version
Can you guys believe Thanksgiving is next week? Anyone else cooking? We are, but it's a small crew this year so it should be pretty low-key. As for the day after Thanksgiving? You won't find me shopping with the crowds. Instead, we'll be running … [Read more...]
Happy Halloween!
I hope everyone on the east coast stayed safe during the crazy hurricane a few days ago. We were lucky and only lost power for a little more than 12 hours. My sweet boy was not even phased by it...in fact I think he enjoyed it because he had extra … [Read more...]
Working Out on Vacation with a Toddler
It already feels like weeks/months ago that we were on vacation, but we just got back last Monday! As promised in my catch-up post on Friday, I owed you a little more detail about just how Mike and I made workouts happen when on vacation. CJ got … [Read more...]
The Friday Five: Catch Up Version
This was seriously a crazy-busy (and fast) week. Since we just got back from our summer vacation on Monday, I have been trying to catch up before a wedding we are attending tomorrow. Thankfully the rest of the weekend should be very low key. Since … [Read more...]
Summer Vacation
Yes, I disappeared last week. We left last Monday for a much-needed and fantastic vacation! After I left my job in corporate America a month ago, I jumped right into spending more time on my work at SOS and my husband has been working his butt off … [Read more...]
The Best Dads
I just read my post from last Father's Day celebrating the amazing dads in my life. CJ was two weeks old and I was already loving the father/son relationship that him and Mike were forming. I can't believe how much that relationship has grown … [Read more...]
Making Time to Relax
In case you haven't liked the Sistas of Strength page on Facebook and haven't had a chance to see this yet...Mike and I were on the news yesterday! How cool is that? We filmed a few weeks ago, but the segment aired yesterday. Watch the "Does it … [Read more...]
Baptism and First Birthday Party
Boy did we have a busy weekend! Somewhat last minute we decided that we had to do Connor's birthday and baptism celebration this past weekend because there were no weekends in June that worked for our family. Even though we kind of threw things … [Read more...]
Baskets Baskets!
Hope everyone had a great weekend and Easter, if you celebrate. Ours was nice. We visited our old church (we miss it there so much!) and went to brunch at Cracker Barrel like we have for the past few years. (Yes, we are that classy.) Later, we … [Read more...]