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This morning I woke up to a text I’ve known for months was coming… It read, “the divorce is done.” Despite the foreknowledge, the finality of those four simple words put an immediate lump in my throat and an ache in my stomach. Today my parents marriage of 44 years is officially over. The rings have been…
We started the day off at our neighborhood parade. The kids can either choose to ride their bikes or scooters in the parade or sit and watch everyone else. Mine love to sit on the side because that means they can collect the candy the other kids are tossing to the crowd. 🙂 After the…
I’ve never really gotten into the whole New Year’s “word of the year” movement. You know what I mean, right? It’s when people pick a word to focus on to define the rest of the year?! I’ve never done that before. Or had any interest in it. I guess maybe I sorta felt like picking…
My first born son. My sweet Kai. My Bubba. I honestly can’t remember how we started calling him Bubba but it’s clearly stuck. 🙂 Kai turned nine today and I can hardly believe it. This boy is turning into quite the little gentleman. He is a helper to me, considerate of others and incredibly fast…
To the mamas: Mother’s Day. It’s just around the corner. Mother’s Day is a good day. A day of honor for women everywhere who are in the trenches of raising little humans. For me, in recent years Mother’s Day has become a day of pretty dresses, smiles, homemade kid gifts, and take out so I…
SKIRT: BlissTulle | SWEATER: old, similar here | SHOES: Jessica Simpson, similar here This photo shoot was one of the most fun shoots I’ve ever done. The setting in Niagara, Canada was just unreal. The views were breathtaking and finding a spot for a good pic was faaaar too easy–there were so many to choose…