When the week of Christmas arrived, I was about to explode with excitement.  I could hardly contain myself for a few reasons: 1. It was the week we had been waiting for since the moment we found out we were pregnant with our third.   We couldn’t wait to shout it out to the world. […]

Great Joy is an understatement for this season of our lives.  It is the most perfect ‘phrase’ I could tag this holiday time to be.   Wishing you Great Joy, sweet friends!   card design: CKFireboots on Etsy photography credit: BFaith Photography  Christmas Cards of Years Past: 2013 // 2012 // 2011 // 2010 // 2009 // 2008

Ever have those kind of days where, after the fact,  you continue to relive it over and over in your brain?  Just thinking over the festivities of that day and every detail that made it special..  The first time I ever did this was for my wedding.  I was awake all night and unable to […]

Last night we celebrated with our sweet friends for a Supper Club Thanksgiving.  Every year around this time we always plan something special and fun to do – We typically take the months of November and December ‘off’ and just plan to have a night out, doing anything festive we can think of.  Now that […]

Yesterday you got to see a Movie Night {Under the Stars} in all it’s glory –  today, you get the recipes. I (and Ashley, too!) prepared everything from {nearly} scratch.. and it was hard work.   BUT- most was prepped the day before, so the day of the actual party was  mainly just assembly.   Since […]

well.  here I am. I’m thirty.   like I said in this post, I feel the same..still.  but what made this birthday unique is the celebration that was had in my honor.  I haven’t really had an official ‘party’ in my name, and let me just tell you.. after the amazing-ness this “Movie Night” was, […]