In trying to sound festive in the most non-cliché way..we went to the Pumpkin Patch last week.  ..and, you guessed it, picked out a pumpkin.  Walking into the Patch, a flood of memories hit my ever loving heart of a mother and swallowed it whole.  Do you remember the last time we were here? We […]

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, […]

Over the weekend I was looking through Parker and Jolie’s One Year Photo Books (tutorial HERE) and spent probably too much time studying their little faces and teeny bodies.  It brought back a flood of memories and sentiment from their very first year.  We are now approaching the end of their second year and I […]

So.  We’ve survived a month.   It has been exactly one month since I blogged about our 3-day training success (HERE).  While the 3-day method is effective in getting the idea of going potty out there, it wasn’t a one-and-done type deal.. for us anyway.  At the end of the third day we were definitely […]

I feel the same.   three days ago I hit the big 3-0 and it actually hasn’t hit me yet.  isn’t this age supposed to be THE age that everyone stresses about?  my 29th year was so good, I’m just waiting for 30 to top it.. and I am pretty sure it has the potential […]