Ryan and I took the boys on a day trip to Mount Rainier this weekend. You know how it is when you live somewhere and take certain places for granted and skip out on doing the ‘touristy’ things because you aren’t a tourist? This was one… Continue Reading…a day trip to mt rainier
I’ve recently added a new tool to my beauty regimen and like it so much I made you a video for how to use it. This is becoming like a mini series – first I did a video about how to curl your hair to… Continue Reading…How to curl your hair with a curling wand
I haven’t been great at opening my bible these past few years. I’ll just put that out there from the start. The reasons are legit – my kids wake earlier than I do, I’m just so exhausted by the end of the day, I’m not… Continue Reading…My daily bible reading routine
Audrey’s room has been in it’s incomplete state for well over a year. This seems to be a theme in my life – this starting and not finishing projects around the house – and I’m determined to wrap a few up. I’ve been collecting art for… Continue Reading…How To Create A Gallery Wall
While cleaning off some files in my computer, I came across these fruit note cards. I designed them months ago – probably more like a year ago – and they sat there in a hidden file, forgotten. Poor cute little fruit note cards. So yesterday… Continue Reading…fun freebie / fruit note cards
Each summer, it seems, I re-acquaint myself with my love of a good novel. As hard as I try to pick up a book in the Christian living genre (you know, those self-help-ish, but not self-help types), I just can’t get through them. Fiction novels… Continue Reading…summer reading list 2015
Friends. You may remember that I started a mini-makeover on the kids’ bathroom last spring. And then it stalled. For a year. Actually, a little over. But who’s counting. Well you’ll be happy to know that over the past two weekends we’ve made progress. Hallelujah!… Continue Reading…it’s a miracle … progress on the kids’ bathroom
Every summer when the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale catalog came out, my sisters and I would spend hours looking at all the clothes, circling what we hoped for. Then on day-one, my mom and us girls met our aunt, grandma and cousins for a day of… Continue Reading…what I bought at the nordstrom anniversary sale
My friends Myquillyn and Emily (and their dad) host a monthly podcast covering all sorts of themed topics. Their most recent, and the one I listened to yesterday, was titled What Only Summer Can Teach Me. They talk about the things they have learned this summer… Continue Reading…things I’ve learned this summer (so far)
My go-to when my kids have nothing to do is to suggest crafts. This very simple covered journal was one such attempt to occupy a certain 5 year old who needed a productive activity (and probably some one-on-one mom time, too). Audrey is all about having… Continue Reading…Covered Journal / a simple diy with Audrey
These are the things around the internet that have recently caught my eye: The Americana Collection from Lindsay Letters There are a handful of perfect summery prints in Lindsay’s latest collection, but this one (as seen on my fireplace mantle) is my favorite. WHAT TO… Continue Reading…Caught My Eye (Independence Day Edition)
In December 2012, a team from Better Homes + Gardens came to our house to take pictures. It was beyond exciting. They shot both the office (featured in the September 2013 issue) and the kids’ playroom. We weren’t sure when they would publish the playroom,… Continue Reading…The playroom in Better Homes + Gardens Magazine
Summer fashion means light-weight, fresh, easy and casual. I’m a Pacific Northwest girl and our summer temperatures typically max out around the high 80’s, so I switch between jeans (forever my favorite), shorts (not my fave, but I’m learning to embrace them), basic dresses (always an… Continue Reading…eight favorite outfits for summer
Well happy (official) summer! School ended for us last week and we’ve jumped right into summer mode: lazy mornings, shorts + flip flops, grilled anything for dinner and evening walks around the neighborhood. This time of year is the best in the Pacific Northwest –… Continue Reading…fun freebie: summer essentials watercolor art
I’m pale. Like, really pale. I don’t mind being fair-skinned most of the year. I know my skin-tone goes well with my hair color and I like having freckles, but in the summer when you have to bare so much skin and mine is just so… Continue Reading…using self-tanner (before and after)
