My husband just returned from his six day business trip. I'm something like seven months pregnant and have a 2, 4 and 6 year-old, so over the last six days I've mostly been consumed with keeping us all alive and not melting into some hormonal sob/yelling fit. I mostly succeeded. To the parents that do this on the regular--major props! Earlier we posted some fun printable recipe cards that are oh-so-chic if I do say so myself. I mentioned that they would be a great addition to a wedding shower ...
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A Jam Packed Holiday Weekend
Post contains affiliate links. This past Fourth of July weekend was so exhausting, we literally needed a day to recover. Yes, an entire day devoted to hanging out on the couch in our pajamas/clothes we had on the day before. Yup, that lazy. We kicked off our Fourth of July weekend at my sister's party on Friday. It was a pot lock with s'mores and sparklers. All the Fourth of July necessities. The guys spent a huge portion of the day playing a game called Kubb. We had never ...
Modeling Love
On July 15 we celebrated 8 years of marriage. We had no sitter lined up and no true plans. It was a Tuesday, after all. At first I was bummed. I think marriage is a pretty big deal. I think two people choosing each other, working day in and day out to make a household work is a big deal and raising people, good people, as a team is something that shouldn't be glossed over. The kids were pretty excited that it was our anniversary. We went through wedding pictures and talked about the ...
The Great Ice Cream Social
My sophomore year of college, second semester, days after turning 20--I walked in late to art class and grabbed the first available stool. It happened to be next to a boy in a hat, so I didn't get a good look (without being weird and such), but I was pretty sure he was a cutie. Our class met twice a week for a few hours. This is basically how we dated. Do you remember that feeling? The butterflies and nerves? We both clearly liked each other, neither one of us brave enough to do anything ...