Once Christmas is over my house always seems to feel so bland! I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. I look […]
February Meal Plan with Recipes Linked!
January was so good but so LONG! We did really well with our meal plan, making a few edits here and there. I try not […]
Meal Planning for Beginners
At some point in your mom journey you’ve probably heard the term “meal planning” floating around. As a type A personality this sounded amazing to […]
January Meal Plan with Recipes Linked!
The holidays are over and so is my sweet tooth, or at least it needs to be! We ate and drank everything we wanted the […]
Yarn Ornaments Made with Leftover Ribbons + Wrappings!
There is magic in the mess made on Christmas morning!! I wrapped our gifts with yarn again this year and it made for the prettiest […]
DIY “Antique Brass” Nutcrackers
Christmas decor is such a tricky place to invest money- these are things that we only bring out for a few weeks each year but […]
Backsplash Upgrade + a Holiday Pajama Party!
When we walked through this house in January of 2020 I knew it was going to be a project house. I MIGHT have underestimated just […]
THE best pancakes, EVER!
I hope you are ready for the best pancakes of your life! I found this recipe on Pinterest a long time ago but noticed about […]
8 months of Paige Stevie
With each baby time seems to go faster and faster. I still feel like Paige is a newborn but she’s nearly 9 months old! Let’s […]
Elderberry Syrup + a printable!
We have been giving the girls Mary Ruth’s Elderberry Syrup for a while now but I remembered how easy it is to make so I […]
Our weekend + a tale of bedtime trouble.
Every weekend should be 3 days. I feel so refreshed and ready to tackle the week! Anyone else?! Joe didn’t have to work this weekend […]
Halloween 2022!
As with all holidays these days I feel like I blinked and it’s over! We had the absolute best Halloween watching the school costume parade, […]
a Monday Motherhood Lesson (for me).
Motherhood is funny sometimes, in a “this is really hard” type way. This morning on the way to school we realized that Harper forgot her […]
Our favorite Green Muffins!
I have been making and raving about these spinach muffins for YEARS! I found them on Pinterest when Harper was probably two years old and […]
DIY Projects + Autumn Thoughts
It’s only Thursday and I am very ready to backflip into a jalapeño margarita. This has been the longest 2 weeks with temps in the […]
5 ways NOT to lose your mind this Thanksgiving!
We are a little more than a WEEK AWAY from Thanksgiving and I just don’t know how it’s possible! We have a low key dinner […]
And then there were THREE!
We’re expecting another little Baby Donkey! What wild and wonderful year this has been so why not round it out with another brown eyed babe […]
Homemade Crock Pot Apple Sauce
A few weeks ago we went apple picking and the girls had the best time picking and picking and picking and well, you get the […]
A little bit of this…
…and a little bit of that! Happy mid-October! Oh my goodness where is the time going?! I am GLAD September is over and we can […]
Momma Took Kit
I vividly remember being a new mom and leaving the hospital with Harper in her little car seat carrier- I looked straight at the nurse […]
Harper’s First Day of Kindergarten
Our Harper girl gave us another first today! Kindergarten here we come! A few years ago our lives looked so different and I remember having […]
Our weekend!
I hope you guys had a great weekend celebrating the father’s in your lives! We definitely made the most of the time together and had […]
Cheaters Chai Tea Latte
I have been MISSING my Starbucks Chai Tea Lattes lately. I would normally grab one on my way home from Harper’s Gymnastics class wash week […]
Young Living 2020
We are freaking pumped over here as Young Living kicks off its 2020 Convention this week! What the heck does that mean?! NEW PRODUCTS! So […]
Audrey’s Birth.
I went to bed on April 4th around 10pm and I was as uncomfortable as I had been for weeks. I woke up at practically […]
Our Memorial Day Weekend Recap!
We’re so grateful for those who have served and those who continue to serve to protect our freedoms. There is nothing I love more than […]
Life Lately
If you’re following along on Instagram you already know that we recently bought a new house! A 90s builder grade, super vanilla, formica countertops type-home. So […]
One month of Audrey James
Audreys first month of life has been so sweet but also hard. Besides the fact that newborn days are just hard- this is a weird […]
What’s in my hospital bag. The life of a minimalist packer.
We are days away from little baby Prentiss #2 making her appearance! As excited as we are- we are NOT in a rush given our […]
Trader Joe’s Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies with a pandemic twist.
I talked about Harper’s newly discovered skin irritation and how we’re handling it over on my instagram so I won’t go into detail all over […]
A case of the itchies.
Did that title draw you in? Heh. It’s not as bad as it sounds. We recently noticed Harper had a skin irritation that started on […]
How we’re prepping for Baby #2!
37 weeks and feeling the pressure to be ready for baby! So let’s talk baby prep and what we’re doing to get ready to welcome […]
Cinnamon Chocolate Granola!
Bucket List item number one. CHECK! Homemade Granola! I don’t even know why I wanted to make this so badly. Basically I saw a pin […]
October Bucket List
We are about a week into October and our bucket list has not budged! It hit me the other day that making time to check […]
5+ Steps to an Independent Toddler.
With baby donk #2 planning her arrival in early April (AH! still working on that blog post!) we discussed some of the tasks that we […]
4th of July!
We had the most uneventful Independence Day and I’m really not mad about it. No hustle + bustle. No shore traffic. Just time spent together, […]
Summer Bucket List!
We are kicking off this insane heat wave in NJ with our Summer Bucket List! We spent way too long working on this but we […]
Girls Weekend!
Well, shit. I am so glad this weekend is over. Joe was in Las Vegas last week for a bowling tournament and was supposed to […]
Dinner Favorites: Whole30 Edition
Whole30 feels like a distant memory at this point but I am really working hard not to fall too far off from where I was. […]
I Survived Whole30.
Which means you can, too, because I’m legit the worst at this kind of stuff. Let me preface this by saying I am not a […]
Weekend Recap
Summer is officially upon us and the temps DO NOT lie. We had such a nice weekend and felt like we ticked so many things […]
Joe’s Birthday Weekend!
We celebrated Joe’s 36th Birthday at the beginning of June and it was such a nice weekend together. He asked for one thing, Apple AirPods […]
Easter Baskets & a Few of Our Favorite Spring Books!
If there is one theme in any gift I put together- it’s books. I LOVE gifting my girls books for any occasion and Easter is […]
Lighting Updates in the Girls Bedrooms and Some of my Favorites Lighting Finds.
We have lived in this house for nearly four years and are just now getting around to updating light fixtures. We have been busy making […]