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Well, hi. This feels awkward. I feel a little like I’m blowing dust off of my keyboard, tapping the microphone to see if this thing is still on?, and dipping my toe back into the water of something I love love loveeeeee (that’s blogging! and talking to you!) but just have.not.had.time.for. I didn’t plan to […]

Happy fall, y’all! The weather has finally turned, the leaves are changing, and we finally got some pumpkins out on our front porch! We had hoped to make it to a pumpkin patch this year, but our local patch didn’t open this season. Which was such a bummer! That being said, I did not (nor […]

It’s well over a month later and I am maybe…just maybe….recovered from the great Florida road trip of 2019. Ha! We decided to drive this year, which had it’s pros and it’s cons. One of the pros, was that we drove to Georgia first to visit with Jim’s grandparents for a few days before making […]

This summer, we had the honor and privilege of heading to Nashville, Tennessee to celebrate my cousin Jacob’s wedding! The kids walked during the ceremony and Jim and I played the ceremony music together. It was a quick weekend trip, but we definitely made the most of it and had the best time! The drive […]

Back when I was pregnant with Finn I shared a blog post about Jim’s parents lake house. (You can check that out here!) The weather has heated up, family was in town, and it was time to head back for another summer trip to the lake. It takes us a full three hours to get […]

Something that I have always wanted to do with my kids is go berry picking! I’ve always seen these magical photos of kiddos picking strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and the like and somehow, always seem to miss the season for going. Until now! A friend of ours invited us to come with them one day a […]

Hooray for a late April, WARM Easter this year, huh? It was so much nicer to play outside and enjoy the day…instead of inside watching the snow fall like last year!!! We drove up to Jim’s parents to celebrate on Saturday night and were welcomed with a giant Easter dinner! After, the kids played with […]