Step ONE: Brush through hair, detangle. Step TWO: Put up in a Ponytail.  STEP THREE: Separate into three parts.  STEP FOUR: Clip over the 2 parts on each side ( almost looks like a bow). I spread the wings out and even clipped the top corners so that it looked like a butterfly.  The middle […]

Finally sharing a few pics from Apple’s birthday party!  She turned six the same week that she started Kindergarten.   All the mama feels bursting up inside me. My hardest stretch in motherhood is in the letting go- day by day trying to unclench those fists and let my babies fly. 🕊I love you Apple […]

The air outside makes me flood with memories.  I can still see the beautiful cupcakes my mom would make in the Fall with candy corn on top and the smell of pumpkin pie pouring through our kitchen. I love making memories with my kids and soaking in these moments with them.  No I did NOT […]

It’s been my moms dream for years and years to have us all in Nantucket together.  My parents, my family, my brother and his sweet family- all under one roof again.  She said that every year she dreamt of riding bikes to the lighthouse with her grandchildren and so this is the trip where all […]

On Friday we brought treats up to her class at school for lunch and I told her class why we call her our sunshine girl. I started to tell about how she radiates light and love and joy and before I could even go on they all began to chime in : “she’s sunshine where […]

Tomorrow you are eight.  I am up looking through baby pictures of you, remembering how you smelled and looked and how I felt from the moment that my heart met you.  In a million dreams, I could never imagine a gift like you.  My sunshine girl.  I still remember the day she was born- her […]

Finally sharing a handful of our New York photos from this summer!  This was a dream trip.  We stayed at the Plaza Hotel and did so many memorable things together as a family.  This was our summer of adventure- it was a summer we will never ever forget.  The kids could not get over the […]

Apple Wiegand I love you so much.  Just saying that sentence makes the tears well up in my eyes.  Tonight I was thinking about what a huge need in my heart you filled, something only meant for you.  How much I love you and what an honor it is to get to give you just a glimpse of […]

People ask me all the time how to get started with essential oils and my answer is always: just jump in and then be consistent! Oils work differently than what we are used to so consistency is key! I generally tell friends to keep their oils out! The TYPE of oils you are using matters […]

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A baby that was so longed for, so ached for….. and every moment of these past 2 years cherished to the very last drop. I love you so much Adelaide Grace, you filled that missing piece of my heart. ❤️ You know your story, its a special one.  Every single night I climb in your […]