pure sweetness. Happy weekend friends. xoxo

photo c/o: kristen rae photography A due date approaching. I haven’t talked about the miscarriage in awhile. I realized something a couple of days ago… Addison was due march 20… which really for us means February 20. (Both aiden and ainsleigh came a month early.) And then I realized that the Dallas Shine Event is […]

what if, instead of reacting…we stopped and took a deep breath what if, instead of losing our patience… we didn’t what if, instead of leaving a nasty comment…. we decided to encourage 5 people that day what if, instead of rolling our eyes or letting ourselves turn cold as ice, we made the first move…and […]

A few of you have asked me to post an “example week” of a meal plan! It really is working great! (Normally I would list the ingredients I need out on the side for my grocery list.)  Aiden LOVES to help me make dinner so during Ainsleigh’s nap we start cooking for an early dinner.  […]

HOSTED BY: Casey, Danielle &  Alycia Today I have a fun treat for you all 🙂 We wanted to do something fun to kick off 2012 and thought… “How about a virtual blogging party?!”  Wouldn’t it be a fun treat if gifts were involved? So after some collaboration with some fellow bloggers, we wanted to […]

If you showed up at my house unannounced this is about what you would see: me in sweatpants, a shirt, glasses, messy hair. This is my happy. Not the clothes…but the smelling my kiddos hair when they get out of the bath the digging in the sand for 3 hours making dinner as a whole […]

I am so so excited to bring you a recipe again today from Erin of  Sunshine & Carousels.  I asked her team.up with me on a little project… since I am not so good in the kitchen/ DIY area and she is AMA.ZING….(not only does she create incredible things but her presentation is BEAUTIFUL), I […]

I couldn’t resist posting this pic of ains. Chris just sent it to me! She is getting so big… seriously, melt my heart into a million pieces! Last year on January 2 I posted my New Year’s resolutions…it was as simple as this: blogging more, painting more, weekly date nights, cooking more, changing who I […]

I decided with this new year it was time to get organized.  I have successfully done one week of meal planning, am getting caught up, have somewhat of a night.time routine for the babies and got a new planner c/o Plum Paper Designs! I have this giant calendar on my wall above my desk but wanted something […]

I am so so excited to bring you a recipe again today from Erin of  Sunshine & Carousels.  I asked her team.up with me on a little project… since I am not so good in the kitchen/ DIY area and she is AMA.ZING….(not only does she create incredible things but her presentation is BEAUTIFUL), I […]

I have some incredibly fun news.  You know my sweet friend Ashley?  WELL, she is bringing the SHINE PROJECT to DALLAS!!!  A Little Artsy is teaming up with her to put on an event and we hope SO much that you will come!!!!  I could not be MORE EXCITED!!!!!!!! Also, we’re looking for 5 dallas […]