Spring! Oh, Spring!
Oh, it is that time of year again! I don't get crazy about much but spring, oh spring! Planting season. Play in the dirt season. It's like I walk into the local nursery and get high from a...
View ArticleMIA
Sorry we have been light on posts lately. We are still sitting on blankets in the back yard reading books, listening to the Beach Boys, digging in the dirt, planting, and exploring.And when we are not...
View ArticleHappy Easter
We had a wonderful Easter--the bunny visited our house leaving the little bit with a fun basket. We celebrated the holiday by going to church, followed by a big family brunch and then everyone took a...
View ArticleA Special Day
One of the items on my 12 in 12 list was for T and I take the little miss to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. Not only did we want to share the special place where we got engaged but we knew she...
View ArticleTake Me Out to the Ball Game
Can I just say this whole baby thing is the best? We have hit a phase where we are going, doing, exploring. Adelaide is old enough that we can do activities with her that we have been dreaming about...
View ArticleOur Recent Adventures
It's been quiet over here. Not for lack of adventure, though. Here are a few of our recent adventures:Playing outside all the time. Letting that sunshine grow our hairs!We tackled a little...
View ArticleHouse Projects, Fishy Faces and Golf Carts
You know I am a notoriously bad blogger during nice weather. So, no apologies! I haven't been tackling very many craft projects (although I do have a few I might share) because we have been tackling...
View ArticleHappy Father's Day
These two are thick as thieves. There is no one this girl loves more than her parents, but especially her dada. And while I know that Father's Day is about reflecting on fathers, I couldn't have...
View ArticlePeach Pickin'
You know how hard it was to not name this post after the Presidents of the United States of America song? Anyhow, the mister was traveling last week so me and the little missy decided to head to...
View ArticleSummer Lovin'
Here are a few pictures from our recent goings on...Our local farmers market might be the best we've ever lived near. Local honey and organic blueberries are our favs.Stroller turned watermelon carrier...
View ArticleChange, Change, We are Here
As you can sense from my absence I am in the midst of a transition, a evolution in what it means to live and breathe and love in this life of mine. Many of you come here to see my lastest crafty...
View ArticleSome Things I've Been Enjoying
Here are some things around the web and home I've been enjoying lately...This sweet post about parenting a two year oldThese free printable laundry symbol posters...I'm thinking instead of in the...
View ArticleFamily, Food and Tunes
If you follow me on instagram you would think my life is all cooking, building box houses for a certain unnamed toddler and going out with the mister (or friends) to catch concerts. And you might not...
View ArticleGood Help is Hard to Find
I pack my lunch everyday that I go to work. This little peice of information is part fact and part brag because I enjoy being able to eat healthy, fresh, homemade foods. Three days a week I pack...
View ArticleCurrently Reading
I am a bit of a book evangelist. If I am currently reading something that I am totally into I tell everyone I see about it! I guess I just get caught up in the power of books to illumenate new ideas...
View ArticleThe Peace of Wild Things
My friend, colleague and poet, Thom Dawkins, asked on Facebook a few weeks ago if poetry still mattered. I believe his question was directed at his fellow poet community, but I answered, of course it...
View Article2012 A Look Back
I did a recap of 2011 and really enjoyed it, so thought I would do the same for 2012, with a slightly different twist. I think every year is full of surprise--some good and some not so good and this...
View Article12 in 12 Review
Remember my 12 in 12? Yeah, me neither...I kid! I thought being the new year I thought I would check in on last year's 12 in 12 and see how I did. So without further ado....1) Try and new cut and...
View ArticleHey, there
Just thought I would check in real quick with all the folks out in blogland. We are doing well, the weather is already warm here in Texas, I'm wearing florals and I am pretty sure that winter left...
View ArticleThree Things...
Three things since I last posted...1) We live with a two year old now and it's awesome!2) My wonderfully creative and adventurous sister was published on Quarterlette and you should go check out her...
View ArticleTuesday Crafties {Painted Blocks}
Today's Tuesday Crafties is a Toddler Crafty...we decided to paint our own set of wooden blocks. Over the winter I had made several sets of Olio blocks as gifts. I had some left over plain wooden...
View ArticleWoah, Baby!
Guess what? Spring 2014 we'll be welcoming a new family member! And we can't wait!
View ArticleAdvent for Ordinary Moms
We are now in the third week of the Advent season. Just reading that I am sure gets some of your blood pressure's climbing with visions of shopping lines dancing in your heads. For those of you who...
View ArticleOur Yard {A Before Story}
This post has been sitting in my draft box for 3 years. Yes, you read that correctly...3 years. I think it's just really important to say that out loud. We've been in our house a little over three...
View ArticleOur Yard {A Story of Progress and Love}
I already shared a little bit about how bad our yard was when we purchased our home. But I wanted to share a little post on the progress we've made over the past three years. I shared that the first...
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