Good morning sweet friends!  I hope this weekend has been amazing for you all!  I know that it has been really nice to have Nate home more than usual around here, and we finally got around to some projects that we've been meaning to get done for a while.  That plus lots of fun pool time and good food - we are blessed indeed!   I just wanted to put a couple of things out there for you guys if and when you're praying over the next few days.  I know I have amazing and incredibly ... continue reading...

The entire "What I Love About..." page is (obviously) dedicated to women whose blogs I love reading day after day, plus all of the reasons why, and with each week I'm finding more and more that what I come to love is not necessarily the recipes or the DIY projects or the tips or the photography.  I do LOVE those things about these women, but what I'm coming to find more and more is that I love the way that they share their hearts with the world.  It's not always the same; some share it through ... continue reading...

This morning was no different than the several hundred before it.   Wes and I woke up and snuggled with Nate for a bit before he got ready and headed off to work.  We ate breakfast; a strawberry-banana-peach-spinach smoothie for me, bananas and yogurt for Wes.  He drank some milk, but more than anything just laughed and threw his sippy cup on the floor.  He finished eating and we went to "find the dogs" (we corral them in the next room while he eats since otherwise he'll just ... continue reading...

In light of true authenticity, when Google announced that it was doing away with Google Reader (basically a really easy way to organize your favorite blogs and make sure you were updated via their RSS feeds), I was a little crushed.  I don't usually deal with change well and I was in denial for about a week until I finally got a surge of bravery and switched all of my blogs to Bloglovin'.  Another great option is Feedly, although admittedly I haven't tried it out yet (I say yet because I'm going ... continue reading...

OK so full disclosure here:  Whitney and I are friends in real life and we have been friends in real life for practically a lifetime now.  I think at first we weren't sure what to think of one another (we met through a mutual friend and both wanted her to be our own friend), but after ending up in middle school, high school and college together I think it's pretty safe to say that we each decided the other was pretty great.  I know that's my conclusion anyway :)   Truth be told ... continue reading...