With summer fast approaching, I know many of you are formulating summer travel plans, so I thought it would be fun to dedicate this month’s Tried and True post to some of our family’s favorite travel gear! I’ll begin with the caveat that our family does NOT do a lot of traveling. We’ve only taken… Continue Reading
I hope you all have been enjoying this Tried and True series as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it together! As I’ve said with each of the previous posts in this series, the purpose of these roundups is to share some items our family owns and loves and that I think you will love too.… Continue Reading
I hope that you’ve been enjoying this Tried and True Series, where I’m sharing some our family’s very favorite items that we love and recommend. On my end, it’s been a lot of fun to take inventory of the items our family loves best. So far, I’ve shared our favorite baby and toddler gear and… Continue Reading
As I mentioned in last month’s kickoff to this new series, my purpose in creating these monthly lists of favorites is to fill you in on a few things our family loves and would wholeheartedly recommend. These lists can serve as useful gift guides for birthdays and other celebrations, and I’ll be sure to include… Continue Reading
The idea for this new series came to me a few weeks before Christmas: I had been hoping to create a gift guide composed of all of our favorites—items our family owns and loves, and that I could wholeheartedly recommend. I never got around to making that guide at Christmastime, but after the holiday passed,… Continue Reading
I’ve enjoyed spending time this past week reminiscing about the year. I’ve reflected on—and blogged about—favorite books and what I’ve learned, and today I’m sharing my final 2017 reflections with highlights and favorites from the year. Compared to the last few years, 2017 was surprisingly quiet for our family in that it was the first… Continue Reading
Well, here we are, at the very tail end of yet another year. 2016 has certainly been memorable: on a national and global level, the year brought unfathomable heartache and chaos, making it one that many would rather forget. For me personally, though, 2016 proved to be a wonderful year; it wasn’t without its challenges,… Continue Reading
In the spring of 2015, just a few months after Charleston was born, Luke received a job offer from a company in San Diego, about two hours south of where we were living in Orange County. The offer was a dream come true for Luke: he had always wanted to move our family back to… Continue Reading
A wise man once said “You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, ‘What is your favorite book?’” This truth speaks to the fact that one’s opinion of a book says more about the reader than the book itself. As I become a more seasoned reader, I’ve… Continue Reading
Hello once again from the great state of Texas! After a (longer than anticipated) break from blogging, I can’t tell you how good it is to be back. My hiatus revealed to me, more than ever before, how deeply I care about this little space, and how much personal fulfillment I find through this creative… Continue Reading