I’ve avoided looking at the calendar much this week. Because, somehow, we’re already at the end of July. And I don’t understand how that is even possible. People kept telling me, once you have kids, each Summer seems to go by faster and faster. They were telling the truth! We haven’t had a busy Summer, [...]

It’s a funny thing. We spend the last few weeks of the school year talking about how excited we are for Summer Vacation to come. Count down the days in anticipation to lazy Summer mornings, adventurous afternoons, and evening on the porch sipping {spiked} lemonade. And then it happens. Summer Vacation comes and we find [...]

I can’t believe that next week is Memorial Day.  The official start to summer!  Is anyone else super excited?  Anyone terrified?  I’m a good mix of both.  I love the summer and look forward to all that it has to offer.  However, that’s a lot of time to fill with my kids! There are fourteen [...]

Before we move any further into the Fall season, I wanted to take a moment to share with you a “look back” at what our family was up to this summer! We played in water.

Last weekend, when we were over visiting my family for my cousin’s graduation party, my parents ended up buying my girls a swing set.  It’s something we had been looking at for a while and, well, grammy and papa decided to spoil two little girls! The instructions, or at least the signs at the store, [...]