It has taken me foolishly long to learn that my gentle (read: prodding) reminders regarding some of my husband's habits have yielded few positive outcomes in our house. I found that pointing out five times in one Saturday that keys and stray business cards do not belong on the piano didn't make …
Picture Ledges
Today I'm linking up with the Nester and many other lovely ladies to show that it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. When she announced this link party, I immediately thought of my wall decor. I've been wanting to post it here, but I'm always tweaking and never satisfied that it's just …
Heart of Gold
After this post about the terrible threes, I feel like it wouldn't be fair to my big-hearted eldest to neglect mentioning that he seems to have snapped out of it. He can be so strong willed, but thankfully, it is balanced by a desire to please and an ability to reason that usually wins …
Living Intentionally
I put this together and stuck it in a frame to hang in our entryway. I would call it our family motto, except that seems so definitive, and I'm sure our motto will evolve with time. What we've felt inspired to emphasize so far in our family is the idea of being aware of the WHYs, as well the idea of …
The Old Me
With Valentine's on my mind I pulled out this little black book this morning: It is a small collection of photos that Ryan gave me when we were dating and I was about to leave to Africa for a month. Every single night, sitting on my top bunk in a bare-bones backpackers' lodge in Zambia, I …
Make It Simple (4) – Refrigerator Organization
I laugh writing this post because a week ago, when I snapped this picture, I had obviously just grocery shopped. (A full fridge makes me so happy!) Today, a week later, our fridge is empty and my kids so eager for some decent food that while at a friend's house this morning (we stopped there en …
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