prudent living - simple solutions - joyful journey
My heart has hurt the past several days. I’m sure you have heard of the tragic events from last Thursday night in Dallas (what I’ve called home the past 31 years), but I wanted to just share a few. I grew up about 15 minutes from the heart of Dallas and currently live about 30 minutes from Big D. I went to college just miles away
I haven’t done Friday Favorites in a while, but I have a few for you today…except it’s on a Monday. The events from last Thursday night in Dallas kept me up all night with so much hurt and confusion so I skipped posting (I had about half of this post written), but wanted to go ahead and share them today. I might talk about my
Happy 4th of July! I am so thankful to live in a free country. And grateful for the men and women who sacrifice their lives for our freedom. I hope you are having a great day celebrating America! I plan on working out, cleaning, possibly swimming, and then we’re ending the day with great friends! Well, June flew by. Ryan started and ended his first,
Dear Maddox, You just turned 2 and if I had to describe you in one word it would be HAPPY. You always have a smile on your face and find joy in such small things. You are a cuddly, sweet, silly dude. You are the perfect addition to our family. We went to your well check yesterday and your still large! 93% for height (36
This weekend, Maddox turned 2 years old! I plan on doing my letter to Maddox after we have his well check on Tuesday. We had planned to do a Fiesta themed party, with a taco bar and pinata, but our kitchen redo took a bit longer than expected, especially with getting it back in order. So I decided last minute, to have everyone meet at
I had this post for yesterday, but my blog was being weird so I’m just now uploading it today (I didn’t feel like making it present tense for the sake of it being posted a day later) 🙂 It’s Wednesday, 2 days away from Maddox’s 2nd birthday party and our house looked like this just a few days ago… Was I an idiot for cutting
Our summer officially began last week, and Ryan and I recently talked about some things we would like to do this summer! If you’re new here, Ryan is a high school teacher and so he has a few weeks off in the summer (he’s currently doing a half day summer school). Here’s Beckham and Maddox last summer! Wow, they’ve both changed a lot. Maddox
