Hi Friends, Happy July! The kids and I are gone for the whole month visiting family. Two weeks in Utah and two weeks in California! Jarret will join us halfway through to see both my family and his family. We look forward to this trip every year, especially the kids! In my attempt to keep it real and share my struggles too, I wanted to share this… morgan harper nichols quote Here’s a graphic that came up in my Instagram…
When you think of creating a bedtime routine you probably think of babies and toddlers right!?! Well, it’s just as important to create a nighttime routine for your big kids too. As I’m writing this post, my kids are in elementary school and middle school. Over time I’ve made adjustments to their routines and bedtimes according to their age or if they’re on school breaks. This doesn’t mean my kids aren’t asking me to stay up later because they do,…
Hi Friends, Happy Tuesday! Over the past few weeks, we celebrated our 13-year wedding anniversary and my 33rd birthday!!! Because Jarret was at work on our anniversary he surprised me with a bouquet of flowers that were delivered. They were so pretty and the house smelled amazing!!! Here we are, all piled into “Goldie”(Jarret’s commuter car) on our way to church Sunday morning. Teaching our kids life skills. This year has been the year of Bryce learning more about basic…
Hi Friends, today we are going to talk about a grocery budget, yay!!! I know, I know groceries…budgets…yuck… This is real because this budgeting area right here can save you money and can be easily overlooked. Everyone in this day and age is looking for ways to save money, cut back their spending and have more money left after bills. And you know what, I get it, sometimes your bills are your bills and you can’t cut them back. The…
Hi Friends! Did you enjoy your Memorial Day weekend?!? We did a bunch of little things that kept us busy throughout the long weekend. Keep reading and I’ll walk you through it…😊 The last day of school was on Thursday and it was such a good feeling for the kids and me! Yay, it’s summer! On Friday we took care of some business. First-order of business was to go to the mall and hit up the new Bath & Body…
Guess what…it’s our last week of school!!! We’re so excited for school to be out, no more packing lunches (yay!), and this break couldn’t have come at a better time for everyone. Although the kids are going to summer school for 4 weeks, it’s not like a traditional school day. It’s a half day, they’re excited about it, and it keeps their minds engaged. Bryce is taking robotics, mystery solvers and pe. Naomi is taking first-grade camping and they integrate…
In the process of decluttering my house, I realized I never go through my makeup collection. And some of my makeup I’ve had for a really long time! Which prompted me to think, how long should you keep your makeup for? While going through my makeup collection I found an eye shadow pallet that was 10 years old! Most of the makeup I got rid of were old eye shadow pallets because makeup does have a built-in expiration date. How long…