One of our ongoing Christmas traditions is our Christmas Book Basket! This is something my own family did when I was a child and throughout the years we continued to add to our collection. Now we get excited to pull out our Christmas Books and basket after...
Preschool Curriculum: All Aboard the Animal Train
We are a few weeks into our pre-k curriculum and I just realized that I never shared this post about our preschool curriculum. We absolutely loved it and it was a highlight for us over the last year. As a former preschool teacher and someone who has considered...
Adjusting as a Family of Four.
It’s been 2 months now, as a family of 4 and we are just loving it. I am here for it. All the snuggles and sweet baby smiles and coos. Oh, how I’ve missed the newborn and infant stage and feel so blessed to be experiencing it again (although I’ve loved every stage of...
Kayden’s Birth Story Part 2
(Read Part 1 Here) By the time we got the paperwork filled out at the hospital, it was shift change, and another girl and I were both laboring in the waiting room together standing or kneeling and leaning against the chairs. It probably was an amusing sight. After we...
Kayden’s Birth Story Part 1
The last seven weeks have been full of lots of baby snuggles and adjusting to life as a family of 4. And I’m finally just taking time to write out our birth story. Our (not so) little Kayden, joined us on September 13th at 9 lbs. 3 oz and 22 inches long. We are all...
Motherhood: Your Main Calling Right Now May Be Cleaning Up Poop
This summer we have enjoyed some fun family trips, pool days, playdates, and a few field trips, but overall most of our days have been spent at home. They have been filled with dishes, laundry, cooking, other house cleaning, organizing and prepping for the baby, some...
Garden-themed Baby Sprinkle
In June, Isa and I flew together to Illinois for a visit with Phil’s family and a baby sprinkle! My sweet sister-in-love, Danielle had reached out a bit ago saying that she wanted to a host a little shower for us to celebrate the long awaited (and prayed for) coming...
Celebrating the Life of My Grandma
A few weekends ago, we had a beautiful memorial picnic at Knoebel’s Amusement Resort, for my Grandma (and Grandpa on Dad’s side) who passed away in January. It really couldn’t have been a better way to celebrate her life and the legacy that she and Grandpa have left...
Pregnant with Our Rainbow Baby
We are a little more than halfway through our pregnancy (almost to the 3rd trimester) with our eagerly awaited little one. I realize that I haven’t shared a ton about this pregnancy journey and I’ve been meaning to, time has just gotten away from me. Understandably,...
A Season of Waiting Part 2
*Super Late Posting* This was written a few months ago after writing part 1. Right now my 3 year old daughter’s favorite bible story is the story of Joseph, she wants to listen to it, read it, and talk about it with me. I wrote about Joseph and his journey with the...