There is something that has been on my heart lately and I wanted to share now, towards the beginning of this blogging journey. And it may be something that needs repeating at times. I took an extended break from blogging and being active on social media to really pray...
Written while we were still living in Illinois. A few Saturdays ago I surprised the girls (my 2 year old daughter and my 10 year old SIL, with whom we currently live) with a fun breakfast of animal toast. It was something very simple and it did not take very much...
The last few months have been a roller coaster and sometimes it feels like a dream. After six months of hoping and praying to get pregnant, we found out in January that we were. We were over the moon; even more so when we discovered that we were expecting twins! But...
For anyone who is new around here, or maybe who we haven’t been in touch with for awhile, we moved from Illinois in June, back to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (where I grew up). At some point, as a young teen, I began to dislike small towns/country life (Or what I...
“The days are long, but the years are short” is a quote that seems to sum up parenthood in so many ways. As I sit watching my daughter rock her baby doll and reach for the baby’s bottle, she looks up with excitement to tell me, “Baby Sophie crying. Awwh Baby, it's...
Previously Post on Other Blog. Recently, I saw someone share a post that said something along the lines of “As a parent the days often feel never ending, yet the years fly by in the blink of an eye” And wow, did that resonate with me (already). It feels like just...
Previously Posted on Other Blog. As I write this, Phil is working through his second week of school....Hurray!! I can’t believe that we are here. After more than a year and a half of prep, 7 prerequisite classes, and a move half way across the country, Phil has...
Previously Posted on other Blog Wow. 2020. Where do I even begin? In the middle of May I saw a meme joking about how the biggest waste of money spent in 2020 was for a planner. Hah. I couldn’t help but chuckle (even these photos were originally meant for a very...
Previously Posted On Other Blog. Have you ever been in a situation where it felt like you were putting all of your eggs in one basket? A situation, where to the outside world, seemed like you were taking a really big risk? A lot of times, when we choose to put our...
Previously Posted On Other Blog. When I originally started writing this I was sitting in our last place, surrounded by boxes with our six week old daughter laying next to me on a blanket. It was our home for the last 15 months. Even with as busy as we were and how...