Fall Family Photos

 Good morning and happy Friday! 

31 Days of Skeleton Antics, 2022

 Oh hi there friends and happy Friday! Just like many of the rest of you, I am READY to get into Christmas mode. Devin used to be really big on "no Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving," but over the past few years he has realized that we spend way too much time putting the decorations up only to enjoy them for a few weeks.  We are of the mind that if you're going to go through all the effort of putting them up, you might as well put them up earlier and enjoy it a little longer.

But before we move on to the next big holiday, I want to show you what our skeletons were up to in the month of October. If you don't already know, we have a family of skeletons that we put up in our front yard every October. Every single day we change them so they are doing a different activity. We have a lot of fun with them! 

Come and check out what the Skelly family was up to this October:

Friday Favorites

 Today's post is a snapshot of our week. It was a busy one, but a great one!

Fall Family Pictures 2021

 Good morning friends and happy Friday! Earlier this week I shared that we had our fall family pictures taken and received our proofs back. We were finally able to narrow down the pictures we wanted and I am happy to share them with you! 

Fall Bucket List

 Good morning friends! I hope you're having a great week so far. A few weeks back Adrienne posted her fall bucket list and I thought "Oh-- I need to do that!". Well, true to form, I made a mental note of it but then completely forgot about it an hour later. I swear this is the story of my life-- if I don't write it down immediately, the thought is gone. Anywho... I was browsing Pinterest the other day and this picture popped up:

Hilton Head Recap Part 2

 Hello again! Time to finish up the rest of our beach recap. If you missed it, I recapped the beginning of the trip on Monday. Right around where I left off, Devin had to leave us to head back to work and my older sister and her family had to head back before they left for a camping trip out West. So now it was just the kids & I, my parents and my younger sister holding down the fort. 

Hilton Head Recap Part 1

 Hello there! I took last week off while we were at the beach and it feels good to be back. We had the most wonderful time at the beach. While I can't exactly say taking two young kids to the beach was a relaxing trip, it was a lot of FUN! Before we left Devin asked me "what are you most looking forward to about the beach trip?" and I said "I can't wait to wear the kiddos out at the beach and pool all morning, and then for them to take killer naps in the afternoon". I am happy to report back that that was exactly what our trip looked like (most days). Most of our days started like this:

Valentine's Day Card Ideas

Good morning friends and happy hump day! This week has been flying by and I am really looking forward to this weekend because I have a GIRLS TRIP TO FLORIDA!! As I'm typing this, the weather is 25 degrees in Charlotte... so needless to say I am very excited for the warmer weather in my near future! 

Today though I want to talk about our annual Valentine's Day cards. Each year Lily Grace makes a homemade Valentine's Day card to send to family and friends (we will do the ones she passes out at school this year too, but those are different). I have been perusing Pinterest and have hit up Michael's to get some good ideas for our cards. Here's a look at some of the ideas I have found on Pinterest so far:

Coordinating Family Outfits for Pictures

It is amazing to think that it's already that time of year where we start thinking about annual family pictures. This year has flown by! I love having our pictures taken as a family every year so that we can see how much Lily Grace (and now Liam!) has grown each year. Growing up we took family pictures around Christmas every year and I know they are some of my parents most cherished pictures. They don't have to be formal, there is no need to stress... the important thing is the PEOPLE in the picture. 

That being said, we want the PEOPLE in these pictures to look nice, right?? I love it when our family coordinates with each other without being overly matchy/matchy. I have been searching all over the internet for some good coordinating family outfits and figured I'd share what I have found so far. 

I only have outfits planned for our little family of four, but a lot of these outfits have different sizes available for older/younger kiddos. I haven't figured out which color scheme we are going to go with, and I have several outfit choices for each color scheme. Here is our burgundy/navy theme:

Hilton Head Family Reunion 2019

Good morning and happy Monday! We just got back from our annual family reunion in Hilton Head Island, SC and we had a BLAST! I love all the quality family time we are able to get in and how much fun we all have together. Unfortunately I don't have nearly enough pictures, but the reason for that is because we were having too much fun to remember to stop and take pictures! Here are the few pictures I do have:

Happy Birthday Devin!

Today we are celebrating one of my favorite people on Earth's 31st birthday, Devin!

Weekend Highlights Part 2

Good Morning! If you missed part 1 of our weekend recap, click here! Today I am picking up where I left off... in Charleston!

Crock-Pot Pork and Sauerkraut New Year's Traditional Recipe

I realize I am a few days late with this but figured I would post the recipe that my family always has as our New Year's Day meal. This was something my great grandmother on my dad's side made for her family, my grandmothers (on both sides!) would make for my parents as they were growing up, and then my mom made for us growing up. I plan to continue the tradition and make it for our family every year. 

Quick and Easy Peppermint Bark

Hi There! Earlier this week I posted about a typical day in our lives and one of the things we did was make peppermint bark for family and friends. This recipe is super easy and quick to make, so I thought I'd share in case any of you were interested.

Family Christmas Traditions

Today we are talking about the traditions that our family does to celebrate the Christmas season. Some of these things Devin and I brought from our families growing up (our families of origin) and some of them we started new together as our own family. Do we get to all of these every single year? Heck no. But do we try? You bet. Have a look...

Lily Grace's Christmas List

Happy Cyber Monday friends! Is anyone else out there SO READY for the Christmas season to begin?? As a girl who starts listening to Christmas music in July, you better believe we are ready to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. If anybody needs me I will sipping on some peppermint hot chocolate watching one of these with my mom:

#thankGodforDVR