I’ve had a few weeks to digest and the ups and downs after our first airplane vacation with Miss Caroline and I am back to bring you some (what I hope to be) helpful suggestions you can use for your next jet-setting trip. Here are my Top 10 Travel Tips for a Happy Family: 1.  Mom and Dad Need to […]

tuesday, we had lunch with my old work friends…my how i miss them, especially this time of year. so glad we could all set aside some time to catchup over lunch and talk! even better, miss caroline got to meet sweet maddie, which made her day! such a darling picture, too 😉 it’s december, yet […]

I went back to my faithful and favorite invitation and card site, Minted, to select our Christmas cards for this year, and low and behold, they did it again…thanks to our lovely photog Candice and a pretty afternoon, I love the finished product! Here they are… And yes, if I have heard it once, I […]

I had pinned this recipe months ago on Pinterest, knowing there would be a time that these would be a necessity and I would have to attempt this yumminess. Well, this past weekend we had friends over for dinner and it gave me the perfect excuse to make these INCREDIBLE treats..perfect for the holidays, and […]

I’ve seen and heard a lot of discussion as of late about Christmas and Santa. I guess I never really thought about it much until this year since we are parents now and these types of conversations get brought up. My question to yall out there is this: Do you do the whole “Santa” thing […]

It’s already Friday, yet I am still trying to play catch-up since we were travelling most of the week/ trying to get back in the groove before the weekend approach…oops, that didn’t happen. Los Angeles was tons o’ fun. And by tons o’ fun, I mean we all made it back alive. I’m not going […]

It’s funny, beginning in September or so, I start making a running list of items for my Christmas List, that way, when family members ask, I don’t have to try to remember those little odds and ends I have actually been eyeing. Here is my Christmas list…fingers crossed I’ve been good and get gifted a few of […]

We leave for Los Angeles tomorrow morning, and I am petrified beyond words… for someone as OCD as me about travel, this packing has been amusing to say the least. I have already told myself we will inevitably forget something so I’ll just go get it once we are in CA. Not to mention Caroline […]

(this is SO late, yet i had to do it now before i totally forgot…only 2 weeks behind-oops!) dear caroline, this month has been an exciting one at our house…we decorated pumpkins, we took you to your very first pumpkin patch, and you went trick-or-treating on halloween to rack up on some candy for mommy […]

All My Favorites There are just certain things I cannot seem to live without during the holidays…whether it be a favorite event, movie, family tradition, or whatnot, I wanted to make a small list of a few of my favorite things about this season! Never know, maybe I can help someone stumble upon new to add to their list. […]