After the births of all three of my kiddos we were provided with some AMAZING meals by family and friends. We so appreciated people's kindness to us each time. And man, there's just something extra yummy about food that you don't have to cook yourself!
I recently read this article from Peanut ...
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15 Ways to Save Money on Groceries
If you're looking to cut back on spending, your grocery budget is a good place to start. Here are 15 easy ways that I like to save money on groceries.
If you know me well, you know that I like to save money! Growing up, my mom was very frugal (and still is) and I think I got the thrifty part ...
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Stop Saying You’re “Just” a Mom
Several months ago we had a group of college and career age young adults over to our home.
As part of the ice breaker we all went around in a circle and told something about ourselves and what we do. We had quite the interesting group! For example, one person was working on a state senate ...
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8 Fruit Salads to Make This Summer
Hey friends! Happy Monday!
Here in Texas we've been having ridiculously hot weather lately. Like, lots of days well over 100 degrees. I'm super glad that baby Lucas is here because being pregnant in this weather would be totally miserable.
Towards the end of my pregnancy I was really craving ...
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Lucas’s Birth Story
I know that birth stories aren't everybody's cup of tea, but for those of you who are interested, here is Lucas's birth story. :)
My contractions started around 6:30 am on the 10th. I recognized them right away as contractions but tried not to get too excited as I figured they might just peter ...
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16 Things to Do Outside With Your Kids (when you’ve run out of ideas!)
We're smack dab in the middle of summer and a big part of summer for many of us is spending time outdoors! But I know from experience that it can be easy to run out of things to do outside with your kids, especially when they are little and not super good at entertaining themselves.
So I did a ...
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One thing I do that saves my sanity as a mom
Hello there friend!
Today I thought I'd share one thing that has saved my sanity as a mom many times. I regret to say that this is not earth-shattering - it's actually pretty simple. But I'd like to think it's still pretty smart, haha. ;)
Are you ready for it?
Drum roll please . . . ...
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39 Weeks Pregnant – Welcome to the Roller Coaster
Oh the roller coaster that is being 39 weeks pregnant.
In one day I can experience the fullest range of emotions - and I would not consider myself an extremely emotional person.
At one point in my day life can seem perfectly lovely and happy and then about a split second later I find myself ...
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My Top 6 Favorite Healthy Convenience Foods
Hi friend!
Just jumping on the blog briefly today to share some of my favorite healthy convenience foods. No, this post isn't sponsored by any brand, I just am a big fan of foods that make my life easier and thought it would make a good blog post to share with you. ;)
I don't know about you, ...
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