Hello Hello Hello! Let's check in with our first chapter of "Braving The Wilderness". Chapter one is titled Everywhere and Nowhere and whoa this chapter drew me in! I felt like…
Yesterday I had a pumpkin latte, today I made myself tea and at this very minute the sound of bustling leaves is coming through my kitchen window... FALL is here!!!…
Last week I wrote about my anxiety here for the first time and whoa it felt good. Thank you all for your supportive and loving comments, they meant so much…
I watched this Marie TV episode this morning and my hero Brene Brown has killed it once a again with a new book called "Brave the Wilderness: The Quest for…
Anxiety and I have become friends in the last month... strange I know but I'm done denying her presence in my life and I'm done trying to protect myself from…
If you've ever watched my stories on Instagram than you probably know me as the mom who is always out and about. We are frequently on the go because my…
Thank goodness it's Frrrrrriiiidayyyyyyy! I get all the good feels when I have a weekend with nothing on the calendar but beach, donuts, and loving on my babes...that and catching…
At the beginning this month I flew to Texas by myself...this is something I haven't done in over 5 years... flying on a plane without children I mean. Before having…
I'm going to begin this post by being real...like really real. This week was hard and marriage felt like an awkward dance/battlefield at times. I'm telling you this not to…
I was a chubby 3 year old tap dancing to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and the world was perfect. I was on a stage in line with a handful of girls all…
I went to bed last night feeling all sorts of emotions and they all came out today in the car while driving the coast and belting out “I am Moana”…
A week ago while on vacation in Santa Cruz we drove to Monterey for the day and had some fun at the aquarium and the best vintage park around. Monterey…
We're going on week 3 away from home and to be totally honest with you I'm tired of living out of a suitcase and I'm dreaming of swaddling myself in…
When I was a kid summer meant running free outside in my ruffled two-piece, getting tan as a berry (since it was the 80's and sunscreen wasn't really a thing)…
We've been on a family road-trip that started July 3rd. First we drove to Santa Cruz, then to Lake Almanor and then back to Santa Cruz to help with family beach…
I've been coming to Santa Cruz since I was a girl. My parent's bought a beach house in the quaint beach town of Capitola when I was about 8 or 9…
About a month ago I did something I had put off for wayyyy to long...changing the look of my blog and brand. Brand, that sounds so funny to say since so…
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is "how do you make time for fitness when you have small children?" It's definitely not as easy to get a…
Dear Sam, How do I begin a letter of this magnitude? Thank you for procreating with me....no that’s not right. Thank you for picking me, for noticing me at that…
If you guys are like me and love to go to all the fun places when it's summer and you want to be organized like the mom that always has healthy snacks…
We’re starting a new tradition..Family Friday Skate Night! Last Friday we took our longboard skateboards to "The Strand" (a stretch of boardwalk by the Oceanside Pier) and played while the…
You could call me "the reluctant chef...or cook", I don't feel like I could be called a chef yet. You see I married a man that knew how to cook…
Here's everything I've been into this week from podcasts to webinars to shopping and interesting articles. I signed up for Christa Black Gifford's Master Heart Class that starts online next…
This is kind of a strange question but I asked myself this today. I very good at loving my children and simi good at loving my husband (he tends the…
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