I truly believe this. Even on the toughest days. We have a choice, we can decide to roll over the yucky feelings from the day before or smile and take a deep breath and give the new day an opportunity to enter. I won’t allow the tired, frustrating and overwhelming feelings of yesterday define my… Continue reading Start Again
After three very full days in Rome we moved on to Florence. The train ride there went pretty well because the girls took a nice nap. On our first day in Florence we bought tickets for the Hop on Hop off bus and made our way to Piazza Michelangelo. The view of the city is… Continue reading Florence: you took my breath away
It was my intention to blog regularly while on our trip but something odd happened when I saved this post that it took me a few days to fix the glitch and get the app to allow me to blog again. So I’m a little behind. In real time we are currently in Cinque Terre.… Continue reading Rome + toddler jet lag
After the luggage debacle that was our last international family trip, the one thing my husband kept saying to me when we booked our Italy trip was to pack lightly. Because back in 2014 when we traveled to Japan with Celeste who was 2 years and 4 months at the time, I think I may… Continue reading Italy – packing and the trip
As a parent of two little energetic girls, there are some mornings that I wake up and after a couple of hours with them I think, bed time can not come soon enough. I am pretty good about making sure that at 8:00pm we start our bedtime routine. Partly because I know this is good… Continue reading Motherhood: Discipline for myself
Oh my goodness I can’t believe we are nearing the end of October! It’s been too long since my last post and there is so much to share… One of the biggest news is we booked our family trip. We are going to Italy next month!!! It will be my first time since I was… Continue reading A little slice of everything
I feel like I might explode from all the goodness that filled my heart today. I saw my entire day from a lense of gratitude, and God’s love and reminder that life is truly beautiful in the good and the difficult. Celeste had her very first homecoming parade at school to cheer on the football… Continue reading All the many little moments that equate to so much goodness
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” – Henry David Thoreau This is one of my favorite quotes, because it speaks to me so deeply when it comes to motherhood and parenting. I was texting with a group of my close friends just now and one of them made a… Continue reading Motherhood: Embracing life and my reality
A few weeks ago we went through a pretty big transition with the girls. We decided it was time to say goodbye to the crib and toddler bed and upgrade the girls beds and room furniture. My husband and I checked out so many different furniture stores and in the end we fell in love with this… Continue reading Motherhood: There’s joy and sadness in transitions
You know what makes me smile? A beautiful inspiring quote. I love to pass along motivational messages that help remind myself, and anyone else that may come across it, that our blessings are greater than our struggles. We just need to look for them and allow our hearts to see those blessings during the difficult… Continue reading Monday happiness!
Purse Meets Diaper Bag 