weekly round-up • peaches, fair, coffee & getting minimal
Weekly round-up! This week I had no daycare kids. I missed them but it was nice to regroup, straighten the house, plan my fall ideas and have time with Tommy. I went to my mom's and she graciously taught me how to properly can peaches- amazing. Now I want to can all...
Thoughts on Having Twins After Losing Twins
Hi friends, I have lots of thoughts about carrying twins after losing twins and most of it centers around-- wow and--- how. The rest of the world seems to think this is completely normal, people are excited for us, they say 'you're so lucky' and 'awe, how sweet'. I am...
I’m Pregnant…with twins again!
Hi guys, we are pregnant! And I am still getting used to this but we are having twins again. After carrying and losing twin girls last year, we knew we wanted to have another baby as soon as possible but we could not have imagined that we would have twins again. We're...
To Our Babies On Their First Birthday
Dear Eliza and Ensley, I miss you so much babies. You are ONE today! I think about you all of the time and while it has been a whole year since you were born it really seems like just yesterday or at least last week. I was thinking about what...
Find Yourself a Moms Group
Find yourself a moms group. My mom was the first one to tell me to go to MOPS. I was asking her a bunch of questions about the baby I was about to have. "Just find a moms group, it will keep you sane." I thought moms group sounded...awkward. I didn't have a baby yet,...
I QUIT my job
I QUIT my job. Friends, this is such a big deal to our little family and before you think, wow girl, must be nice, let me tell you how heart-wrenching, painstaking, fear evoking hard this was. Not just was, still is. We are a working class family. Blessed but we both...
Life After Infant Loss
Hi friends, I haven't written much since the birth of our babies in August so I wanted to let you know how we are. All I can say is God does miraculous things with broken hearts. When I thought about life after infant loss, I thought about all the things I would not...
No Spend November | How We Did
This November was the first time Tom and I participated in No Spend November, a spending freeze where you only spend on ESSENTIALS for a whole month. How did we do? Well, we kinda blew it on black Friday when I needed a laptop and Tom needed? a PlayStation....yeah,...
No-spend November
It's here! No-spend November. Which means not spending money on anything extra for a whole month. Wish us luck! We are still writing the rules but so far I've put back a ton of stuff I would have bought at Target that I really didn't need so I think it's going to...
A Minimalist Guide to Halloween
1.Pick one pre-made, store bought costume-- $15.00 2. Buy one pumpkin bucket-- $1.00 3. Buy two bags of candy-- $9.76 Eat pizza for dinner-- $5.64 Happy Halloween everyone! How are you doing Halloween this...
