Banana Pancakes & Wrong Turns

fun story about us … Rewind our story by 9 years: 2008. Lucas and I had been on a handful of dates by this time. He invited me to come along to a volleyball tournament that he was playing in one weekend and mentioned that they start early and suggested that I...

jump, even if you can't see the net.

This morning, during the drive to daycare my three-year-old and I spoke about all the things we are thankful for. I started with “Daddy” we continued on with all our family members, animal crackers. ABCDEFG crackers, birds, fire trucks, sharks, the sun, the moon … and...

celebrate the courageous ones.

Strong women are Beautiful women. Social media has been such an amazing place for me.  I have ‘met’ so many amazing women through posts, tags, stories, etc.,  recently one woman in particular has taken the torch and lit the world up for me.  She...

this is us. the real us.

I will never win an award for Mom of the year. My toddler has one volume, loud AF. I get annoyed by things that shouldn’t bother me at all (the sound of chewing). My husband, nine+ years later still gives me butterflies. I never know what to wear even when going...

I'm learning

“To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.” — Dave Pelzer Last night as I breastfed my 7-week-old daughter and vacuuming up my 3-year-old’s dinner...