It’s about 3 am on a Saturday and the young girl hears the sounds of footsteps above her head in the distant corner of the house. Her mom will be coming downstairs any minute telling her to go to bed. “It’s 3 am and everyone is trying to sleep” she could imagine hearing her mother […]

Young, Carefree & Adventurous Remember when you were a carefree, adventurous kid, with the world at your fingertips. Not too many things to worry about, maybe only making sure you didn’t tip the swing set over as you pumped your feet to go higher. Oh, how I love the swings and vividly remember gazing up […]

The birds start chirping while the sun starts to peak out over the trees and shine through your window. You know it’s almost time to get up out of your cozy, warm bed, oh how you wished you had just 5 minutes longer. The alarm screams through the house and while tempted to hit snooze […]

You pull in the parking lot, send a text “I’m here”, look around aimlessly to get a quick glimpse of them standing outside or wondering which car they will come out of. Bing, a message appears on your phone “I’m here too where are you?”. Ok, you’re about to do this, you look for probably […]

While sitting at a local diner, he took a bite into his omelet as I enthusiastically discussed taking a trip to Arizona. I painted the pictures of the picturesque red stone mountains, the evergreen trees, and rolling desserts. He entertained my excitement and said “we’ll see” and continued to finish his breakfast. A couple of […]

These little pretzel poppers are a crowd favorite in our house and a go-to for a quick snack during the workweek or finger food for game day. When I first made these I was nervous about using yeast and ensuring the bread would rise, but I soon realized that this error-proof recipe would ease my […]

One of my favorite drinks to sip on during a hot summer day is Lemonade Blueberry Vodka.  After finding these beautiful glasses at our local home store, we decided to try and infuse our own vodka. Now I know you’re probably thinking “It will take too long to infuse” or “That will be too much […]

This chic rustic style “Keys to Success” idea can double as your graduation party guestbook and is an easy afternoon project! Materials Needed 1 Small or Medium Box Tags for guests to write their “keys To Success” Keys (Based on your preference you can purchase small keys to glue on the card or larger ones […]

  Help! My house is being taken over by picture frames! My love for photography and displaying moments in time around my house have left me with little room to add more photos. Over the weekend I took about 10 photos that I wanted to hang up and created a picture board. I went to […]

They say that your 20’s are some of the best years of your life. It’s a time of trial and error and discovery of one’s self. In my teen years, I had dreamt up every future moment of my life and what my wonderful 20’s would consist of. Yet, as most stories go, things change […]