Thank you to DriveShop USA and Mazda for allowing my family to use the CX-3 you see in this blog post. The car was provided free for my personal use and all opinions on the car are mine alone. Hi friends! It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks and we’re spending a rainy weekend doing…
Mother’s Day is complicated for me. An unknown Chinese birth mother occupies my thoughts in random moments all year around but never more so than right before Mother’s Day. This is the one day of the year when my family pretends its all about me. It goes a lot deeper than that. Disclaimer: We are…
Moms need coffee…so cliché, like moms in yoga pants and moms drinking wine. Yeah, I get it. But I love my coffee. You probably do, too. I love coffee hard. If coffee were a man, I’d make out with him, even if he were the most physically repulsive and unappealing man on the planet. If coffee were…
When someone says Sea World, you think of awesome family entertainment and the opportunity to learn about marine life by seeing things up close and in action. And Sea World definitely is that but from now until May 29th, Sea World San Antonio is a foodie’s paradise. If you’re a food lover who is going…
Nothing says “summer is coming” more than seeing fresh strawberries in season at the grocery store. Sure, you can get strawberries year ’round but winter strawberries are either dinky or outrageously expensive, or both. Strawberries are such a summer thing, right? Here are 20 ideas for strawberry treats that will make your mouth water. There’s…
Ah, nosy adoption questions. I have Rachel Garlinghouse from White Sugar Brown Sugar on the blog today talking about how she handles this. “Are your kids real siblings?” “Were their birth parents on drugs?” “How much did she cost?” “So you couldn’t have your own kids?” “How could their real parents give them away?” I’ve…
This post contains affiliate links. I am NOT organized. Sometimes I pretend I am and sometimes I trick people into thinking I am but I am always one step away from losing something, forgetting something important, or having an adult meltdown because I’ve lost or forgotten something. Here are some ideas on how to be…
This post is sponsored by Warner Bros. I’ve received freebies and/or monetary compensation in exchange for bringing you this content but all opnions are mine alone. #GoingInStyle Do you like to go to the movies? My husband and I do. It’s a great date night without the kids and there’s just something fun about sitting…
When people mention spring cleaning, I think of scrubbing the baseboards, shampooing the carpet or the dreaded window cleaning. Maybe cleaning out a closet or two…mostly so I can buy some more stuff. While you’re in the spirit of spring cleaning, your blog and social media accounts could use some sprucing up this time of…
I usually tell stories with words but you know what they say…a picture is worth a crap-ton of words…or something like that. So here is our week in pictures. Thank you for following along! Here’s my week in pictures, in totally random order, just because. Kyle turned 7 (eek – can you believe????) on…