Every summer, I like to take some time to do a staycation with the kids so we can do some new (and old) things around St. Louis. Last year we had our staycation in May, right after school was out… but, since we went camping at Trout Lodge over Memorial Day weekend and we also… >> View Post
Archives for July 2013
Staycation Day 2 AND Trendy Tot Tuesday #24 – Gymbo Ice Cream Outfit and Neon Yellow at Elephant Rocks and Johnson Shut-Ins
It’s Trendy Tot time once again with Mrs In Training, Lindsay and Megan! Today Autumn is wearing a lovely hand me down that I got from my friend Janna, who I met on the May 2006 Babycenter board and we have met twice in real life (once in Colorado in 2010 and just this summer… >> View Post
Gallery Wall with Gold Tipped Frames
Today I am going to share with you a DIY project that I have been talking about for over a year… that took hours of my time and devotion these last two weeks. But, finally… all of the effort has produced a beautiful gallery wall in the family room above the couch. Brian and I… >> View Post
Last T-Ball Game and T-Ball Trophies (Nathan and Autumn)
Autumn’s last game was over a month ago, but I wanted to blog about her and Nathan’s last games at the same time. She had 5 games total and Nathan had 8… with several reschedules due to lots of rain! Here is Autumn waiting in line for her trophy.Receiving her trophy… and, what else?!Candy?! I… >> View Post
Cub Scouts – Fire House, Rocket Derby and Graduation
I have been a little behind on blogging on Nathan’s Cubscouts, so today I am going to roll 3 blog posts into one: Fire House, Rocket Derby and their Graduation! Here is a photo of the flags outside the fire house against a beautiful blue sky.Nathan and Autumn on the fire truck, they both got… >> View Post
Oven Tacos and Cumin Dusted Rice
Do you ever Pin a recipe and you keep thinking about making it and then a year goes by before you actually try it out? It seems the Oven Tacos have been all over Pinterest for awhile, but instead of trying them out I just kept making my easy go to tacos (which involve only… >> View Post
My Birthday Wish List!!
My birthday is 3 weeks away and I have always seen other bloggers create birthday lists for themselves… welllll… I thought that just this once it would be fun to create a birthday list for myself. It is always fun to feel like a child again, dreaming up the big gifts… I honestly do not… >> View Post
Disney Vacation – Planning Tips for a Better Trip
Today I am going to share with you several categories of tips that I hope will help you when you plan your own Disney vacation. I spent a lot of time researching Disney tips online and this has been our second Disney trip in the last year so I have some real world experience as… >> View Post
Five on Friday #4
Well, it’s Friday again… which means it’s time for Five on Friday! 1. Kettlebells. Please go over to Aubrey’s blog at Dreaming about Someday to see my guest post today. Recently she did a guest post on my blog while I was at Disney about marathon running and as a result we decided it… >> View Post
Our Disney Vacation Day 4: Hollywood Studios and Fantasmic!
Today I am sharing with you our last day at Disney, we spent it at Hollywood Studios. This was the only park that Brian and I did not visit when we came here for the half marathon last November… I did run through it though in November and saw all of the Christmas lights. It… >> View Post
Our Disney Vacation Day 3: Animal Kingdom and Boma
Well, I am back to blogging about our Disney trip with two days left! Today I am going to share with you some photos from Animal Kingdom. This was my second time at Animal Kingdom and I just love how this park is smaller as its easier on the feet AND easier to cross most… >> View Post
Trendy Tot Tuesday #22: Gray and Neon Yellow Color Block Love at Whitecliff Park
It’s time for another Trendy Tot Tuesday with Mrs In Training, Lindsay and Megan. Today I am sharing Autumn’s gray and neon yellow color block skirt I found for her at Old Navy. I am loving neon, especially neon yellow right now and when I saw this skirt I couldn’t pass it up. It even… >> View Post