living a life inspired

january. short days, early evenings, cozy nights in. soup. homemade rolls. snow days, sledding, making a snowman. bonfires, hot cocoa,...

How much does the smell of baking banana bread or muffins take you back to your childhood? Or make you feel instantly cozy, at home,...

Sometimes you just need to refresh your breakfast routine. We tend to go through cycles where we do a lot of overnight oats for several...

Sweet spring birthdays. Lilyana’s birthdays have always been so fun to put together. As a big bright-blue-eyed, spunky little girl, her...

Spring is coming into bloom here in the south of France, and it is so beautiful. On our way back from fencing class, the boys were...

I spent most of my childhood in Texas, unaware that not all states had such intense humidity. Hehe... But, what we lacked in better...

How is everyone doing out there? We just stocked up on a few essentials (garlic, onions, homeopathics....) and I was surprised to see how...

Each morning when I check the news, I see places like Disney Land closing for the next few weeks, churches closing, and more and more...

Happy happy #friyay y'all!! I am so excited to share the #cocktailhour recipe today! This refreshing drink was inspired by my...

One of the best bits of parenting advice I was given was to be proactive instead of reactivate. Getting ahead of the curve really helps...

...a tale of a fateful trip. That started from a Northern port, aboard this not-so-tiny ship. Even though we were as far North as any of...

I don't know about your household, but the kids in mine are always hungry! Actually, to use my six-year-old's words... he's...

Sometimes the best laid plans go awry. Such was the case with our plans to blog all along our trip. What we didn’t realize, was that we...

Do you ever lay in bed at night dreaming and scheming? Making the perfect lists for the next day? Coaching yourself on how you can be a...

When we moved up to Redding, California, we weren't sure how we would spend weekends. You see, back where we had lived, we were only an...

Motherhood. It's a hard job, isn't it? Long hours, sleepless nights,​ no going home after an exhausting day's work... After three babies...

Do you like baking? I am a huge fan. And I get even more excited when I can pack in some protein into my baking. With two little boys who...

Blueberries are amazing. Baking is amazing. And combining the two just makes for a heavenly treat. When I picked 50 pounds of blueberries...