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A Day in the Life

I joined Laura from Hollywood Housewife yesterday to capture a day in the life of our family on Instagram. I’ve never done anything like this before, and while my Instagram followers may have been sick of my hyped up feed by the end of the day, I anticipate looking back on this collection of photos with a smile on my face many years from now. Our family doesn’t really have…

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Thankfulness Lately

Since moving back from Montana, it has been easy to grumble about the heat, the lack of fall color, the heat, the scorpions, and the heat. When I find myself grumbling a bit too much, I pause, collect my thoughts, and give thanks for all the good stuff. Gratitude softens my heart as we sit in our air-conditioned house and paint fall colors for the windows. Gratitude changes everything. I’m…

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Just because I’m good at it, doesn’t mean it’s easy

When friends describe me, the term “laid back” is often used. I’m pretty easygoing. Not much of a planner. I like to go with the flow. According to StrengthsFinder, one of my top five strengths is adaptability. As a baseball wife, this comes in handy. Jeff’s job is year-to-year. We don’t have a permanent residence. Since getting married twelve years ago, we’ve moved too many times to count. We love…

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It’s a lot harder to be awesome when you’re trying to be someone else.

Have you ever noticed how much harder it is to be awesome when you’re trying to be someone else? My friends and I have been talking about fear and weakness lately.  About what happens when we focus on our weaknesses, when we think about all the ways we don’t measure up to others, when we compare highlight reels. What happens is we start missing out.  We miss out on our…

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Reality Check

I love photography and sharing pretty pictures and inspiring others…and sometimes my highlight reel becomes just a little too rosy, and people ask me how I do it all. Well friends, I don’t. Not even close. Some days I struggle to get out of bed, and the kids yell at each other too much, and I yell at them too much, and I don’t want to talk to anyone, and…

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Far too easily pleased…

This quote always stops me in my tracks.  So I thought I would share it with you today in my own messy handwriting. Are you far too easily pleased? I am.  Far too often, I am.   Originally posted on June 21, 2013

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What I want you to know about having a miscarriage

Nine years ago today we lost our first baby. Every time June rolls around I feel like I should share that with you. But I haven’t because I don’t know how to talk about it in a blog post. If we were sitting across from each other enjoying a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, I would tell you anything you want to know about the little life…

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