I can hardly believe that another year is about to begin. This past year went really quickly in my eyes, but it seems like they always do. For the last five years or so, I have chosen a word (or once two words!) to represent the upcoming year. Before I reveal my word for 2019, let's recap 2018. 2018 -- Change Change was my word for 2018, and I think it was pretty fitting. There were a lot of changes that took place, especially with Travis. He transitioned out of the Army. He started and finished an internship. He began a brand new, very different job, in the civilian world. He also Continue Reading
Archives for December 2018
Twin Beach Gender Reveal Party
My sister-in-law is pregnant with twins and will be having them sometime in the next two months. We are all so excited for them! When I found out that she would be finding out the genders right around the time we would all be doing our family vacation in Florida, I kind of begged her to do a gender reveal party on the beach. In fact, I offered to plan the whole thing. Thankfully, she agreed to it! With the help of our other family members, we all threw a fantastic beach gender reveal party for twins! Photo by MindyAnna Photography Beach Gender Reveal Details I came up with a few gender Continue Reading
Best Children’s Books for Toddlers
I recently shared my toddler gift ideas, which included some big items and some great learning and creative toys. But one thing that wasn't on that list was books, and that's because I have enough favorite children's books for an entire blog post. If you love to read or you want your child to love to read (who doesn't?), this blog post is for you because these are the best children's books for toddlers. This list includes books we own and love. My daughter, Raylee loves books right now and will read them over and over. She loves when we read to her, but she loves flipping through them Continue Reading