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Blog posts tagged with Everyday Life

The Back To School Stories

As I was eating lunch today I was thinking about how smooth back to school was for my kids this year. Almost too smooth - like when is it going to ...

Sometimes & Thankful Thoughts

On Friday night I posted a photo of myself with the following words on Instagram: Sometimes I have a hard time adjusting to new routines. Sometimes...

Dave Matthews At The Gorge 2014

When I started putting together this post I thought for sure I'd written a post about our adventures to see Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge Amphith...

This has been a pretty awesome summer in terms of adventures. After our fun times camping with my brother & family & friends + and our Seat...

Making The Videos

One of the most fun parts of working on this new website was filming the project videos with Collin Kartchner. If the name sounds familiar to you, ...

There's no way I can begin this post about what's been going on Around Here without expressing a huge thank you for all the congrats and well-wishe...

Hello Evolution

Change is coming my friends. For the last year or so I've been working behind the scenes to evolve my business and to shake things up in a bunch of...

Part two of the week+ summer adventure happened after the camping trip with my brother. The plan started out pretty simple. Aaron and I had both de...

Our whirlwind week+ adventure came to a close last weekend. I took a lot of photos. A lot. And I'm so glad I did. I'm going to break up the adventu...

Dear Lovely Readers, It's summer here and it's awesome. I'll be taking the next week-or-so off to enjoy some uninterrupted time with my kids and fa...

A Story About Two People

I want to tell you a story about two people. Two people who fit together, as he says, like a jigsaw puzzle. I tell him I like him more and more eve...

If This Table Could Talk

Today I want to celebrate this spot: our dining table. This round black table hasn't been around forever. In fact it was purchased in January 2012,...

Things I'm Working On

I'm working on going through all the kids clothes - it's that time of year when I assess what, if anything, they need for summer. Anna and I tackle...

Father's Day Calendar

The kids celebrated Father's Day with Chris a last weekend since he was going to be out of town on the actual day. Chris is really awesome at makin...

Ah, summer. Around here we're in that transitional phase when one season merges into another. Anna finishes school this Friday and Simon follows ne...

NOTE BEFORE READING | This post includes holiday spoilers for kids. A couple weeks ago (before Easter) Chris had "the talk" with Simon about some o...