I am so happy that August has come and gone. It was a super tough month for Jimmy and I. We had to put Cashew down midway through the month and that was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. Watching the pain in the eyes of my kids was so […]

Do you ever wonder if you are allowed to be happy or if you are happy? Like I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Let’s say it’s been a rough few weeks since Jimmy had surgery. It has added a lot of extra stress on me worrying about him and taking care of […]

How many times have you thought at the end of the day, I wish I was more productive? I pretty much think that a lot, especially the past few weeks. Like I am wondering where the month of February went? I didn’t get done what I wanted to and some things I needed to. This […]

In the past few weeks I have learned so much about being a parent, especially our kids who we adopted. There are days that I am so sad for my kids for all that they have been through. We think there are so many memories that have been suppressed and they are starting to come […]

We are kicking off my birthday with some new recipes, some new and old traditions. The past few years or so we went away for my birthday, just Jimmy and I. Some of my birthday vacations have been cruises, Vegas, Arizona and Colorado. However this is my first birthday with kids and it is definitely […]

The past couple weeks have been a little rough if I am being honest. I finally had a day to myself to do what I wanted to do and do things I needed to do. Jimmy was at school and kids were in a track out camp. I was so excited for this day, but […]

As we are preparing for our first family vacation, I’ve had to make myself take a step back. The past couple weeks have been weeks of lots of  breakdowns, therapy appointments for the kids, doctors appointments and adoption paperwork has been crazy. Add that on top of our normal schedule with activities and school. I […]

Motherhood has many seasons, just like the four seasons we have. Well in NC we have some fake seasons. Like right now as I am typing this we are having Fake Fall. I know the Summer heat is coming back soon. Motherhood and my life is like that. August was all about growing as a […]

Lele and I were talking about dreams the other day and how she stopped chasing dreams. I felt like a ton of bricks hit me, when she said that. A few seconds later she goes, I am starting to want to chase them again because of you and daddy. You guys are helping me want […]

I can’t believe August is almost over.!! July came and went like a blink of an eye. It has been awhile since I have written a blog. I am really not sure why that is, I had intentions to write some blogs, but I just didn’t for different reasons like…in July I didn’t really work, […]

So it has been almost four weeks since my hysterectomy.  I have to tell you that I frustrated that my move and exercise streak would be broken on my Apple watch. I was on a 238 streak of beating my goal. In fact in the past year I had only missed 3 days. See everyday […]

I had recently had a conversation with another blogger on Instagram about self care and how important it is. In 2019, I learned a lot about self care and that I really wasn’t taking care of myself. Fast forward to now, I have done a much better job of taking care of myself. It is […]