DIY + Lifestyle

Valentine's Day is a great opportunity to be creative. From turning old shoe boxes into extraordinary Valentine's boxes to stuffing confetti into balloons with a pencil eraser, my kids love making Valentine's Day crafts.  I blame my mother for the...

Have you ever performed that agonizing, but totally necessary task of auditing your personal finances? I don't mean just the big ticket items and expenditures, but right down to the nitty-gritty, the dollars spent on coffee shop runs, gas...

If you are like me, you are on Pinterest constantly checking ideas on how to make your home beautiful. Personally, I love the farmhouse/vintage style decor. But before I can decorate and beautify our home, I have to clean and...

Mamas, we are far too hard on ourselves. It's time we get out of our own way and embrace the life that is perfectly imperfect, and what better way than in a new year? Both good and bad habits...

My job brought us to Portland in 2016. Our initial plan was for my husband to find a job and us put our four-month-old in daycare. However, after looking at our finances and realizing the majority of my husband’s...

Without a doubt, the most played-with area in our home is a place filled with loose parts, which we lovingly refer to as the “junkyard.” The junkyard came to existence after one terrible week in March when we all...

Fall is in the air again in the Pacific Northwest. Cool, crisp mornings, beautiful sunny days, and changing colors across the landscape. To make it easier on you, we’ve collected some of our favorite autumn-themed posts in to one...

I have always loved birthday parties: planning them, executing them, even cleaning up after them. None of it phases me. What shakes me when my children are invited to others' birthday parties is the gift-buying. In my ideal world, my...

Summer nights in our home have had a drastic impact on bedtimes. The sun stays up later and so do we, and I’ve loved it! Late night walks to get ice cream and sunset SUP rides on the river...

Slow living. Is that actually a thing? Because does anything about life and being a mom feel 'slow?!' From the early morning school hustle, gobbling toast while wrangling a two-year-old into socks, downing your morning espresso with a baby on...