We kicked off the month with Skylar earning Life Scout. She’s just one rank away from Eagle! So proud of her. She barely squeaked this one out in time for Court of Honor. It all came down to one requirement…

January – the fresh start of a new year! My word of the year is TRAVEL and that word alone already has me feeling so much better. I’ve immersed myself into books, podcasts, magazines, travel hacking and more! I figured…

December… the last month of 2021. Finally! It’s been a while since I’ve been so eager to see a year go (ahem, I’m looking at your 2017) but here we are. This month, Skylar and I watched season 10 of…

Early in the month, I popped down to Bama to start working on cleaning out my mom’s scrapbook room. This was one of our most favorite places to hang out with her, creating and crafting. She had so. much. stuff. It…

We took our camper on its inaugural trip to Asheville, NC! We had an absolute blast and it was the highlight of October and, honestly, 2021 so far. We’ve been saying we wanted to take Ben with us on vacation…

Honestly, September wasn’t all that great. I was in a pretty bad spot emotionally, spiritually, financially, all the things. I felt like everything was falling apart and I didn’t even really care. So, what did I do? Died my hair…

The first 2 weeks of August were all about the Olympics. I LOVE THE OLYMPICS, especially the summer games, and I had to wait a whole extra year for this one. While I enjoy all of the sports, Beach Volleyball…

We spent the 4th of July in Alabama with my Dad per our usual. Dear old Dad is a little OCD about his driveway rocks and we’ve been not-so-secretly kidnapping one or two every time we come to visit. This…

The girls and I finished up our trip to the beach the first week of the month. We had such a great time. I was thankful for the opportunity to relax and loved traveling with teens. They were both super…