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hosting a kid-friendly holiday meal

Will you be hosting a meal for family or friends this holiday season? There are so many great ways to make the gathering a kid-friendly holiday meal. Without losing your sanity, wink wink. Keep reading for some of my tips, as someone who has hosted a chaotic holiday meal or two. how to have a […]

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Campbell's Well Yes soups and saying yes to simplifying

saying yes to simplifying your life

Since I found out I was pregnant with our fifth baby I realized some things had to change. As much as we had planned for this baby, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t already feel like I was running around like a crazy person half the time. Life is just busy in general. […]

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A family pulls on strings of a blue and pink question mark pinata.

our baby piñata gender reveal

I’m so excited to be sharing the gender of baby number five with y’all today! We didn’t have an official reveal with friends, but we did invite some family over and Skyped with some too. We knew that we wanted to do something fun for the kids. That way those on Team Boy and those on […]

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Fall Family photos, peacock blue and mustard, river location

fall family photos: version 6.5

Last week we were able to go and get some quick fall family photos taken by a very talented friend of ours. This was actually the first time we’ve had professional photos taken that weren’t at an indoor portrait studio and it was great. This post is part of a collaboration with PinkBlush. All opinions […]

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Momlife, PROcure

momlife is tough, but so are you

All growing up I was active in sports–from swimming to running to rowing. Over the years I endured countless cuts and scrapes, and bumps and bruises. Not to mention a diagnosis of patellofemoral syndrome in college. I realize now that I’m older that I haven’t always treated my body with the love and care that […]

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