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Unless you've been living under a rock for the past six months, you have heard about the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal in Hollywood. I know I have, and I'm not one to sit and watch the news or Entertainment...

Happy New Year!  It’s time for resolutions and promises to make this the year where we all get really organized. No more running late, not knowing what’s for dinner or forgetting birthdays. This is the year right? We can’t be perfect...

Whether you followed along with us during our first book club last year or not, we are launching it back up again for 2018. Last year was our first year, so we were learning as we went along. We quickly...

You know how sometimes you wake up with a brilliant idea? Yeah me either- until NOW! I woke up the other morning and decided that I did NOT want to make "New Years Goals" for 2018 this year.  In the past, I...

I got married with the expectation of having babies. I won’t say lots, but let’s just say my husband is one of nine and I am one of five kids, so having babies was something we both wanted from the...

Chances are when you see the words depression and motherhood together you think of postpartum depression. While postpartum depression is devastating, (I’ve been there, I know) often the storm doesn't end there. My official diagnosis is bipolar 2 disorder and generalized anxiety...

Oh man, where do I even begin?  First off, let me tip a big hat to all the mamas out there who went back to work right after their maternity leave. Maybe you didn’t have a choice and had to...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. We kicked off December with our 2nd annual Sips and Sweets with Santa: Santa Sweet Shop. It was an enchanting time, in a winter candy land. Our co-host Hotel Karlan helped...

It dawned on me recently that the drive home from school and subsequent hour after were getting grumpier. I’d read all sorts of advice on getting teenagers to talk about their day, but I have a 1st grader. I thought...

If your kiddos are anything like mine, the pretend kitchen is a hot spot for play. Throughout the day you'll find my littles cooking up all sorts of goodies in their little wooden oven. With the holiday season approaching,...

Four years ago, our oldest daughter was born 7 weeks prematurely and spent 17 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before we were able to take her home. At the time, it was easily the hardest thing...

Have you ever heard of a "Favorite Things" party/gift exchange? Some of my favorite things to do around the holidays are hosting parties, getting together with friends and of course giving and receiving gifts. This favorite things party combines...