What? What? Today, Erika and I are heading out on ROAD TRIP #2! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, let me explain. Last year, Erika and I decided to start taking all eight kiddos on an annual…
Meal Planning Monday #284
It’s Monday. But it’s not just any old Monday…it’s ROAD TRIP MONDAY! Erika and I left today to take the kiddos on our second annual road trip, so even though I don’t need a meal plan for the week, I…
Ashby Post Adoption: 4.5 Years
Happy July 4th, friends! This red, white and blue holiday is always so special in our family for two very big reasons. First, 17 years ago today, I met Andrew Shull. I was staying at my aunt and uncle’s house…
Italy & Greece 2019 PART FOUR
It’s the fourth and final installment of our trip recap! (And all the people said AMEN!) It’s also the day before a holiday…but guess what? I’m still blogging tomorrow 😉 . So, make sure you come see me on July…
June 2019 Book Review
Friends, today’s post is EPIC!! It’s my JUNE BOOK REVIEW and after a few months of just so-so books, this review is PACKED with FANTASTIC summer reads including one book that is now vying for the number one book of…
Red, White & Blue Cheeseboard
Mmmm…this isn’t a recipe, just an idea. The other night, we had a little patriotic celebration, so I tried to jazz up my cheese board with as many red, white and blue things as I could. I snapped a few…
Italy & Greece 2019 PART THREE
Um, IT’S JULY!!! What in the world?! How did that happen??? We have so much left to do this summer…so our July is going to be PACKED full of fun stuff! I cannot believe that June has already come and…
Meal Planning Monday #283
It’s the Monday of July 4th week…so basically, it’s like Wednesday, right? July 4th will feel like Saturday which means tomorrow will feel like Thursday. Yeah. I’m already messed up too. Between all of the festivities, my peeps need food,…
Italy & Greece 2019 PART TWO
Happy Friday!!! Friends, can we have confession time? Summer Shay is kind of…well…a little bit…sort of…lazy. I’ve realized this about myself this week and though I should probably do something to rectify the situation, instead, I’m just going to confess…
Easy & Festive July 4th Recipes
Oh my gosh, friends, July 4th is in less than a week! Whaaaaaat?! How did that happen? It seriously came out of nowhere for me this year! I would say that if I have to rank holidays, Christmas and Halloween…
Italy & Greece 2019 PART ONE
Whew! I am back to life and back to reality…and since it’s still summer, I’m not complaining about it one bit! I know I say this every time I take a blog break, but friends, I miss you!! I’ll see…
Taco Lettuce Wraps
Oh my gosh, I am on the struggle bus this week! I need it to pull over and let me off STAT! Coming home with jet lag is always so funny. On Tuesday morning, I was grocery shopping at 6:00…
