Make your parent life or on-the-go life easier by being prepared and keeping certain things in your car this summer! So get together all your summer essentials and be prepared with a full summer trunk organizer!  PREP YOUR SUMMER ESSENTIALS FOR YOUR CAR!  After more snow and ice in April than I can ever remember,...

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Looking for Erin Condren Planner Ideas? I’m sharing an inside look into how I use my Erin Condren Life Planner for those of you who are pen and paper organizational people like myself! I’m sharing how I use the EC planner features in order to stay organized.  LOTS OF ERIN CONDREN LIFE PLANNER IDEAS PLUS...

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Fun couples games are our favorite stay at home date night ideas, especially this Couple’s Scattergories! Special relationship themed Scattergories lists will have you laughing and reconnecting with your partner!  Printable Scattergories for Couples is a fun and free date night game idea for you all! The first couples game I made for our at...

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One of my most popular posts all year long – The Not So Newlywed Game. Sit down with your partner or group of friends and a copy of these Not So Newlywed Game Questions for a fun night and the chance to see how well do you really know one another. A Fun Couple’s Question...

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Take time to reflect on the past year as a couple and briefly journal about your favorite memories, trips, marriage goals and more! It’s an easy way to write about your relationship and life and have something tangible to look back on year after year.  Enjoy a nice date night at home together looking back at...

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Change and progress is possible, but it cannot be done in the abstract. Providing focus for the New Year by choosing a Word of the Year, one word for the year that will act as the overarching theme for every aspect of your life, providing necessary focus for your goals to make 2018 the best...

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We all want the next year to be the best year yet, but it doesn’t just happen! Thoughtful goals and resolutions for the New Year are needed as well as important actions to set up for a successful year so I’m sharing my go to tips n preparing for a great new year, including some...

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Ginger Berry Smoothie is a delicious fruit smoothie packed with superfoods as well as banana, ginger and oats to potentially help soothe the stomach! Makes it a great smoothie for pregnancy!  How I Stayed Healthy in my Pregnancy with the Right Food and the Right Prenatal Vitamin I was speaking with a friend recently about...

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Making your dreams come true is not granted by a genie or the wave of a magic wand, even though I secretly wish it was so every day. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and careful planning. I’m sharing a few quick tips I’ve picked up on keeping my own dreams alive and...

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  The Newborn Stage Has Nothing on these Baby Messes! When I was pregnant, I was constantly told to be prepared for the baby messes and to accept the inevitably that children and parenting is dirty work. They talked about the immense amount of spit up and the blow outs that I would endure on...

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Bryan and I are celebrating 5 years of marriage this week. Thursday to be exact! I know it’s not a BIG milestone but it definitely feels like one for us when we look back at everything those 5 years have included: 4 homes (we moved a lot!), 1 major career change, 2 new businesses built, 1...

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So maybe you’re wondering what the heck an afternoon reset is … Have you ever hit an afternoon slump? You are working hard and scratching things off your to do list when suddenly you feel like you got hit by a truck? You literally can’t keep your eyes open? An afternoon reset is how you...

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Picking One Word for the Year to give you focus and strength can be empowering as it allows you to carefully craft your goals around what matters to you most. If you need help choosing your word, you will want to check out my NEW Word of the Year Worksheet! I am Going to Rise!...

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I’ve Become a Crazy Bag Lady with an On-the-Go Lifestyle and Keeping these Items on Hand Helps Me Do it All! Lately, I’ve been feeling like the bag lady. I went from never carrying a purse to being defined by the bag that I am carrying at the moment on my on-the-go lifestyle. My large, colorful...

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Living a reality that I never thought possible and grieving for both a mother and a grandmother as I became a Momless Mom. It’s taken me awhile to write this post and then even longer to finally publish. Partially because I had been attempting (and somewhat failing) to take some time off for maternity leave and...

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Meet Liam with his adorable Harry Potter Newborn Photos! If you follow along with us here or on social media, you know that 2016 was the most difficult year. We’ve had hospitalizations, job losses, a NICU stay, and the death of three family members, including my mother. Then, while I normally keep my feelings private...

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Taking Time to #SipJoyfully and Get Back to my Passions! I realized the other day that life had really just become a string of to-do lists. There were things that needed to be done for work, things that needed to be done to settle into our new apartment more, things that needed to be done...

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Adventure is Out There feels like the right message for Liam’s Coming Home Baby Outfit! I can’t believe it, but we are less than 5 weeks away from meeting our little guy! In some ways, it feels like I have been pregnant forever or maybe that these last couple weeks are lasting forever. I’ve definitely...

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We all need to take time for summer fun! It suddenly dawned on me that it’s August! How did we get here so fast? There were so many wonderful things I was looking forward to for summer and yet it somehow has slipped through our fingers a bit more than I wanted. We’ve been so...

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  Easily get settled into your new home with these moving tips focused on helping the unpacking process go quickly! Bryan and I just completed our 5th move in 4 years. We are officially no longer living in the city of Chicago and are back in the suburbs, a fact that Bryan might be struggling with a...

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Steps to help you actively become more grateful!!! If you follow along regularly with us here, you know that we have been experiencing a season of grief. My mom passed away in March from Pancreatic Cancer, and I took a step back from blogging and social media. Mostly because I needed a break and time to...

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Simple Tips and Ideas for Throwing Your Next Outdoor Dinner Party We are now approaching my favorite time of year – summer! I love spending long nights outside with friends in the summer, enjoying the warm breezes and stars. It is my happy place! So of course I am already starting to plan fun summer parties,...

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Bryan and I have a small group of friends – us and two other couples – that we consider family. The boys and I were all friends in college, so when we moved to the Chicago area after graduation, we stayed connected. We experienced moving back home with the parents together as well as first apartments,...

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Experiencing the very best and worst of life… On Friday, I shared the hardest post that I ever had to write about my mom passing. Today, I am sharing one of the happiest … Bryan and I will be experiencing a big year of change! He has accepted a new position at a new school...

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I have always known that I was lucky. It’s not that life didn’t have its struggles; it always does. But even as a kid, I knew I won the mom lottery, and it’s one of the last things I ever told her … I can’t say I never got annoyed with her, especially when she...

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We are celebrating Valentine’s Day and turning 30 with a 13 Going on 30 inspired Razzle Red Raspberry Mojito. When I decided to have a little fun with my friends and romantic comedies this Valentine’s Day season, I knew the perfect movie for me to pay homage to – 13 Going on 30. You see,...

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Tips to help you get through the next couple cold months and fight the winter blues! I am not a winter person. Many people have tried to tell me that it’s mind over matter- if I tell myself over and over again that I like winter, that it will magically forget. Somehow I won’t remember that...

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It’s time to create a vision and focus for the New Year – WITHOUT Resolutions! Hi, Nerds! Are you still in denial that it’s 2016 like I am? I know it’s cliche but it really does feel like time is moving faster. It’s a sign of how busy things have been and how busy they...

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Make your own DIY Walking Dead Shirts for your Sunday Night Viewings! To say that we are Walking Dead fans is an understatement. We have both read the graphic novels – in case you didn’t know, that is how this all started – and it’s the one show we watch live every week out of...

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  Fall Fashion Staples to build a great fall wardrobe! Fall is my favorite season! I love the cooler weather, the fresh air, and the open windows. I love corn mazes, apple picking and pumpkin spice everything. I love the start of tv season! But what I love most of all is fall fashion! While I...

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