It's been 2.5 years since we've had our first foster care placement. In that 2+ years, we've had 8 children come through our home. The experience has been like nothing else we've ever been through together as a family. It's been beautiful, hard, emotional, joyful, sticky, smooth. Yes, all those things. You may wonder how an experience can be hard, emotional, and sticky and yet, we still crave more of it. Well, it just does. I can't explain it. We want to do more and help more and wouldn't change ...
Friday Favorites {January 2018 edition}
Friday Favorites. Friday is my favorite. There's a chance of snow today, (you know us Southerners get all excited when the little clip art on the weather app shows a snowflake) so we're cuddled up inside next to the fire, while finishing up our school work for this week. The Wooded Lane canvas prints. These are the cutest little prints, ever! I recently picked up one of the 2018 calendars and it is just adorable in our mud room. Don't you think? Gracelaced :: A new, little, online ...
My One Word for 2018.
A single word can be a powerful thing. That’s why several years ago I chose one word to focus on and grow in. I gave up setting goals at the beginning of the year, or those goals that I probably wouldn’t be able to really accomplish and focused on one word that I could be intentional with and work on that year. In the past, one word choices have been: diligence, trust, and hope. All wonderful words and each were chosen at a perfect season for things I was going through at that time. I ...
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
We love our Raddish Kids Cooking Subscription Box that comes to our doorstep each month. The boys (all 3 of them) love to cook and look forward to the cute little box arriving. This month, we made Chocolate Peppermint Cookies and they were SO good! They've already requested to make another batch. Maybe we'll do that this week since we're on Christmas break. Christmas baking is one of our favorite things to do together. (use code z6pjpf to receive $10 off your subscription of Raddish ...
Cirque Dreams Holidaze at The Opry {review}
Cirque Dreams Holidaze lights up Nashville for the 2017 holiday season in Nashville at The Grand Ole Opry. It's Broadway musical, new cirque adventure and family show wrapped in one. With over 300 costumes and 20 of the worlds best acts, you'll find your mouth hanging open wondering how some of the acts are being performed. Cirque Dreams Holidaze soaring acrobatics, gravity defying feats, elaborate production numbers and illusions will leave you mesmerized. See for yourself. For my husband ...
A Country Christmas in Nashville Is Here!
A Country Christmas in Nashville is here! Every year we get excited for the lights to come on at Gaylord Opryland and all the Christmas festivities to begin. Guess what? All that is happening THIS WEEK! The lights turn on and the Christmas festivities officially begin Friday, November 10th at 5:45pm at Gaylord Opryland. This year, the resort will hang more lights than ever, bringing the total to more than 3 million Christmas lights. Teams have been working several hours each day since July to ...