Happy June! We’re excited to introduce you to our new friend, Brianna, today. When I first saw her illustrations on Facebook, I thought, “We HAVE to tell people about her!” She does...
Here’s an embarrassing story that we hope you can learn from…a story we hate to write because it still pains us to think about what could have been. About a month ago we started looking f...
I heard a couple weeks ago that 75% of women say they love their kids more than they love their spouse. This made for interesting personal reflection and, later, dinner conversation with Eric. I told...
I was at a bachelor party a few weekends ago. Let me clear the air and say that there were no wolf-pack speeches, babies named Carlos or mysterious tigers in the bathroom the morning after. (I actual...
Rooney was baptized a couple weekends ago! She did great and it was a very special occasion for us. She wore the sweater dress that I wore when I was baptized 28 years ago. It was also worn by my sis...
In case you missed it, we’re offering 50% OFF our advertising rates for the month of June! Why Should You Sponsor Us? If you have something cool to share, we want to tell people about it! It al...
Babies on schedules are the bees knees. Seriously! A couple months ago, I could hardly describe what was happening in our lives. We were an utter mess. Neither of us was sleeping, mostly because Roon...
Rooney is 12 weeks old tomorrow! Which means the “fourth trimester” is over. It definitely feels like she is becoming a little person rather than a baby. It seems that around 10-11 weeks ...
Earlier this year we read StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath. It was encouraged by Kelsey’s boss to help us evaluate how we can better work in our strengths. It’s an interesting idea. Haven&...
Dads, we want to hear from you! Send us a photo of you and your family/kids, along with a few sentences about what it means to be a dad, how you are intentional with your family or your favorite acti...
We did it! We walked 2.5 miles on Saturday morning and raised $940! Thank you to everyone who helped us meet and surpass our fundraising goal of $600. Your generosity amazes me. P.S. Check out the dr...
Two years ago, on May 20, 2010, I decided I would join the blogging world. Kelsey had already started Snappy Casual but at the time neither blog was very intentional. Regardless, May 20 is the offici...
For the next season of The Sing Off. ( It is coming back, right? ) So good. Cant see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Did you like what you read? Please consider leaving a co...
I told you a couple weeks ago that Rooney has torticollis. Unfortunately, I wasn’t fully impressed with our physical therapist (partly due to personality, partly due to the lack of information ...
My greatest fear in life is that I will completely miss the point. That I will spend time on things that don’t matter and not enough time on what does. That my insecurities will keep me from ac...
Putting holes in the wall is one of my least favorite things to do. It’s so…permanent. Which is why it took us months to finish this simple project. It started last November when we went ...
We get a lot of questions about Rooney’s name when we’re out and about. Do you know someone named Rooney? Is it after the soccer player? The band? The actress? So here’s the story. ...
Eric and I found this hilarious! I had never heard of him before…very funny. Cant see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Did you like what you read? Please consider leaving a co...
I never gave much thought to Mother’s Day until this year. I know, my selfishness amazes me, too. But I’m learning that being a mother is not just something that you are; it’s somet...
The other day one of our readers, Helena, left us a comment with a link to a segment on Oprah. It’s an amazing story of how a woman discovered five words that babies use to tell us what they ne...
We’re still hoping to get a few more donations for the MS Walk next weekend! Thanks to all who have given so far – you are seriously so awesome. We’re 23% of the way to our goalR...
A while back I posted about the equipment that we’ve collected and use for many of the photos on this site and on Snappy Casual, but a lot of the photos we take come from our iPhones. And I got...
There are lots of cliches that I heard when I was pregnant. At least once a week I would hear one of the following phrases, even from complete strangers. It sounded like these were universal truths t...
Last week we said goodbye to Trish and hello to Sophia Grace (aptly named because it’s soo good!). Purchasing a vehicle can be a very stressful situation, and it’s amazing how different t...
Let’s get right down to it. Kelsey goes back to work half days this week. It’s been a super hard week for her with all the anticipation and anxiousness of being away from Rooney for the l...
We’ve owned our house for five years and just finally landscaped last weekend. Yes, I’m embarrassed. But we never really had the ambition to make the investment until recently. Once we de...
This little girl got three shots last week. She and Eric cried. Call me heartless, but I didn’t. I think it will be harder on me as she gets older and wonders why her parents are condoning such...
Please tell me it will be OK. Good, even. For all of us. I am going back to work next week and I feel the baby blues kicking back in. Thankfully my midwife warned me that this might happen. Some days...
We’re thrilled to present to you our new May sponsors. Conroy Insurance Services are also with us for one more month. If you’re thinking of switching insurance, give them a shout. We just...
How can a weekend be both long and short? Well, it’s long when you take Friday off, but it becomes short when you spend Thursday night, Friday and Saturday working on a major landscaping projec...
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