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Summer Fun: Bake A Just Because Cake

The other afternoon I asked Sebastian what he wanted to do with our afternoon. Without hesitation he said, "Bake a cake!" I couldn't say no. Thankfully we had a spice cake mix and a random box of...

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Summer Ad Sale: 40% OFF All Ads

It's that time again! ALL Ads are 40% OFF through the rest of this week! The one change from previous ad sales is that there will be no giveaways included through the end of August. I'm taking a...

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Summer Fun: Rock Toss

We're about a month in to summer vacation over here but have recently had plenty of activities to fill our time with family in town. This week we've all been working a little harder to find things...

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What I Wore: Nostalgic for the Nineties

Outfit Details: Dress c/o ModCloth last year. Shoes, Target. Hat, thrifted. Glasses, F21. I came back from Missouri feeling excited about wearing dresses more often! Colorado is so laid back and...

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Reasons I Love Container Gardening

There's something so satisfying about shaping your environment to meet your needs even if it's less than ideal. Being renters we aren't able to make our landscaping dreams come true but that hasn't...

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Emma's Wedding Weekend in Instagrams: Part Two

The day of Emma's wedding went so well and was just as fun if not more than the build up to it. We got semi-dressed in Springfield, hit up another Wal-Mart, snagged breakfast, and drove an hour out...

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Emma's Wedding Weekend: Part One

I've been looking forward to this wedding weekend ever since Emma invited me to be one of her bridesmaids earlier this year! I got to hang out with so many of my favorite ladies, met some new ones,...

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My Favorite Photos

The top half of our fridge is covered in my favorite photos of our sweet little family. There are Instax Wide instant film photos, photobooth strips, random polaroids from a photobooth downtown,...

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Family Photo Shoot with Rebecca Caridad: Part Two

These are the beautiful photos from the second half of our photo shoot with the lovely Rebecca Caridad. We spent some time in our home before heading out to Garden of the Gods - one of Colorado...

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Helping Moore Families Heal Through Art Feeds

I'm honored to share the efforts of Art Feeds Moore in their attempt to bring healing to the children that lived through the devastating tornadoes that struck Joplin, MO two years ago and Moore, OK...

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What We Wore: Territory Days

So many frowny faces but mostly they just wanted to get to the festival and not stop to take pictures. In ten or fifteen years when they're looking through old photos and feeling nostalgic they'll...

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Territory Days

We were able to sneak in a trip to Territory Days over in Old Colorado City this Memorial Day weekend. It's a three day festival celebrating the history of Colorado Springs and the heritage of both...

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Adding Color to Our Backyard

One day early last week Ruby and I stopped in at a local thrift shop to look for a few more planters for the yard. Like most things in our home I can usually find most of what we need second-hand...

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Family Photo Shoot with Rebecca Caridad: Part One

The lovely Rebecca and her sister, Alysia, came down from Boulder about a month ago to do a home shoot and an outdoor shoot with our family. I just got the prints and cd in the mail today and...

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Devastation in Oklahoma

Every May there are sirens and every May there are tornadoes along with jokes about going back to sleep or watching the funnels from your front porch. Then there's that year when the interior...

May 21, 2013 Like

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Dining Outdoors

We have been enjoying mostly lovely weather these last three weeks which means more time spent in our backyard. Our apple tree has finally bloomed so we have all kinds of shade in the afternoon and...

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Her Little Green Thumb

Ruby and I planted some seeds over the weekend in our self-watering sprout kit. We should've started a few weeks ago but we're still well in the safe zone for getting these little guys started and...

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What She Wore: Cauliflower Kids

Outfit Details: Dress c/o Cauliflower Kids. Jeans, Target. Shoes, Payless. Cauliflower Kids is one of my favorite on trend, handmade kids' clothing shops right now. Each of the designs is fresh and...

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Spilled Milk: Grow

Head over to Spilled Milk to see the rest! -Rachel

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Mother's Day

These two have permanently changed me in so many ways. My heart will always be bigger, my stomach less flat, and my mind always slightly distracted by where they are and what they're doing. For the...

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Group Giveaway Day

Two of my fantastic sponsors from earlier this month are sharing their goodies with one lucky reader! I'll be choosing the winner at the end of this week so be sure to read below to see how to...

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That Time Sebastian Discovered Stop Motion

The kids got kid's-sized video cameras from their great-grandparents for Christmas and spent a good hour right after running around the house filming each other. More recently Sebastian has...

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Plants In The Bedroom

I've had a thing for String of Pearl plants since college. They remind me of the Midwest for some reason. When I was thinking about plants to add to my wine crate corner I first thought of just...

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Adventuring

A few weeks ago before everyone got sick we took an afternoon trip to the mountains. Our favorite spot to roam through is near the base of Helen Hunt falls because you can crawl around near the...

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Down With Knots

We were contacted by Tangled Tantrums a few weeks ago to see if we were interested in testing out their detangling and conditioning spray as well as their styling paste. I hadn't heard of their...

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Testing Out My Green Thumb

Right before Christmas last year, I moved all of my succulents and tropical looking plants out to the sunroom because they just didn't feel right surrounded by Christmas decor. A few of them froze...

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40 Projects: Himmeli Plant Holder

I finally found an air plant in our local nursery a few weeks ago and bought a little hanging terrarium to put in our kitchen. However, the terrarium had an accident involving a curious 3-year-old....

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My Leave of Absence

Well, that was a little unusual. Most of the month of April and the first few days of May were not kind on our family life in the way of health. Nothing major but enough to take down one of us at a...

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Day Bed Makeover

Before this porch was finished it housed our previously owned four poster bed, a large loveseat, a random chair, and odd boxes that we needed out of the way. I knew it had potential but I couldn't...

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Front Porch Before/After

Our enclosed sun room is one of my favorite spots to sneak away to when I need a few minutes of quiet. It's also where Brett goes to read (when it's warm enough), where Sebastian likes to hide, and...

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Smile And Wave

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Rachel Denbow

Summer Fun: Bake A Just Because Cake

Summer Ad Sale: 40% OFF All Ads

Summer Fun: Rock Toss

What I Wore: Nostalgic for the Nineties

Reasons I Love Container Gardening

Emma's Wedding Weekend in Instagrams: Part Two

Emma's Wedding Weekend: Part One

My Favorite Photos

Family Photo Shoot with Rebecca Caridad: Part Two

Helping Moore Families Heal Through Art Feeds

What We Wore: Territory Days

Territory Days

Adding Color to Our Backyard

Family Photo Shoot with Rebecca Caridad: Part One

Devastation in Oklahoma

Dining Outdoors

Her Little Green Thumb

What She Wore: Cauliflower Kids

Spilled Milk: Grow

Mother's Day

Group Giveaway Day

That Time Sebastian Discovered Stop Motion

Plants In The Bedroom

Adventuring

Down With Knots

Testing Out My Green Thumb

40 Projects: Himmeli Plant Holder

My Leave of Absence

Day Bed Makeover

Front Porch Before/After

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