Meet Crystal! She works and plays hard and loves to make a good life for her husband, Paul and their three kids, Dustin (9), Darrin (5), and Shania (3) on their 70 acre ranch just east of Wellington, Colorado. She lifts bales of hay with the same ease that she cooks a meal or gets… read more
So, I did it! I went ‘camper’ camping for the first time since childhood, and since I can remember swearing them off, due to my perceived notion that they were either useless, gross, or dirty and impractical. I mean, why spend money to erect a temporary house in nature, when isn’t that the point, to enjoy nature, in its beautiful and raw… read more
Valerie is one of the strongest women I know. She knows how to hold her own and how to fight for what she believes in, and yet she has a softness to her edges that is hard to miss. When she speaks, you want to listen and when she gives, you will know it is with the purest heart that… read more
Walking is like breathing to me and nothing brings me into the present more than my feet. It is grounding and calming and much like my breath, it has a way of ushering me fully into the moment. When I become aware of my steps, I become aware of where I am… And when I’m… read more
Well peeps, it’s June, and you know what that means… Time to celebrate Moms! Yay! I’m so stoked to kick off the second set of our Celebrating Mom series with this gorgeous, loving Mama! Her name is Hannah and she is the happiest Mother you can imagine, to Savannah (22 mo.) and Henry, (4 mo.). She is loving, kind and determined, and lives… read more
Other than the weepy-ness and the wigged out hormones on my part, our adoption process is actually coming along quite smoothly. Besides the toilet paper stocking and strange bouts of nausea and nesting, we are excited about this next phase. We are in the process of completing our home study, which includes training, background checks,… read more
I knew it was time to do something when I discovered 79 half-eaten apple parts, and 23 peeled bits of oranges lounging around in my fridge drawer. They were nearly expired, awaiting execution, and I knew I had to act fast, if I wanted to save em. Apparently I had been throwing them in there for weeks, whenever I… read more
Last weekend I had the priviledge of celebrating some very special women in my life with another photo shoot, to kick off round two of our “Celebrating MOM” series! Once again, I hand picked the best “pamperin,’ back-rubbin’ team” and gathered five of these beauties to come and be photographed and celebrated, and to be featured on the blog. And boy oh… read more
Now that my husband and I are fully in the process of adopting, I’ve been feeling fully weird. Like, strange weird. Crazy, weird. Peaceful and wild and out of control, weird. And dare I say?? Pregnant, weird. Now before you get all logical and concerned, I’m not actually pregnant, please note the word, NOT, I… read more
You straight up giggle, because she was wearing a white satin dress when you left the house, and you had asked if she was sure she wanted to wear THAT. It was going to get muddy, you know, but she had assured you that she had “other clothes on” underneath that she could wear to… read more