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Picking Pumpkins
Last weekend, Brian and I took Clark to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins for Halloween. Every year we mean to get pumpkins for carving, and somehow it always ends up getting put off. Last year, we got our pumpkins on Halloween, and never ended up carving them! This year, we promised ourselves we would be a little more on top of things, so we made a day of it and took a family outing at the Schmitt Brothers Farms in Pasco. The farm has a whole slew of activities to offer, including a corn maze (which is haunted at night!), a petting zoo, and tractor rides. This year we…
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Holiday Red
I’ve been spending a lot of days in pajamas and sweats recently, and I’ve definitely seen it impact my mood and productiveness. Therefore, I’ve decided to make getting dressed a priority — even if I won’t be leaving the house and the only people who see me are Brian and Clark. It’s amazing how big of a difference a little bit of effort can make. Getting dressed in the morning isn’t easy, especially when I’ve been up all night with Clark or am finding trouble setting him down long enough to even brush my teeth. Easy or not, taking a little time to dress up helps me feel more awake and…
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Maternity Photos in Red
It’s been a long 9 months, and I can’t believe I’ve finally come out the other side. There were times when I thought pregnancy would last forever, times when I hoped it would, and times when I found myself praying to God that I’d just go into labor already. There’s something so precious and magical about waiting…but when waiting is so darn uncomfortable, it becomes anguish. And yet, there’s something strangely precious about that anguish as well. Brian and I had maternity photos done by our photographer friend Manny Avila (check out his photography website here) when I was well into my ninth and final month. To be honest, I…
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A Yellow Sundress and Summer Tomatoes
We’ve finally moved into a house and started unpacking all of our boxes. It’s a long process (who knew we had so much stuff?), but it’s been really nice to have a place to call our own. The house is a little far away from Brian’s work, but aside from that, it has everything we need — three bedrooms, a garage, and a nice big backyard for Flash to play in. I can’t even begin to describe how lovely it is to finally live in a house with a dishwasher — I’ve been doing all our dishes by hand for the last few years — and to not have to…
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Sweater Weather and a Lace Kimono
Sweater weather? I wish. It is most definitely not sweater weather right now, but I can still keep up with the cozy wearing this brown, knitted t-shirt! Though this shirt looks like a sweater, it’s wonderfully breezy and cool. People are always looking at me askance when I wear it on 100+ degree days, but I like how it reminds me that fall is just around the corner — or a few months away at the very least. Something about this shirt makes me think of summer nights spent around a campfire in the woods and makes me yearn for plaid blankets and cozy hats. Today, I paired the shirt with a pale pink…
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Cranberry and Stripes
Now that school is over and I have more free time on my hands, I’ve been doing a lot of planning for an eventual reworking of this blog. To start with, I’m hoping to implement three weekly series that will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The first of these, posted at on Mondays, will be my outfit posts (the name of which I am changing to “Worn:”) — nothing too different there. The second will be a series I’m calling “Elevenses” (posted on Wednesdays at 11 a.m.), and the third will be a series I’m calling “Catholicism Unwrapped” (posted on Fridays). I’ve been dressing a little simpler recently…
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Cozy in Spring
The weather has been so back and forth here recently. One day it will be in the 90s, the next it will be pouring down rain! For those cooler days, I’ve been layering my sundresses. That way, I can stay cozy, but still feel like it’s spring. Rain is my favorite type of weather, and I’m not huge on the heat, so honestly, I don’t mind. Get the Look: Sandals (size 7): Madden Girl Bryceee Flat Sandal in cognac Dress (L): Brand is SO from Kohl’s. Similar here, here and here Sweater (XL): Thrifted. Similar here
