Category: Family
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Kids Tableware: Our Move Toward Plastic-Free (and Why It’s Been Worth It)
We’ve been making the switch to plastic-free tableware for our kids this year, and it’s made mealtimes feel healthier, simpler, and way more durable—aside from the daily argument over who gets the pink cup. If you’re curious about going plastic-free, here’s how small, budget-friendly swaps can make the transition easy (and totally doable). Plus, these…
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Easy and Fun Elf on the Shelf Ideas for Busy Parents
Looking for easy Elf on the Shelf ideas for busy parents? Our guide features 25 no-mess Elf on the Shelf activities using items around your home, plus fun excuses for nights your elf doesn’t move. Keep the holiday magic alive with simple, stress-free Elf on the Shelf tips!
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10 Things to Know Before Getting Married
My husband and I are coming up on our first marriage anniversary on October 20th and today, I’m sharing what we’ve learned about relationships over the last 11 years of being together.
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Never Stop Dating
In previous posts, I’ve shared that a few years ago my husband (then boyfriend) and I went through one of the most difficult times in our relationship. We had been dating for about 8 years and had become so distant, we weren’t sure what to do. We weren’t communicating with each other or working on…
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Self-Love – I Am, I Can & I Will
As long as I can remember, I always had negative thoughts about myself. It’s like a little voice inside my head that wouldn’t shut up and would just continually tell me how I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t smart enough, pretty enough, “__” enough, however I filled in the blank. Always criticizing and comparing myself…
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Playing Offense & Defense in your Marriage
This Sunday is the big game, the Superbowl, and it’s being hosted in my home state of Minnesota. In light of the upcoming game, I found this week’s topic to be very fitting: defensiveness, communication, and playing on the same team within your marriage. It’s so easy to become defensive when communicating with your spouse.…
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Our Honeymoon
Three days after my husband and I got married this past October, we headed off to Monterey, CA to enjoy our honeymoon for a week. My husband planned most of the trip and it was my first time in California, I had always wanted to go since I was just a little girl and was…
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Our Wedding Day
As you read in my Happy New Year! post, some of my biggest news from last year, 2017, is that in mid-August, my then fiance, and I picked a wedding date! We had been seriously talking about it for almost a year prior and with all that life had for us in 2017, we just…
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The 5 Love Languages – Learn How to Love
A few years ago, my sister gave me a book for Christmas called The Five Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman. I do not read a lot of books but read the back and thought it sounded very interesting. The synopsis on the book reads “Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can fall…