Coastal Bend Mom Collective

  One of my most favorite things to do each fall is taking my family to the many pumpkin patches around town. The weather is nice and cool around this time of year {Sometimes, it even dips below 80 degrees! Okay,...

Does your family use Spectera vision insurance? If so, Complete Family Eye Care has great news for you! Are you all too familiar with limited options and excessive waits for your eyewear? In the past, most Spectera plans have required...

2009 was an eventful year for me, to say the least. It was the year I graduated college with my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. It was the year I married my amazing husband. And it was the year my...

1.5.13 - Hattie Elizabeth Zustiak 6.24.13 - Emerson Daniel Zustiak June 2011 Baby Mahan 10.2016 - Baby Zustiak  If you would like to add your child to this page in memory, please submit your child’s name and date using the form below. We will...

Heather Gresham is a sponsor in CCMB’s annual guide to area photographers. She specializes in Children's Portraiture and Composites. One cannot have too many creative hobbies. That’s how local photographer Heather Gresham sees it. She always enjoyed drawing and painting.  Then, nearly ten...

Filtered v. Free Speech In our home, we filter our word choices in front of our kids, but sometimes on a hectic morning a mamma might slip. Since Monster #2's favorite series of books is "I Survived," the topics we...

I don’t know about you, but I really don’t need it to be a national holiday to celebrate coffee. I celebrate coffee every day, several times a day. Yet, today on National Coffee Day, I think the best way...

I must admit, I have never been very handy. If something is hard to take apart or fix, I often times ALWAYS seek my husband's assistance. My excuse is that I never had Legos as a child (see this post to understand.)...

It was June of 2012. Hot. The weather in South Texas rarely changes. Windy, sunny, rains occasionally. One thing you can almost depend on is the weather here. I was a little over 5 months pregnant and working part-time. I...

Back in 2010 life was grand. I had just graduated and was working in my first teaching job as a 7th grade ELA teacher. I was having a blast with my coworkers and going to weekly Happy Hours each...