Mom Life

I am a light sleeper, always have been, but since becoming a mother it’s gotten worse. I can’t stand the light coming from my alarm clock, or the internet modem. Headlights coming down our street will wake me up,...

  Happy New Year! 2019?!? How crazy is that? Aren't we supposed to be getting around "Jetsons" style by now?! With the beginning of a new year, comes the talk of new year's resolutions. Do you partake? Do you set goals,...

You must be in a hurry (and famished) if you’re reading this. And if you’re anything like me, you get hangry quickly. These simple (and yummy!) recipes will get grub on the table for your fam in 30 minutes or...

It's the first of the year and many people are thinking of goals they have for 2019.  I start the year off with a vision board: A vision board is simply a poster or collage with pictures and images of your...

{Editor's Note: This blog post was written many months ago. Mackenzie is now a 7th grader and will be thrilled that this is finally being published.} So, I decided to do something a little different for this post. I interviewed my...

My family and I are new residents of the Coastal Bend having relocated from a small town north of Austin back in October of 2017. We decided to move here because we love the beach and want our family to...

Christmas is our family’s favorite holiday! Both, my husband and I have great memories of it growing up.  Now that we have our own family we have started some Christmas traditions of our own. They are not super original...

Based on the children's book, A Bear Called Paddington, the film version features the adorable bear Paddington and his red hat, as he travels to London after losing his home in Peru. He meets the Brown family, who agree...

Do you believe in magic?? I never did....until I became a mother. Now, I'm not talking about "cool" magic, like, Harry Potter-type magic...this is a special "magic" that only the mom of the house seems to have...well, at least in this...

The other day, sort of in preparation for Christmas, I went into my boys' room with two big plastic totes and the trash can. We went through almost every toy they own. I asked them "keep or sell?" and they would...