1. Ello’s new glass water bottle: Last spring I blogged about my favorite new ($10!) glass water bottles from Ello, and then a horrible, awful thing happened. One broke. No…not the glass bottle part, as you might’ve thought – it was the cap! I was so bummed to be short one precious water bottle that
Kate: 34 Months
Kate has really been into running lately! It’s been slowly coming on as she often sees me lacing up my shoes to go for a run, but ever since she was part of the cheering section for mine and Jill’s half marathon, she’s been all about it. She runs circles around the main floor of
Photo Recap: April 2013
April was another full and fun-filled month in the G&D household – clouded only by the fact that both Kate and I got sick this month. Kate came down with an ear infection and right around that time I came down with a nasty sinus infection. Kate kicked hers in a matter of days but
Our Seattle Family Vacation: Part 2
Catch up on our Seattle Family Vacation by checking out Part 1 HERE! Saturday Lesley & Ben’s wedding day! After a full day of travel, followed by a day of hitting the tourist sites plus a party, we decided to lay low during our second full day in Seattle in hopes that Kate would make
Our Seattle Family Vacation: Part 1
A year ago at this time G and I took our first trip to Seattle to visit his sister Lesley and her then boyfriend (now husband) Ben…which reminded me that I have yet to blog about the trip we made back to Seattle a few months later with the whole family! (For those of you
Photo Recap: March 2013
I’ve said before that when I take a break from blogging it’s usually because I’m too busy living my life to stop and blog about it. Boy has that been true over these past few weeks! Lately I’ve been working on designing and creating Kate’s new playroom, updating our guest room, getting ready for my
The Making of Kate’s Cars Birthday Party
By now you’ve seen all the Cars-themed party fun of Kate’s 3rd birthday party, and now here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how it all came together!
My “Fashionably Late” 2013 Oscar Party
It was the Oscar Party that almost didn’t happen. First, The Academy forgot to check my schedule when they booked their date and it ended up landing on the same weekend we were planning to be out of town for our little family getaway. My friends and I handled this by deciding to TiVo the
My Tile Shop Photo Shoot – The “After” Pics!
If you caught my post on Monday you got a behind-the-scenes look at my kitchen’s photo shoot with The Tile Shop – and now here’s a look at things in front of the scenes! To refresh your memory on how far my builder basic kitchen has come, here’s a before picture: And after! Can you spot
Tile Shop Photo Shoot – Behind the Scenes
A few weeks ago I was so thrilled to welcome Megan and Brian from The Tile Shop into my home for my kitchen’s first photo shoot! Before my DIY tile backsplash was even finished I received an email from Megan saying they wanted to use pictures of my upgraded kitchen for their national advertising! WHA?!!