Teaching young children to do simple daily chores might feel like more work than it’s worth but seeing the results of them learning to do daily chores has benefits that far outweigh the effort. In this post, I share the reasons we do daily chores with our children and what chores look like at our…
Living intentionally can be as simple as adding a little beauty to the dinner table. In this post I share several simple ways I’ve started to add beauty to our dinner table. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. An Uninspiring Moment in the…
Just over a year ago, God said no to our dream. Early fall of 2016, Ben showed me a home on Zillow. At first I thought “there’s no way…” But the more Ben and I looked at it, the more we started to dream. It was the living room that spoke to me first; so…
I wrote this post over two years ago but never posted it. Rereading it has me excited to continue trying to work towards this in our home and family. Recently (or not so recently), I’ve started exploring the idea of living with less. Some might call it minimalism, but that sounds very strict to me. I…
This is my positive home birth story for our rainbow baby. I found positive birth stories so encouraging leading up to both my births. I thought I would share mine in hopes of encouraging someone else. Since before I had any babies I wanted to have a home birth. However, we decided to have our…
I thought it would be fun to compile a list of my favorite newborn things this time around. It’s funny how what you like changes with time. I definitely feel myself leaning more and more towards minimalism with kid and baby gear. It can just get out of control. When I was pregnant with Lottie…
