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Happy Friday! Our kids are off from school today and it’s a much needed break from all the busyness. I hope to catch up on laundry (womp womp), we need to get Jane’s blood drawn for her upcoming allergy appointment and we have a cross country meet tomorrow morning. Just enough to get us moving,…

Weekend Favorites

Happy weekend, friends! We’ve been enjoying this beautiful and warm Michigan September. The kids have been swimming in the lake every night this week and Jon’s been out water skiing in the evenings. The kids had friends over on Sunday for a lake day and the weather did not disappoint. As for my blogging favorites,…

DIY Shabby Chic Witch Hats

Let’s make some shabby chic witch hats! When thinking about decorating Jane’s bedroom for Halloween, I was thinking I wanted to keep things fun and not too spooky. I recently added pink bead board and some floral wallpaper to her room and it’s very cottage core. So, I decided to attempt to make something to…

Framed Sock Ghosts

Let’s make some Framed Sock Ghosts! While perusing the aisles of the Dollar Tree I came across these adorable gold frames. Aren’t they great?! The best part about these frames, other than the pretty factor, is that they were $1.25 each! What a score! Being that it’s September and I was feeling crafty, I headed…

Weekend Favorites

I’ve been busy continuing to document and recap our trip to Glacier National Park and Banff National Park! I have one more blog post to go for Banff! I love journaling about our travels and day-to-day! It’s the reason I started blogging in 2012 and I love to look back at pictures and read about…