Author: Family and the Lake House

Friday Favorites

It’s Friday, Friday – Gotta get down on Friday! Name that song!  😉 Here we are – Happy Good Friday, Friends.  I hope your weekend is filled with love, giggles and lots of happy moments. How about a little Friday Favorites before the weekend officially begins? ONE Frownies When I posted about these Frownies the…

More Landscaping Ideas

 I’m back with more ideas for our backyard landscaping! This corner of the house has always been rough. We can’t add a tree, due to our septic being so close and it’s just kind of a flat and boring corner. This is the space we attempted to landscape last summer.  At the time it looked…

Blogging Thoughts.

This is a super vulnerable post for me. Picture for attention… 😉 The morning I woke up for Disney Dining Reservations.  Ha! I’ll try to keep it relatively short and simple. Did you know that I’ve been blogging since 2012?  Actually, I think I made up some blog names back in 2011.   I started…

Landscaping Plans

Hi there! Okay, so I’m back with a little post about our landscaping plans. This may possibly be the world’s worst photo editing/photoshopping job there ever was – BUT – I really think it’s helping us to truly visualize what we’d like to do in this space. This entire corner is our garage.  As you…

Hello Monday

Hello Monday! Our week of our Spring Break Staycation went well and the kids seemed to be okay with being low-key.  However, I must admit that by Friday afternoon, the kiddos were feeling…well… a bit bored.  I felt bad going into Saturday, especially after a couple of extra promised activities didn’t exactly pan out.  I…

Friday Favorites

Aaaaaaaaaand it’s Fri-Yay!!! We’ve been surviving the Michigan temps while on our Spring Break Staycation.  Every single day has felt like a Thursday for some reason.  I’ve been giving myself a lot of grace over this break and the kids seemed to be okay with just being home without any big plans and I’m beyond…

Easter Basket Ideas for Girls

As promised I’m back with another Easter Basket Idea Gift Guide!  This time it’s for the girls. It’s been fun making these and to be honest, they’re keeping the Easter Bunny on track over here as to what to bring on Easter Sunday. 1.  Flamingo Inner Tube 2. Sour Patch Kids Candy 3. Glitter Baseball Hat 4. Water Bottle…