Author: Family and the Lake House

Gift Ideas for the Kiddos

Now I don’t know about you, but I’m a list maker.  I love lists and when it comes to Christmas you can find lists upon lists of gift ideas, holiday decor ideas, food ideas/ingredients, lists of events…you get the point… My name is Marie and I make lists. I love the idea of sharing my…

Elf on the Shelf Idea List

Happy Wednesday, friends! Can you guys believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving?  I’m beyond excited!  We’re heading to my in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner – my mother-in-law’s stuffing is amazing and I plan on getting seconds and thirds.  😉 The day after Thanksgiving marks the somewhat official start to the holiday season, which for us means that our…

Weekend Recap

I’m finally sitting down after a whirlwind of a weekend!  It was a good one. I’ll start with Thursday.  Grocery day. Does anyone else feel like they’re in the grocery store for days?  I feel like I go in and come out about twenty years later with the sun being too bright and feeling all…

Five on Friday

It’s Friday and I’m ready to paaaaaaarty – link-up party, that is!  😉 Here we go with some Five on Friday fun! Bump Update! I feel like I should be doing these more often.  Hmm… Anyway, here I am – just about to turn 22 weeks this weekend! My skin is itchy (something I had…

Weekend Recap

We had a super relaxing weekend over here.  So relaxing that I did my hair with nowhere to go, Eliza wore her pajamas the majority of the time (which by the way have lived their life – you’ll see in a sec) and we, for the most part, stayed off of our phones/computer and just…

Five on Friday

Here we are again! Another wonderful week and another wonderful weekend ahead! This week was definitely a fun one, but – wowza – on Thursday I was a Halloween Mombie.  No, I didn’t get dressed up the day after Halloween or anything like that.  I was just 100% tapped out of any and all energy….

What’s Up Wednesday

Today I’m linking up with Andrea, Shay, Sheaffer and Mel for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating This Week… Our grocery bill has been nuts lately. I meal plan and we only eat out once a week.  We eat in for all other meals and since becoming pregnant I no longer crave lattes and I don’t have time to go out…

Weekend Recap

Our weekend was action packed over here! We kept the kids home from school on Friday, everyone slept in a little and then we all headed to my 20 week ultrasound! A selfie to document our excitement was necessary! You guys!  This was my first experience with a 3D ultrasound and boy was it different….