I have been thinking about pregnancy and birth a lot lately because I have so many good friends who are pregnant right now. As they have asked me about my birth experience and how I prepared myself for my natural birth with Peter, it has caused me to reflect a lot on my experience and READ MORE
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Please, Be You
I wish you could know that beauty is not pain. That you don’t have to pluck, starve, or tear yourself apart to be acceptable. You don’t have to shove your foot into heels. You don’t need long, dark eyelashes. You don’t need silky hair. I wish you could know that you aren’t defined by your READ MORE
15 Cozy Ideas for Upcycling Old Plaid
So I know it’s not fall yet, but I feel like people are already getting excited about cooler weather, pumpkin spice, and sweater weather. I’m not ready for winter, but I am definitely a fan of fall. One of my favorite things is pulling out all my plaid flannel shirts (Proud to say that they READ MORE
Recenter
So lately I’ve been getting so excited working on so many things. Making homemade cleaning products, organizing and decorating our apartment, switching to more natural living, sustainability, seeking community and connection with others… These things are wonderful. It’s exciting and satisfying. I feel so good after using my own homemade dishwasher detergent or making a READ MORE
Some things I love about my German
So Carter’s not really completely German. But he’s got some German ancestry, he owns his own pair of lederhosen, and left a piece of his heart in Germany, so that’s good enough for me ♥. Ha ha! Mostly I wanted to write this post as an excuse to share these darling photos taken three years READ MORE
Weekend Camp-out in Albion Basin (Little Cottonwood Canyon)
Last weekend we had the chance to join my family in one of the most beautiful places ON EARTH. I love going to Albion Basin every summer because it is covered in wild flowers! This place is amazing. While Carter was working, I took the bitty boy into Little Cottonwood Canyon up to Albion Basin READ MORE
Grateful ♥
So I just finished binge watching the twilight series this week. I know, kind of silly. I’ll admit I’m a little embarrassed that I did… haha! Not that I wasn’t a serious team Jacob member in my teenage years when the books were huge. But the movies kind of doused the flame of love for READ MORE
10 Ways to Start Connecting with other Moms
I am so excited to finally share this post that I wrote back in MARCH. Just days before the craziness of Covid 19 hit us. Given those circumstances and the strict social distancing guidelines, I didn’t feel like it was the best time to share about getting together with groups of moms. But I feel READ MORE
A Weekend in Jackson Hole & the Tetons + 5 TIPS for Camping with a Baby
Our little family was lucky enough to spend last weekend up in Wyoming exploring Jackson Hole and Teton National Park. What a BEAUTIFUL place! I feel so blessed to live on such a diverse and beautiful earth. Our last road trip was down to Goblin Valley in southern Utah. This time we went the same READ MORE
Our First Birthday Party- Planning an Eco-Friendly & Minimalist 1st Birthday Party
I still can’t believe that our bitty boy is 1! What a year we have had with our sweet little man. We wanted to do something special for his 1st birthday, but Covid-19 has made it a little trickier to plan how we would really like to. We opted to do a family-only party (only READ MORE