The highlight of April 2022 was taking a trip to Paris with EA and MC. It was my first time traveling alone with the kids and it was such an adventure!! We all loved Paris so much and really had…
Christmas 2022
We celebrated a wonderful Christmas this year–it was everything we cherish in our Christmas celebration! We were all together and we had lots of restful, peaceful time at home. It wasn’t exactly the Christmas season that I anticipated, however, thanks…
November 2022 Reading Wrap-up
As fall set in and we are getting closer to the winter season, I feel myself slowing down. I am taking everything slower–including my reading–and finding space to truly settle into my reading time. In November I read a total…
A Quiet Life {Book Review}
After reading A Little Hope by debut author Ethan Joella and falling in love with the characters and the tender way he wrote about their struggles and triumphs, I knew that he would be a must-read author for me. So,…
Digital Project Life 2022 | March
In March of this year, we celebrated EA and MC’s 17th birthday, EA went to the JROTC ball, Keith and I spent a weekend together in downtown Wiesbaden, and I thrilled at the coming of spring! Here are my Project…
Menu Plan {Week of 11.21.22}
Happy Monday, friends!!! I’m looking forward to all the Thanksgiving cooking and eating that’s coming our way in just a few days. What a bummer that I have to actually prep meals for the whole week and not just that…
Three Days in London
This past May, Keith and I finally went to visit London for our twenty-second anniversary. We planned to go to London for our twentieth anniversary, but that was in May 2020 and we had to cancel because of COVID. This…
Five on Friday
In an effort to get back into the habit of blogging, I’m bringing back my “Five on Friday” series where I post weekly updates. //one// Friendsgiving Luncheon Luncheons with the Wiesbaden Community Spouses Club is a highlight of each month…
Demon Copperhead {Book Review}
I have been anticipating a new release by Barbara Kingsolver since reading Unsheltered and The Poisonwood Bible. When I saw that she had a book coming out in October that would tackle institutional poverty and the opioid crisis in America,…
Digital Project Life 2022 | February
Here are my Project Life layouts for February of this year. February was a really slow month. I was deep in winter hibernation mode and spent most of my days indoors where it was nice and cozy. Digi-Scrap Products used:…
Digital Project Life 2022 | January
I posted earlier this year about beginning my Digital Project Life album for 2022 and shared my layouts for weeks 1-4. As I continued working on this project, it became apparent that I needed to change things up for this…
Menu Plan {Week of 10.3.22}
Fall is my favorite time for preparing meals for my family. I love the flavors of fall and the cool, rainy weather makes me want devour all the cozy flavors! Here’s my menu plan for this week–the first week of…