Merry (almost) Christmas everyone! I am just stopping in today to wish you all the coziest and merriest of holidays. I'll be curling up...

I am in a weird place. Knowing that we're moving, that our house is on the market, but we have no buyer yet, so we have no idea when th...

Except I don't fish. And I am not a dude with a cowboy hat. So really, just replace " fishin '" with something like "...

Once again I want to thank all of you for praying for my friend Kara's son, Henry. He is continuing to take baby steps of improvement, ...

I just wanted to say thank you again to all of you who are praying for my friend Kara's son, Henry. I am so honored that you would tak...

**Updated to add: Here is a link to Kara's family blog, Three Little Kings . She just updated with a post about Henry, who is still fig...

Sometimes blogging can give people an unrealistic sense of my life. The photos look pretty, everything is clean, and anything I don't w...

It's Monday morning and I am still working out the kinks from Halloween weekend. How many of you spent most of trick-or-treat night try...

That about sums up my week. My little Henry has some kind of flu bug, and he's been sick for the past 48 hours. Then the dog decided h...

*Update: The paint I used on the legs of my new table below is Behr's "Country Dairy" in an eggshell finish. The wood color ...

So, I have been stressing out about the rug for my new family room for weeks. It's ridiculous because I know there are people with way ...

Hi everyone! How was your weekend? Thank you all SO much for your anniversary well wishes! You were all so sweet and genuine in your comm...

Five years ago today... ...and still going strong (though a little less mobile!) I am off to celebrate my anniversary today! Thought I woul...

Hi everyone! We are back from vacation and trying to climb out from under a mountain of laundry! Why is it that a week at home will produce...

Yesterday at my house, it started to do this: So I decided to make a big pot of this (recipe follows...oh my gosh, YUM!): I hung out with my...

Hi everyone! I think that JoAnn Fabrics, Hobby Lobby and Michael's must certainly be hurting financially because of my 6 week absence. ...

Hi, I'm Carrie.  Remember me? We've been busy around my house lately!  First of all, my husband would be offended if I didn't me...

I think about blogging just about every day, really I do!  But between feedings and catching naps when I can, I can barely find my way to th...

We are home!   Slowly, we are adjusting to life with two kids.  Henry is such a sleepy baby, and generally mellow when he is awake.  He is s...

Introducing Henry James! Henry was born last night at 12:38 a.m.  He weighs 5 lb. 13 oz. and is 20 inches long.  He is perfectly healthy and...