Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013

Oh 2012...what a BIG year this has been for our family! Time for a look back: January: We celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. Matt started recruiting school...the beginning of a whole new adventure for our little family. Hard to believe that's been almost a year ago already! February: Matt…

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Frugal Fashion {Christmas Edition}

It's always fun to dress for the holidays, isn't it? In both my husband's and my family, we don't get super fancy...but I still can't resist adding in a little sparkle and shine for the holidays! First of all, I have to start by saying that this picture does NOT do this outfit ju…

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Tagged! (Origami Owl Review)

Earlier this month, I shared with you a review on Origami Owl's super popular Living Lockets from my lovely sponsor, Francisca- an Independent Origami Owl Consultant. Around that same time, I was contacted on behalf of the company to review their Tagged collection , the new military dog tag insp…

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An Addition To Shaun's Santa List!

That's right, we are happy to announce that we are pregnant again! We weren't sure if we were going to announce it just yet, after the miscarriage last month, but we've had a string of bad news lately it seems, and wanted to share something positive. Plus, I know if anything does go wro…

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On Losing Our Baby

This is not an easy post to write, and one I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to. But I have written honestly about deployments, I've written honestly about Autism, and I felt it was important to write about this too...the great thing about the blog world is finding stories from people w…

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Today.

Lately there have been many jokes made about the world coming to an end next week. Does most of the world truly believe this is going to happen? Probably not. But the reality is, life could truly be over when we least expect it. We don't go to a movie theater or a mall with the thought that we …

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A Picture & Some Winners!!

I realized with everything else going on, I never shared our picture from the Marine Corps Ball...so here it is: Aren't we cute!? And I have some lucky winners to announce! Discovery Toys: Beth Ann Dayspring: Sarah Lilla Rose: Rhonda All of these ladies have been notified and have responded! Congrat…

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