that's right friends. i am giving away one of my Blogger templates for FREE! if any of you are wanting to give your blogging space a fresh new look, you best be heading over to Chelsey's site to enter the giveaway HERE! (and yes, Chelsey's blog, CeeMeBe, is one of my latest designs that i am excited for you to see!) Besides a fun new blog look, you could win a pair of my favorite earr…

ahh friday. why are you so cool? in my household, it's because the hubs is home (day off) and we get to go do fun stuff. like, go to Home Depot and eat at Texas Roadhouse. anyways, i wanted to pop in and let you know how happy i am to see some new faces over here! hello!! i'm so excited to see you actually, that i'm even working on a FREEBIE! that i'll post soon, as well as show o…

the following are incidents that have happened to me over the past 2 months (basically since i've been away). as each one happened, i would think: okay, i need to remember this so i'm not the only person laughing and feeling stupid alone. ha. so maybe you can relate? i'll just dive right in.

1. forgetting to take my glasses off before i shower. i wear my glasses at night, and sometimes…

oh heeeeey my friends! what? i was gone for too long? you thought i'd never return? nooooo. that's not like me. what in the heck have i been doing?! oh, i'll tell ya. but where to start...

...i guess a good place is that we moved!....and were homeless for about a month while we stored allllll of our stuff at my parent's house (don't worry, it was in a trailer), and went on a …

when i went home to idaho for a visit, my sisters kept telling me how cute and put together i was. well, that was super sweet of them, but i kept telling them that i usually don't look like that. what they see:

really, i am usually found in my running clothes. and here's the proof pic i texted them the other day:

pretty awesome, right? super flattering. hah. ........ so it's been qui…

how did half a month go by without me posting??

oh i know: life happened. i decided to REALLY start designing blogs more. we flew to good 'ole idaho for a week...but now we are back! sorry i don't have any fun crafts to share...but i am working(wahaha, albeit slowly) on another printable for summer and one on a quote from conference. hopefully i can share those with you soon! in the mean…

goodmorning!  i know it's going to be a beautiful day when i peek out Bronx's window and see this:

and immediately this song pops into my head:



you know there will be a good run today, followed by a long walk. i cannot wait! here we are (not this morning, but last week):



ha ha, my hand always looks funny when i try to hold the phone "just right". my hands are so small! w…

it's been a great relaxing weekend, and spring is in full swing over here! we are loving every second of it. especially when we get 3 days straight with blue skies!! whaa?? no lie folks. we ran outside every single one of those beautiful days. today i thought it'd be nice just to share some favorite snapshots of this weekend: