I bought three new plaid shirts from Target recently for the fall/winter season. I love a good plaid shirt and this one fit so well that I got the same style shirt in three different plaids. This black and white buffalo plaid shirt is definitely the most versatile out of the three. It can be dressed up or down so I wanted to style it two ways that would be great for Thanksgiving Day with your family. This Thanksgiving we're keeping it super mellow having a much smaller Thanksgiving than we would normally do. Since Thanksgiving falls on my birthday every so many years as a family we have always celebrated my birthday with our whole family on Thanksgiving. So this year it going to be a major change. On Thanksgiving we're getting together with my in-laws with it only being us, my in-laws, and my brother in law. Then the day ... Read more...
Countdown to Christmas: Advent Calendars and Family Activities
I feel like this year it's totally acceptable to already have your Christmas decorations up around the house. We definitely do, and I am not at all embarrassed or ashamed about it. We're bringing the Christmas Spirit into our home earlier than we normally do. I'm a day/weekend after Thanksgiving decorator usually. But Mason has been so excited for Christmas this year and couldn't wait to get decorating so here we are decking the halls and slowly putting together our living room decor and front porch decor. To go along with this theme, ... Read more...
Leopard Sleeve Sweater
I snagged this leopard sleeve sweater back in September and have been wearing it a lot, especially for preschool drop off and pick up. It is really comfortable and the color is gorgeous. I am a big fan of leopard print as you can probably tell if you've been following my blog for a little while. You can find some of my favorite leopard prints outfits here, here, and here. Well, this leopard print sweater is definitely different than most you can find, thanks to the super fun sleeves and mirrored leopards on the front. It's definitely ... Read more...
6 Tips on How to Brighten a Dark Room
When we bought our little beach cottage 6 years ago it felt tiny and dark. The choice of wall colors definitely did not help but the ceilings are low and the room sizes are small. So we quickly went to work painting all of the rooms to make them feel brighter and more open. Since then we have made a number of home improvements that have helped make our home feel more like us. Some of those updates, including our reclaimed wood wall made a major visual impact but also left that side of our living room feeling dark. After some time we ... Read more...
Ocean Kayaking in Oahu
Ocean Kayaking was one activity I was really looking forward to doing this trip. Last time we were in Oahu, Mason was just about to be turning 3. He was much smaller and when I researched kayaking most places wouldn't allow us to take him Kayaking. He's since had a few major growth spurts and is a year older and thankfully Twogood Kayaks was ok with him sitting in the middle of a tandem kayak. I had hoped to rent a crystal kayak which is entirely clear but when we got to Twogood Kayaks they let me know that the crystal clear kayaks ... Read more...
COVID Travel: What you Need to Know Before Traveling to Hawaii
As soon as we heard Hawaii was opening back up again to tourism we decided to book a last minute trip to Oahu. We visited last August and had a total blast. If you missed those posts or are somewhat new here you can check out some of the things we did here, here, here, and here. I also wrote a hotel review for where we stayed. Justin and I feel it's a great location for a family vacation. We knew this trip wouldn't be the same but we were still looking forward to getting away as a family. Because we just went through the process of ... Read more...
