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  • My Goonies Pirate Paaaaaarty

    My birthday was a few weeks ago, and my niece turned 10 two days before my birthday, so I decided that I was going to revolt against being an “adult” and have a joint themed party with her. My favorite movie also happens to be 30 this year. When I say it’s my favorite movie,…

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving! Unfortunately my hands have been so swollen and my carpel tunnel  has gotten worse, so I haven’t been as crafty as I’d like to be. But even still, in these past few weeks I’ve certainly have had a lot to be thankful for. Two weeks ago, my family threw me a beautiful baby…

  • Halloween Week

    Happy Halloween everyone! This is a favorite holiday of mine. I love Halloween week, especially! I’m trying not to watch scary things while I’m so pregnant (I don’t want my heart racing too much), so we’ve been watching more fun Halloween movies. Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus,  and all the fun Halloween TV show specials.…

  • MmMmMm Stuffed Bread

    So I’ve had this post written for a while and never posted. I guess I’ve been busy (with slight baby brain). My niece Jenna’s Birthday was several weeks ago when I originally wrote this. She’s twelve. TWELVE! Her last year as a tween, and she’s still as sweet as ever. She loves typical tween things (1…

  • DIY Necklace: Wearing the Beach all Year

    DIY Necklace: Wearing the Beach all Year

    I grew up here, ten minutes from the beach. I can’t imagine having to plan on going to the beach. It’s something I do so casually that I still forget what a special place it is. I usually go to the beach during the week, after work, and alone. We love Island Beach State Park.…

  • Cape May and Fairy Gardens

    I’m kind of sad that summer is unofficial lye over, but I can’t complain. I’ve spent the last few weekends of summer happily. A few weeks ago, Matt and I decided to go on a mini road trip down memory lane to our old Stockton stomping grounds. Normally our trips to our old college town…

  • Backyard Camping

    It’s been a crazy August in our house. I’ve been wanting to start the baby room, but right now it’s still a storage space. We have to water proof the basement first so our things don’t get ruined. It’s been feeling a bit cluttered, but not cluttered enough to cancel our backyard camping with my…

  • Don’t Stay Home

    Last week was our 4th wedding anniversary. We celebrated with a weekend of awesomeness and were barely home at all.  We had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants on our anniversary, and spent the rest of the night in, relaxing. Matt played in a hockey tournament that Saturday while my nieces and I were…

  • Matt’s Surprise Party: I pulled it off!

    I did it! I am absolutely in the running for Wife of the Year! I pulled of the surprise graduation party for Matt! He never saw it coming; I must be sneakier than I thought. Matt insisted he didn’t want a party or anything special for his graduation, but earning his doctorate is such a…

  • Matt’s Graduation

    OOoohh my goodness! Life has been wonderfully exciting lately. For the first time since I was a kid, I got to go to a MLB game. We were able to enjoy box seats at the Phillies vs Reds game. It was a blast! It was also nice to watch teams I’m pretty neutral about. (I’m…