Five Minute Friday: Mail

This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Mail. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out otherContinue reading “Five Minute Friday: Mail”

German Village

Over night the weather went from sunny summertime to cool autumn. Every part of me was itching to get outdoors from the moment the rays of sun poked through the curtains. I poured myself a hot cup of coffee and browsed through events going on in Columbus. After a few minutes of deliberation we decidedContinue reading “German Village”

My Baby is 4!

After a fun-filled weekend of celebrating Arianna’s birthday we are finally able to say that she is four! Over the weekend we hosted our first ever birthday party for Arianna at a local church. Inside of the commons of the church is a play place with a connecting party room. We rented the room, deckedContinue reading “My Baby is 4!”

Five Minute Friday: Path

This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Path. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out otherContinue reading “Five Minute Friday: Path”

Why We Are Roman Soldiers

During our summer visit to England my husband and I heard about a new phenomenon sweeping the YouTube world. Countless times we introduced ourselves to people and said that we were from Columbus, Ohio and were met with questions about if we know Roman Atwood. Prior to our trip neither of us had a clueContinue reading “Why We Are Roman Soldiers”

Summer 2016 Bucket List Recap

Every May as the end of the school year approaches I like to get into the spirit of summer vacation with a post about my bucket list for the upcoming summer. This year I had five things on that bucket list. The new school year began last week so it seems fitting to revisit thoseContinue reading “Summer 2016 Bucket List Recap”

Tales of the Injured Elbow

As I enter into my final week of summer vacation I find myself changing many of my plans. I had planned to take my daughter swimming everyday and to many parks in the evenings. I wanted to give her daily opportunities to soak up the sunshine while we still had a chance to do soContinue reading “Tales of the Injured Elbow”

The Queen’s 90th Birthday

Luckily my little family was able to sleep during our flight over to England, because we landed on the Queen’s birthday. Queen Elizabeth II turned 90 this year and although her birthday truly falls in April the birthday celebrations were held all over the country on Sunday June 12. Shortly after unpacking and settling in toContinue reading “The Queen’s 90th Birthday”

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to all of the amazing dads out there. Especially the dads in my life :) First of all to my father–the man who taught me what a great dad looks like. He’s been ever supportive of everything I’ve done, a devoted grandfather, and a mean grill master. Although I’ll be missing outContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day”

Road trip to Chicago

Last week our family loaded up our luggage into a compact rental car and drove six hours west to the beautiful city of Chicago. Even though we only spent two and a half days in the city we were able to visit so many sites. We chose to travel to Chicago for a couple ofContinue reading “Road trip to Chicago”