A Growing Violet

We had an incredible Easter this year. This was by far my favorite Easter to ever experience in my life. Gregg's parents flew down wit...

The past few days have been a bit of a challenge for our little family. Violet has been testing her limits to see if she can get away with ...

In my last post I shared our beautiful state flower, the bluebonnet, with you. Well, our search for more bluebonnets continued this weekend...

This should come as no surprise but I have to just come out and say it.... I LOVE TEXAS!!! I may not like the area of Texas that we live in ...

As I lie here my thoughts are going to that age old question, "what if?". There are so many memories running around in my head rig...

Insomnia seems to have struck again. Only this time it has struck Violet. My baby girl has the same issues with sleep that I have. From some...

We had our yearly field trip to Dewberry Farm recently. As usual, we had a wonderful time. Truly, this has to be our favorite field trip for...

Hey there everyone! Are you still with me? I've been a bad blogger lately. I'm sorry. Life has been so crazy and hectic lately that ...

No one else will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the ...

I've been rather distracted lately. Situations beyond my control have nicked at my sanity to the point where I feel broken. It's har...

Some of the things that I'm loving right now are... 1. Air Conditioning! It is so stinking hot here in South Texas right now. Enough sai...

I was playing around on facebook several months ago when I noticed that Rachael Rossman , an incredibly gifted artist, had a giveaway on som...

Monday is a blur to me. Valentine's Day officially kicked my tail. Seriously. The day started abruptly at 5 a.m. when Violet decided to ...

Oh, kill me now. I am stretching myself and my boundaries right and left. For one thing, I've joined a weekly photo assignment called 52...

I am over the moon happy right now. My Christmas gift, something I've wanted for the longest time, has finally come in. Gregg ordered a ...

When you use a styling tool on a near daily basis you expect it to work properly. Especially if you keep the tool clean and lint free. The l...

One of my favorite times of day is bedtime. I love the ritual we've created that surrounds this time of preparing for bed. Once the te...

Sunday was a WOW day for the three of us! We were given tickets to this year's Texas Renaissance Festival and our only opportunity to ...

I know you can't really control what the weather decides to do. But if you have any pull whatsoever, please, please, please (with a cher...

I'm here to ask you to remember a dear friend's son in your prayers. J. (the son) was in a horrific car accident a few nights ago....