Mile High Dinner At El Five

There are so many fun places to check out when you’re in Denver! The mountains, the mood, the atmosphere. Something about your attitude changes the minute you land in Colorado. It can be difficult to close where to go, especially when your stay is short. My friends and I only had the weekend to hang

You Aren’t Enough

“You ARE enough.” “How do you pour something from nothing?” “You can’t give from an empty cup.” There’s this empowering motherhood movement on social media, and while I’ve participated in it – I was struck with the conviction that it’s not me as a supermom, but by the grace of God, I am. Through Him,

Smoothie Prep For Kids

If you were around my Instagram last Friday, you got to listen to an incoherent, exhausted mom rant about food quality in America. To summarize it, I believe the majority of the food in America is overprocessed and over preserved. As someone who grew up on a conventional row crop farm, as well as raised

Vacation from Real Life

Last week our normal sitter was on vacation, so as we refer to them “the big girls” aka Charley and Frankie went off on a grand adventure with Poppy, Grammy, and 3 of their cousins for the first part of the week. I told Luke that I didn’t realize how easy it was just having

Pieces of Me

I’ve been stressing and struggling the last few weeks on how to BE ENOUGH. Be the mother my children need and deserve, the loving and attentive wife my husband needs, and the model employee who shows up at least on time, and remaining to find something for myself at the end of the day. I

Coping with Postpartum Anxiety

Anxiety comes in waves for me. I can be fine for weeks, even months at times. Then a trigger happens and I find myself paralyzed. Unable to breathe, think, or cope with life. Ever since Kori’s failed attempt at the dairy ladder, I’m bombarded with random anxiety attacks. Reaching into my coping methods basket, grounding

How I Meal Plan by The Month

Start by stopping your refrigerator, freezer, and pantry to see what items need to be utilized. Then I break down the days of the week by either protein or cuisine. Our typical week Mondays: beef days. Taco Tuesdays: tacos, nachos, or fajitas. Wednesday: breakfast for dinner Thursday: lov’n leftovers – use leftover protein from Monday

Kori’s Birth Story

Here it is – 7 months later I’m finally getting ready to write this down. How I remember things and how Luke says they happened are two different versions. We will go with mine. Photo credits: Brittney Hogue Photography May 5, 2018 – Kori’s official due date. I had an appointment with my midwife on

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton