Ever since I can remember, our family New Years Day tradition has been to walk on the beach in New England. Usually we’d stop to get ice cream on the way home and make plans for the year ahead. We skipped the ice cream this year but still bundled up for a walk on the …
We’re Moving!
We are trading snowy days in the trees of New England for the warm sunny beaches of Southern California. I’m feeling all the things these days but we are all excited about fantastic weather, year-round beach trips, and our west coast friends. When Ben got this new job in January we talked a lot about …
Best Reads of 2020
Summary of reading in 2020: After a few years of heavy reading (100+ books in 2019, 75+ books in 2018), 2020 clocked in at just over 50 titles finished. A big part of this was because we spent a lot of the year up in New Hampshire at my parents, all together, all the time. …
Christmas Morning 2020
Westley woke up around 6:30 and it was only then that I realized Lincoln and Adelaide had snuck out of their rooms into my sisters’ bed. We kept everyone upstairs until 7 and then gave the kids freedom to go wake the rest of the house for presents. Things I want to remember most about …
Baby’s First Santa Visit
Have you met Santa this year? I didn’t think Santa pictures were going to happen this year (and they didn’t actually happen last year either) so I was pumped to find out Providence Place Mall is offering a socially-distanced Santa experience through January 7th. We got to meet Santa, chat with him at a safe …
Best Boxed Chocolate Cake Recipe, ever.
This post is sponsored by FAGE; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. What do you need for a really great dessert? For me, it’s three things: easy delicious beautiful That said, how many times have you looked at a really beautiful wedding cake and then taken a disappointing bite, realizing it definitely didn’t …