
A Greener Way to Pack Snacks
Snacking on the go is inevitable with kids, especially in the summer. Here are my favorite ways to reduce waste when we pack our lunch to...

How to Create a Kids' Snack Drawer for Summer
Is it just me, or are kids hungrier in the summer? Here are 5 tips for creating an easy-access, healthy, and safe snacking situation for...

Dads' Night In
A couple of weeks ago, I took the girls to Florida. Ryan couldn't come because of work, but I set him up with his own meal plan, catered...

Beat the Heat in Your Summer Kitchen
In the dog days of summer, the last thing you want to worry about is the heat inside your home your after a day of cooking on the stove....

My Walmart Grocery Pick-up Experience
Y'all know by now that I'm a DIE. HARD. Aldi shopper. I substitute ingredients in nearly every recipe to accommodate their weird and...

15 Healthy Bento Box Ideas for Pool Days with Kids
Pool Snacks! When I started writing this post, I was reminded of this clip from Moana, which I spent way too long looking for, so humor...

Summer Sanity Saver: How to Deal with Hungry, Snacky Kids
Today, I'm sharing a tip that's been incredibly helpful in my house with young kids, and has saved my sanity from the never-ending...

Weekend to Workout | What This Busy Mama Wears
These days, I'm rarely seen outside the house with real pants on. Come on, you know you do it, too. I love that nice yoga pants are...

How to Mominate on a Saturday
As I write this, my youngest is struggling to stay asleep after only 45 minutes of nap time. I say that so that you know that I know that...

I Cut Grains for Three Weeks and This is What Happened
I mentioned at the beginning of the month that Ryan and I are setting out on an endeavor to make this our healthiest year yet. For us, an...

Meal Planing Tips For Moms of Young Infants
Yesterday, I was asked by a friend of mine if I had any advice for eating well when there's a new baby in the house. Goodness, those days...

Year Ahead Series 2017 | Practical Ways to Keep Your Health Resolutions
I feel like I've packed a ton of info into these past few blog posts so I hope it hasn't been too overwhelming. I don't want any of this...

Year Ahead Series 2017 | Looking Forward to Spring Food (in the Middle of Winter)
There comes a time once Thanksgiving and Christmas pass and I'm [not so] patiently awaiting Spring's arrival that even the thought of...

Year Ahead Series 2017 | Building Your Family Foundation
Today we're diving a little deeper into planning not just the immediate year ahead but the long term vision of your life. Being an...

Garden Planning Giveaway!
In today's Year Ahead post, we talked about getting a head start on our Spring gardens by beginning with cute little seedlings! I'm...

Year Ahead Series 2017 | Get a Head Start on Spring/Summer Gardening!
Being a southern girl, my saving grace in the dead of winter is looking forward to the day when it's finally warm enough to break out my...

Gift Guide | 12 Food Books of Christmas
Hey again, Friends! Whew, what a crazy last couple of weeks. In the time since we last met, I've traveled to Birmingham and Florida,...

How I Got Here
It was 2009 and I was newly engaged and in the middle of a three-year struggle to fit into the mold that was my pre-clinical health...

Pressing In
When my youngest daughter was born, I was in the middle of a transition from being a busy work-at-home mom, to being a stay at home mom....























