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March 15, 2019

What We Finally Did to get our Toddler Potty Trained in a Week

Our son, David, turned 4 recently. Over the summer, Josh and I had started “trying” to potty train him because we knew he would be starting preschool in the fall and they would require him[...]

I think there's a myth out there that says that women don't like sex as much as men. And I honestly have a hard time believing that's true. What I think is actually happening in most cases is that it takes men a whole lot less to actually feel intimate. What I mean here is that I think men often feel intimate simply by the act of sex. Of course, that’s not the only thing that makes men feel intimate- and women can feel intimate by the act of sex. But I’m not afraid to say that I think our minds work in different ways when it comes to sex and intimacy.

Marriage, Relationships, Sex

January 25, 2019

How Can I Feel More Intimate with my Husband?

I think there's a myth out there that says that women don't like sex as much as men. And I honestly have a hard time believing that's true. What I think is actually happening in most cases is t[...]

Beauty, Motherhood, Sponsored

December 27, 2018

3 Quick and Easy Braid Tutorials for Date Night

When Josh and I go out on dates, I know I don't have a ton of time between setting the kids up with a snack and getting myself ready and out the door, which is why I LOVE to stick my hair up i[...]

Fashion, Sponsored

November 20, 2018

My Cold Weather Nordstrom Holiday Gift Guide!

This collaboration was sponsored by Nordstrom and ShoppingLinks. All opinions are my own. I don't know about you, but I can't STAND the cold. And becoming a mom has only multiplied my bitt[...]

David has struggled with bedtime for as long as I can remember. There has never been a time when we could simply lay him in his crib or just read him a book and say goodnight. Never. We call him our little puppy because he is just that: an adorable little friend who never wants to leave your side, ever.

Family, Kids, Motherhood, Toddler

November 12, 2018

How We Finally Got Our Toddler to Stop Fighting Bedtime

The fact that toddlers hate bedtime is like a Geico commercial: “Everybody knows that.” What’s hard about giving people advice on how to get their toddler to go to sleep is that no[...]

Family, Fashion, Life, Sponsored

October 19, 2018

How We’re Creating Family Time This Fall

How do you spend Halloween? In the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot more about living intentionally with my family. I know “intentional” is kind of a buzzword these days bu[...]

fitness, Life, Marriage, Sponsored

October 15, 2018

Fun Upper Body Workout for Couples

This post is sponsored by AZO and SheKnows Media As promised, Josh and I are bringing you another couples workout blog! In the last post, we worked on legs and core and I think we shared a l[...]

Marriage, Relationships

October 9, 2018

How to Overcome Feeling Alone in Marriage

If I'm being very honest, there's been more than once in our marriage when I've felt very alone. Times when I stood unaccompanied in my kitchen staring at the cabinets thinking, “Ok, God.[...]

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