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5 Summer Boots for the Everyday Farm Girl

5 Summer Boots for the Everyday Farm Girl

Have you ever struggled to find the perfect shoe / dress / [insert something here]?? Well, that's exactly where I've been the past couple of weeks as I've searched for the perfect summer farm girl boots. As some of y'all know, our little family is moving to a 60-acre farm in a few months - [...]

Southern Cheesy Chicken

Southern Cheesy Chicken

I grew up on southern cooking, which means I was made of mostly butter, cream, salt, and cheese. Don't get me wrong, we ate vegetables, but we always ate hearty, delicious meals around the table at the end of the day. I feel like we've lost some of that in today's day and age. Our [...]

Gluten Free Cake with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting

Gluten Free Cake with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting

Gluten free baking is HARD, y'all. I've been gluten free for 2.5 years now, and it's taken me a long time to begin re-creating baked goods that taste just as good, or even better than the glutinous goodies of my past life. Going Gluten Free Now, I don't have Celiacs and I've never been tested [...]

A Little Girl’s Farmhouse Bedroom

A Little Girl’s Farmhouse Bedroom

I've always dreamed about decorating my little girls' rooms, even before I had little girls. In our first house, I decorated, but never really invested in making it exactly what I wanted because I knew it was a temporary place for us. Now that we're building our forever home on our forever farm, I want [...]

Daily Rewards Chart for Kids! (FREE Printable Download)

Daily Rewards Chart for Kids!                        (FREE Printable Download)

A whole new world, and a lot chaos I've never been a chore chart person...until COVID-19 hit and all 5 of us had to start living, working, and schooling in the same house...at the same time. WHEW! Before this crazy pandemic, I was always thought that kids should just do what they're told, and that [...]

How many kids should I have…?

How many kids should I have…?

I've heard this question so many times from parents, and I definitely asked myself the very same thing. Wrapped up in the question, I think there are a host of other questions - How much of my time will adding additional kids take?Will I still have time for my partner?Will I still have time for [...]

Starting Table Food: A Feeding Schedule for Your 10 Month Old

Starting Table Food: A Feeding Schedule for Your 10 Month Old

So. Close. You're in the home stretch of reaching that 1-year mark, and the time between 9 and 11 months can feel squishy as you transition your babe from a diet of milk (or formula!) and purees to the world of solid food. Even though I'm on my third baby, I recently had a moment [...]

My Postpartum Body: 4 Things I Wish I’d Known

My Postpartum Body: 4 Things I Wish I’d Known

For as long as I can remember, I wanted kids. I couldn't wait to be pregnant, have a cute, perfectly round basketball belly, and eat ALL. THE. THINGS. I couldn't wait to hold a perfect, tiny human in my arms, and to get the title of 'mom'. As fantastic as it sounds, living it is [...]

Finding my mom-balance

Finding my mom-balance

As a mom, you can't have everything. You're all like, "Yea, Susan, we already know this". BUT I spent a really long time thinking that I could. I thought I could be a rockstar at work and climb the corporate ladder, be a crossfit athlete with 6-pack abs, be the crunchy mom who made her [...]