Why does it feel SO GOOD to be organized??? To know where everything is. To open the closet and see all the clothes hung or folded. To look at a cabinet and think, “Ah yes, I know what’s in there.” Continue reading “5 Steps to Cleanliness (sanity)”
Ah! What better day than a Monday for Olson to cut teeth? That’s right… multiple teeth breaking through the skin.
What better day than a Monday to wake up cold and stuffy because it keeps dropping to the 40s at night? Continue reading “Monday moping”
I used to get so excited about growing up. When I was a teenager, I always felt a little different than everyone. (Didn’t we all feel that way?) And I would day dream about the day when I was living the perfect adult life. I would finally have it figured out, ya know? Life. Continue reading “I’m still here”
“What do I want to be when I grow up?” I have pondered this question for myself in varying degrees of intensity as time passes. You likely have asked this question recently, and like me have been asking it since you were old enough to contemplate. Continue reading “Destined to be a Dad”
I didn’t even flinch when I said “I do” to Joel on our wedding day. I mean good grief. He’s gorgeous. He’s so sweet-it’s almost annoying. And most of all, that man KNOWS how to love me. There was that one time he had a mullet, but let the past stay in the past.
My family took a trip to Costa Rica in the Spring of 2008. A phrase we repeatedly heard was “Pura Vida.” Continue reading “Pura Vida”
Forward from Alyssa-
Our wedding was so fun! (For kicks and giggles I uploaded some pictures of it). We were blessed with so much advice and prayer. Joel’s thoughts on a piece of advice he frequently received before we got married below. Continue reading “Happy Wife, Happy Life | by Joel”
Many of you have seen some of these pictures but I thought I’d post some of my favorites from this photo shoot- along with a post I’d written when I was 17 weeks pregnant! Continue reading “A new reason to sing| Pics with Joel before baby”
Land in Hand 