We finally had a somewhat calm weekend last weekend. On Saturday I went to a Crossfit skills class and I learned how to do a handstand against the wall. This ole body isn't used to being upside down! It felt like an accomplishment when I finally figured it out. I...
Last week I wanted to tell y'all so badly I was typing the email while on a cruise ship sitting in the dark while my family slept on our way to Cozumel, Mexico. A few months ago my sister-in-law suggested we do a family cruise for my 40th birthday, so we did it!...
Our insanely busy summer continues as I decided last-minute to throw Joshua a birthday party for his fifth birthday last Friday. We are blessed with a residential park across from our house, so it's easy to order a bouncy house and invite the neighborhood and Joshua's...
We had the best time last weekend at the lake. My brother's birthday was June 1, so we celebrated with camping, boating, and playing games. On Saturday I canoed the Buffalo River with my Crossfit group and had a blast and made new friends. We all had a pretty...
Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend! A highlight of my weekend was participating in the "Murph Challenge", which is a Crossfit challenge honoring Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 28th, 2005. You can read about Navy...
I hope you're having a great week! My nutrition/business/life coach has me on a mission to make my life easier, so I've got a bunch of projects in the works. Finally, after 13 years of manually putting together the Ashley's Finds email every week, I've hired a company...
I hope all y'all had a happy Mother's Day weekend! The boys and I went to my parents' house and had the best time. I got Mom this metal butterfly art from The Metal Man at Bella Rustina: Mom at first told me she had forgotten to get me something for Mother's Day (I...
I took the boys to Toad Suck Daze last Saturday. We spent the majority of our day at the little petting zoo filled with rabbits, goats, chickens, and puppies. I'm not a big fan of petting zoos because of the stress on the animals, but the boys are huge fans....
In March I missed the first sale of Robin Apple's estate due to having a show and was super sad I had to miss it. I was excited to find out that a second sale was to happen last weekend. Robin was a friend and I wanted to buy something from her estate to remember her...