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  • Function Meets Family of Six in our new Laundry + Mudroom

    February 9, 2022 /

    Each week as part of the TAP Planner system, I pick an area of focus to simplify our home or life. Sometimes it’s a personal goal (movement or reading more), and other weeks I focus on a home project or task. This week’s Go Simple Focus is resetting our laundry space. Broken down into bite sized tasks, yesterday I decluttered the entire space. And today I actually scrubbed this room head to toe for the first time since we moved in six months ago! So I thought I might as well take some snapshots and share the space with you today! Here’s a peek inside the laundry + mudroom that…

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    November 8, 2021 /

    Each year I love to end this challenge with a space of thought and intention. Also known as Week Six. The final week in the Going Simple Challenge. The beginning of this challenge is all about our things. Simplifying, leaving, loving, and sometimes learning to re-love them. But I don’t want to ditch you in a space where you are hyper focused on your things. That is not what life should be about. Instead, let’s start learning to go deeper with life, and let our things be as they should. Background music in our life. This week, how we choose to live is taking center stage. Welcome to the 2021…

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    October 25, 2021 /

    Plus a FREE Printable to get you started! Week four, TOYS! One of the most impactful weeks in a home with children. When we first decided to go simpler in our home, we were overrun with toys. The first Christmas after Going Simple, we were gifted over 50 toys between extended family. I don’t know about you, but our home cannot hold 50 toys, let alone 50 new sets on top of the toys we already own. Since going simple, we’ve requested family give intentionally. We recommend gifts that fall into the following categories: edible treats, experiences, arts and craft supplies (perishable!), and toys with intention and purpose. Did you…

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  • Going Simple With Our Clothing

    October 18, 2021 /

    Are we really at WEEK THREE already?! This challenge has been flying by! Thanks for being here and I’m praying this challenge is blessing your home and your heart. For some reason clothing can hold us to a different standard.  I think maybe because we purchase clothing in hopes of who we want to become. Or we are holding on to someone we once were.  But maybe the most unfortunate of all is that often, our clothing does not represent who we actually are. In these very moments.  And these moments, we will never get them back.  So this week, let’s try to tune into where our feet stand currently. And let’s…

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  • Going Simple In Our Kitchens

    October 11, 2021 /

    Congratulations on finishing up your bathrooms in week one! I’m so excited we made it through our first space together. Imagine walking in to your kitchen, the space is clean. You can find exactly what you need, and you know exactly where to put it when you’re done. This is possible. To join the private Facebook Group + Going Simple Challenge, click here! I just want to remind us that even during this challenge and our progress, to continue to focus on our real life priorities first! Our family life, our personal goals and filling our own cups with a dash of real life self care throughout the week should always come first. Going…

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    October 4, 2021 /

    It’s here! Week One of the Going Simple Challenge: bathrooms. During this challenge we are going to focus on building our decision making muscle. We are also going to work on making progress. But most importantly, we will work on slowing down to enjoy life. So after you finish your bathroom tasks this week, you may be tempted to “jump ahead.” But I ask, instead let’s stop. Rest. Relax. And enjoy the progress we’ve made for just a bit. Then, I promise, we will meet up next week for round two! I so strongly encourage you do what works for you, if something I suggest doesn’t feel right, post about it…

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  • Going Simple 2021: Setting boundaries and going easy on ourselves

    September 30, 2021 /

    Hey guys! So glad you are joining me for another round of the Going Simple Challenge. This year, some things will be the same! But some things will look a little different. Let’s chat about that quick. It’s no mystery that the last few years we have been going through it. I think it would be silly of me to come onto your screens with the same energy that I have brought previous years. Because honestly, especially when it comes to social media, I don’t have it. And I’m guessing some of you are in the same boat. So as we start the 2021 Going Simple Challenge, I think we…

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  • How to Handle Hand Me Down’s and Gifts with Care

    October 8, 2020 /

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    September 25, 2020 /

    Self care is all the rage for today’s mama. And I get it. Less martyr. More intention. Being a good mom doesn’t mean you sacrifice every moment of every day. But now we’ve created a cross culture, where if you aren’t getting these luxurious self care moments, you aren’t momming right either. And this can leave us feeling even more depleted. A few years in to parenting I felt so frustrated. We are told because we are moms, we deserve all this luxurious me time. Elaborate (and expensive) pampering sessions, endless beauty products, time away from my kids. So why wasn’t it happening? And when I did take that time,…

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Today’s mini declutter: pick a drawer! Any drawe Today’s mini declutter: pick a drawer! Any drawer! 
And for those of us feeling extra bold today… you can go for the least fave, most stressful drawer in the house. I know we all have one. 😉 
Today I picked what I call the “husband drawer” which is this lovely spot inside our laundry room right when we walk in from the garage. It’s Eric’s space to put all his pocketish items (that’s a word, right?) and any other random things that men acquire. Why do they acquire all these random things?! 
I took a quick 10 and reset it this morning. And I have to tell you, just KNOWING it is peaceful behind that closed drawer is making me feel so good! ☀️
So tell me, which drawer will you be refreshing today?!
Each week I pick one focus to tweak my life a bit, Each week I pick one focus to tweak my life a bit, simplify when needed, and try to make sure I’m doing my part to take care of myself. I call this my weekly • go simple task • and there’s a big ole blank space in my planner to fill in and dream up the life I want to cultivate for myself. 
Sometimes the task is big: last week was spring swap for the whole house and family! 😅
And some weeks it’s small: like this week, it’s a mini declutter spree, whatever space I feel needs my attention each day.
Join in with me this week as I commit to decluttering a small spot in my home each day. And add in a self care task for yourself too! Yoga is my jam, what is yours?!
Today’s mini declutter: kitchen counters! Will you be joining in? Let me know how they go for you in the comments! 🤎
When it’s almost dinner time, your husband is ou When it’s almost dinner time, your husband is out of town and your kid gets sick out of nowhere and you have to take four kids into town solo for emergency meds. 
BUT then on the way to town your low fuel light comes on, because in your marriage you are the low fuel light person. 🤦🏻‍♀️😬 
So what do you do?! You panic call husband because it’s a school night and nobody’s eaten and now you have to make multiple stops in town. And he saves the day by remote ordering curbside dinner from @kwiktrip via the Kwik Rewards app. 
So you get gas, then you just pull up to a parking spot AND THEY BRING YOU A FULL MADE TO ORDER DINNER RIGHT TO YOUR CAR WINDOW! 😭😩🤩 
I cannot tell you how thankful I was when they walked that dinner bag out to me. Small town service with modern day perks. Reason 184726384972 why we love @kwiktrip! 😍
It’s no secret on here I try to be mindful of ou It’s no secret on here I try to be mindful of our family’s screen time. It’s also no secret that this is a constant work in progress, with daily slip ups on our goals, especially my personal ones. 
I try to dedicate weekends to no social, but yesterday I felt a strong pull to take a weekday and step away. The insane productivity I have when eliminating social always blows my mind. And the sweet slowness of afternoons with toddlers at home while the bigs are at school are impossibly perfect and it kills me I lose so many of them to these digital spaces. 
Yesterday we took a walk, albeit not a very productive one. 😂 We found tons of ladybugs (or imposters?!). We looked at all the flower buds. We spruced up some outdoor decor spots. We sipped tea for an hour and played pretend (not my fave thing but it was so fun to watch my girls’ imagination at work). 
I love so much about this space. The creative inspiration. The connection, motivation and accountability. There are positives here. And I’m so thankful for them. 
There are also so many opportunities lost when I give my time to here too. Afternoons like yesterday are the perfect reminder to reinforce my personal tech boundaries. Because this is it. We only get this life once. And yesterday was such a good reminder to me in how I want to spend it. 
“He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:2‬ ‭NIV‬‬
Everybody Wordles, but do you Wordle Extreme?!?! Everybody Wordles, but do you Wordle Extreme?!?!
Roundup of our fave memes of the week. 😅 
LIKE. TAG. SEND. SAVE. Enjoy!
#memefestmonday #memesformoms #memes #memestagram #memesforlife
#ad Cheersing your frozen custard is always risky #ad Cheersing your frozen custard is always risky business. ➡️ Luckily that bowl landed right side up and baby girl was happy as can be! 🤩
🍦 FROZEN CUSTARD ALERT! 🍦 Donate a dollar and get a single scoop on Thursday May 5th at your local @culvers! Your donation supports agricultural education + you get a single scoop of Chocolate, Vanilla or Chocolate Covered Strawberry Fresh Frozen Custard. I’d call that a pretty sweet deal. 😂 See what I did there?! 😉 All proceeds benefit the Thank You Farmers Project.
The girls were split 50/50 on chocolate or vanilla. What flavor would you pick?!
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