House Updates

Happy Monday + Backyard Update

Target Kaufmann dining set

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Ours was super relaxing, which is exactly what we needed. The weather was raining on and off all weekend, which is a great excuse to stay in. We slept in late, got some errands done and went to church yesterday morning. It was fabulous. I thought it would be fun to give…

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Friday Favorites

Ruggable

Happy Friday, friends! I don’t know about you, but I’ve had such a busy week. Since I took last Friday off (and it was the best decision), I feel like I’ve been playing catch-up this entire week. It’s been one of those weeks where I’m just doing my best to stay on top of emails: one goes out, another comes…

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Travel

Explore your own backyard: Anahuac, Texas

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

I haven’t done one of these in awhile, so I thought it would be fun to talk about a place that’s about an hour away from Houston: Anahuac, Texas. In this series I talk about places that are relatively local to Houston that you can get to and from in a day. You can read the rest of those posts…

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My migraine journey Part II

A couple of weeks ago, I shared my my journey with migraines. You can read all about that here. I shared about when I started getting migraines, my search for triggers and some various medication that I tried. I want to share where I am today with all of this. Beta Blockers I left off my last post sharing that…

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Weekend wrap-up

Cornelius nursery

Happy Monday! I am back to regularly-scheduled programming around here. After losing our Sawyer, it goes without saying that I just wasn’t feeling like my old self, and I needed some time to fully wrap my head around losing him. I still remember him fondly every day, but I am in a much better mindset than I was two weeks…

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Dogs

Goodbye to our Sweet Sawyer

golden retriever

It’s been exactly one week since I was on here last. And so much has happened. With the heaviest heart I’ve ever had, I have to share some news with you. Last Monday, we had to say goodbye to our Sawyer. Just a little over two weeks ago, I shared Sawyer’s diagnosis. We honestly thought he would have more time…

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Our weekend in a nutshell

Aaron and Kendall

This is going to be a random photo dump of our weekend. It was a good one, and I’m ready to start this week of strong. This week I have plans to knock out a work project by Wednesday, and I want to attend a special service at our church on Thursday called the “Broken for You” service. It’s a…

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My migraine journey

Any fellow migraine sufferers out there? I thought I would share my experience with migraines on the blog today, because it might help someone else. This is a fair warning that this going to be a two part post – because migraines are complicated. Background I got my first migraine my senior year in college. It was awful. But before…

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Cooking

Easy Weeknight dinners

sheet pan sausage and veggies

I’ve been a little discombobulated and not feeling the whole cooking thing ever since we got the news about Sawyer. I’m honestly just trying my best to stay focused at work, because I have an incredibly busy next two weeks. By the time I wrap up my work day, the last thing I really feel like doing is cooking. And…

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