Home renovation

Settling In and What Sadie Brought Home from the Beach

We are slowly settling back in from being away! It feels equal parts wonderful and weird. Throw in a dash of reality (I still haven’t even opened Mordecai’s suitcase to unpack it 😅), and you have our life lately!

Selfie of girl smiling in the car

We have been up to our usual fun—time at the library, homeschool lessons, baking, and more. Sadie also managed to bring home a little souvenir from the beach that we definitely weren’t expecting. Grab your favorite drink and snack and let’s catch up! (more…)

Back At It and a Big Surprise

Sadie and I arrived home safely in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon and we are back at it! “It” being life. Family life, church, laundry, cooking, cleaning, Etsy shop stuff, and everything else!

In some ways it feels so wonderful to be home again. In other ways, I wish I was back at my parents’ beach house just hanging out, with the most pressing decision being what we will have for dinner and what time we want to walk on the beach 🤣

Our first flight home was at 7:35 am, so we were up bright and early (4:15 am 😴) to drive the 1.5 hours from the Outer Banks to Norfolk International airport in Virginia. From there,  we said so long to my parents and thanked them for such a great week! Well, I did. Sadie? She wailed for my parents. She did not want to leave them!

Toddler sitting on floor of Norfolk International Airport (more…)