Made with Love

There's been so much sunshine lately that I wanted to take my son out else where than the park. I personally love hiking. It is hard to hike any strenuous trails with toddlers but there's a lake near by that had wide open trails for them . My best friend and I took our two little boys on a fun hiking adventure that was fun and safe for them.  First the boys were so excited they started booking it down the trail which scared us because I didn't want them to fall off the side. My son is pretty fearless. He just kept running.We tried to have him hold Mason's hand but that only lasted so long then they both started running! I brought my stroller so we switched off the kids in the stroller if one of them got tired. We hiked until we decided to stop by the water where the boys were throwing rocks into the water. Lennon wanted to grab the biggest rocks to throw into the water and Mason wanted to throw as many as he could all at once. It's these moments between these two ju...

When you have a day off, do you ever feel like there's not enough time in the day?!   I have this anxiety where I feel like we're not going to have a good day if we don't leave early in the morning, if there's not a plan, if we don't get everything prepared to leave on time, if it's too late in the day then we won't get to enjoy the day as much. With our schedules, there's only so many days where we have days off together. Sometimes I need to just let that go and let it be, I stress myself out thinking that way. I worry too much about having the day be perfect with my family that I am not actually enjoying the moment.   This weekend was filled with spontaneous moments with my loves and it was exactly what I needed to let that anxiety go. Friday, my sisters, Lennon and I spent that evening in Santa Cruz visiting a friend that lived down the street from the beach, and my son loves the beach. He said "beach, beach, beach" the whole way there. I ...