Fulltime Family

So, our family has a little announcement. Okay, so maybe it's not so little. (And no, I'm not pregnant... how many of y'all thought I was headed in that direction?) We're leaving Spain! And that's not the half of it. You see, I've always done things a little differently and what I'm about to tell…

When the Gender Must be Revealed

This is how we do a gender reveal in our house. Er, well... this is how we do a gender reveal in an Irish Pub run by a Scottish man in Southern Spain. We first arrange for our very crafty and talented-at-everything friend to decorate and to set up a sweet photo booth. Look how…

Morocco in a Day

Before we moved to Southern Spain, I did what any overly excited travel-lover would do; I started researching the travel possibilities that moving to Spain would provide. One of my top travel destinations on my to-do list was Morocco. After researching, I soon made a jaw-dropping discovery; living in the Rota area, the only thing…

Ronda

I love Spain. Seriously, I do. One of those reasons is because of places like Ronda. The location in which we live allows us to hop over to other beautiful towns and experience more culture. Ronda is a town that is only a little over 2 hours away. Ronda has beautiful, beautiful (I said it…

A Bodega and a sampling of Sevilla

We've lived here for about 15 months now and we finally had our first family visitors come stay with us. I had been counting down the days ever since they bought their airline tickets. My older sister, Whitney and my little brother, Seth flew in together for a fun-filled 9 day Spanish vacation with yours…

Grazalema: The Hike

This past weekend, I got the hankerin' for a change of scenery. Being Navy, our life usually brings us near the ocean. After almost 8 years of living near the sea, we've grown accustomed to beach life. The sand, sun and tan lines are wonderful, of course, but this Missouri girl sometimes misses spending a day…

Embracing a Good Mess

In my pre-Mom years, when I saw a sticky-fingered, snot-nosed, messy child, I vowed that I would never be that Mom who would ever let that happen. When my oldest, Aliana was a toddler, she was the epitome of a girly girl. She was neat and tidy. I have saved the majority of her clothing…

All is Well

The girls and I are back in Spain! We had a great 3.5 month stay in the states, but as usual; all good things must come to an end. It's good to be in our home after so long. We've been busy every single day since we've been back. One of the first things we…

The Meal With Turkey and Stuff

Sometimes, as a military family, the location for a Thanksgiving dinner is less than ideal. In my 7 years of marriage, I have never cooked a turkey. Thanksgiving, to me, is a time to challenge my siblings and cousins to relentless games of Mario on the Nintendo for hours on end. And I guess, if…

Sunflowers

Most of my favorite childhood memories were made with my Dad. When I was younger, my Dad loved to grow sunflowers. He loves, loves, loves his sunflowers. He liked to see how tall he could make them grow. When we got to go to his house on the weekends, we would stare in awe when we…