Category: Ideas + Advice for Families

How to Dress Your Family for Your Holiday Card Photo by Kristin Eldridge

I know it might seem early, but if you like to hire a professional photographer to take your holiday card photo, now is the time to book your session as they get booked up fast and the holidays will be here before we know it. One of my absolute favorite OC family photographers, Kristin Eldridge (who is taking our family photo on Sunday!) wrote us a guest post on something I always struggle with – WHAT DO WE WEAR?! Planning the family ensemble for a photo can be confusing. Here are tips Kristin wrote on how to dress your family for your holiday photo card so that most importantly, you all look like YOU!

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The Benefits of Fiber & Kellogg’s FiberPlus Antioxidants Cereal

After my second pregnancy and especially when I turned 35 that same year, there was a definite shift for me in my attitude regarding health.

So over the past year and a half I have taken up running and Pilates and have made my health and my family’s health a top priority for me.

This is not easy, it takes time and hard work, but the payoff is WELL worth it!

At my last physical my doctor told me that most people don’t get nearly the amount of fiber in their diet that they should. Did you know a woman under 50 should get…

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Happy Mother’s Day

Hello lovely ladies! I just wanted to take a moment on this special weekend to wish you a VERY Happy Mother’s Day!

Now I know we all know that every day is “Mother’s Day,” but on this weekend of all weekends, I hope you feel extra pampered and appreciated for all you do.

I posted on Facebook this week asking what moms wanted to do for Mother’s Day, and one mom commented that she asked for individual “dates” or alone time with each family member over the course of the weekend.

She said…

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Guest Post: One Mom’s Journey Through the Autism Spectrum

I think there is a lot of power in sharing things we have learned as parents, so when one of my readers, Nicole, emailed me about possibly doing a post on her experience with her son who was diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, I said absolutely.

So she wrote an amazing guest post on the things she has learned and advice she has for any other parents that might be navigating their way through the same diagnosis. Thanks Nicole for taking the time to share with other mamas. Here is what she wrote…

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