My husband Tristan is a phenomenal musician.  Over the past few years, he has worked on a project called BeatADay, where he posts a new drum beat on Instagram every. single. day. Today marks his 1,000th beat.   ONE THOUSAND.  Such a huge number, it’s…

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I’m very excited and completely flattered that The Kitchn asked me to write an article for their “30 Days of Whole30” series this month! Click here to read it!  Thank you to the Whole30 Team and their community for all of the support and encouragement that…

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I’m an auntie again!  My newest nephew, Oliver Nils was born on March 2nd and I was incredibly lucky to be in the room when he arrived.  My sister asked me to take some newborn photos of him when he was 6 days old.  He…

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Hi guys!  Happy 4th of July and HAPPY day-after-our-3rd-Whole 30!  Yup, we finished our third round of the Whole 30 yesterday and we are soooooo proud and excited that we powered through another one.  We did this one just like our other two – we…

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What a difference a year makes.  We are coming up on the 1-year anniversary of when we started our first Whole 30 and I’ve been thinking and reflecting on the changes that we’ve made and kept up.  In a lot of ways, it feels like…

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Ugh.  Working out.  Let’s talk about it.  There are two types of people in this world – those that work out, and those that don’t.  And I have always belonged in the latter group.  My idea of exercise is going for a leisurely stroll around…

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In February I showed you these amazing photos of my kids taken by Steve Stanton, and I am so excited that the photos are going to be a part of a book!  As I said before, the project is called Sharing Beautiful  (be sure to like the FaceBook page for more…

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I have such a love for children’s photography, and today I get to show you the most artistic, incredible photos of MY kids.  These were taken by our friend and an extremely talented photographer, Steve Stanton.  A few weeks ago, he asked if he could take…

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Hi friends!  We are DONE with our 2nd Whole 30!  Yesterday was our 30th day, and we are so stinkin’ happy/glad/excited that we finished AND that we got to do it with an amazing support group this time.  The second time around was noticeably different…

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This week I’ve been cleaning out my closet.  Gathering together all of my shirts, pants, dresses, belts, pjs, coats, and everything else that doesn’t fit me anymore.  I filled 2 huge bags to the top, and then stood looking at it all.  It was a…

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