Hello, I'm Nicole, an engineer by degree but a creative at heart! I am the author of this family, lifestyle blog.
When we first looked at our house I loved the master suite but complained about how small the other bedrooms were. Especially the guest bedroom since I knew we’d be putting a queen size bed from my apartment into that…
I love finding unique ways to share things about myself so that people can get to know me without having to tell my life story. So I figured I’d do an A to Z of Me!!! I got this idea…
My very first Do-It-Yourself project: A “Thankful” Holiday sign! I wanted something simple and inexpensive to dress up our mantle a bit so I thought up the following using construction paper, letter stencils, a decorative hole puncher and yarn! Target:…
I made Chicken Alfredo w/ Broccoli last week using the Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce recipe. I always thought cooking things from scratch was hard and time consuming. But I’m starting to cook more and more from scratch and the more…
My favorite moments from this week consisted of… ONE – Spending time with one of my best friends, Cherelle! We went to a midnight showing of the final Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn – Part 2! I wouldn’t really call myself a…
I don’t know what it is about the Map, Click, Backpack and Rescue-Pack from Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go but those characters light up Maddie’s world… Maddie right after a meal (cutest thumb-sucker EVER!)…calm, cool and collected! Oh…
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you ~ Philippians 1:3 (KJV). Today my mother would have turned 44. She was still so young… Coping with losing a parent is a long, hard process. In my opinion, losing a parent,…
I’ve decided to move my family Likes / Dislikes to Monday’s since I enjoy doing High Five for Friday Favorites on, well, Friday of course! So how about those likes / dislikes for this past week… My two cuties…if nothing else…
My favorite moments from this week consisted of… ONE – Spending time with the hubs and the babe! The hubby had Monday off so we went to a matinee to see one of my favorite actors in Flight, which wasn’t one…
I’m slowly learning from experience that it really is cheaper to make things from scratch. My go to recipe for Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies (yum!) is on the back of the bag of Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Morsels. It’s quick and easy,…
This little girl will ALWAYS be the cutest little girl in the world to me!!! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, often times I am literally overwhelmed with tears of joy when looking at this gift of…