Last year in October, I had the honor of attending the Zephyr Designer Retreat in San Francisco! It was so fun to meet the 10 other designers/influencers and the Zephyr team. I learned SO much about Zephyr along the way. If you haven't heard of Zephyr or need a[...]
This post is sponsored by La-Z-Boy, but all ideas and opinions are our own. We were so excited when we were asked to be a part of La-Z-Boy's Design Dash! How awesome to be designing a space together with ... NO BUDGET! That's like everyone's dream,[...]
We went to the cabin in Wisconsin during Memorial Day weekend, and of course we went fishing. Beckham has always been scared of fish, but he loves to go fishing. When he finally caught one, his reaction was priceless ;-)[...]
It's been a week now since being back from California. On the plane back home, I thought to myself: "Well, that trip pretty much rocked my socks off!" It was so.much.fun! Not even exaggerating. I want you all to catch a glimpse of what I experienced that[...]
For the 4th of July weekend, we decided to head up to Eagle River, WI to my husband's parent's cabin. It's definitely our home away from home...we love going up there! We wish we could go up there more often, but it's a 7 hr drive from Des Moines. That's long[...]
Making sure I blog about our adventures even if this was late January. ;-) My husband is from Cedar Rapids / Marion area so we try to make a trip there as much as we can to see his family. This adventure consisted of checking out the kids' great grandpa's John D[...]
Tulip Time Festival is just around the corner! Oh wait, you don't know what Tulip Time is? You really need to get out more. ;-) As most of you know, we grew up in the small town of Pella, Iowa. We moved to the United States from the Philippines when we wer[...]
We made a little day trip to Sioux Falls, SD to pick up a vehicle. We originally had a Tahoe and with the addition of Sebastian, we just needed a bigger vehicle. We need that extra trunk space especially when we're traveling!...It was also time to get rid of th[...]
This was our first year at the National Balloon Classic in Indianola. It was an all week event at the end of July. We went on a Friday night...Live music, BIG balloons as what the kids called it, food trucks, games, and fun! The kids LOVED it! What a great[...]
For Father's Day, the kids and I gave Blaine tickets to the USA Mens Soccer game vs. Panama in Kansas City. Great job, kids! :) I know it was a Father's Day gift, but if we took the kids, I don't think Blaine would have been able to focus on the game as well. [...]