Author: Kristin

  • DJ’s Olympics Birthday Party

    DJ’s Olympics Birthday Party

    Something that I really enjoy doing for my kids is throwing them completely themed out birthday parties. If you’re looking for extremely extravagant, these are not them. While I spend probably more than I should, we are also ballin on a budget so I piece it all together myself. There are no balloon arches. No… Read more

  • August Challenge

    August Challenge

    It’s the beginning of August which means a few things in my house: 1. I’m headed back to work next week. 2. Kids go back to school, dance, and hopefully a semi normal sleep schedule. 3. Our vacation is officially this month! With that being said, I’m going to slim down our grocery budget as… Read more

  • My Microdiscectomy Experience

    My Microdiscectomy Experience

    I shared this on my Instagram/Facebook last week, but wanted to share my experience here as well in case anyone is going through something similar. “It’s been a rough year. I don’t put a lot of this on the internet for a few reasons: I’m a master deflector, I don’t want to be a burden… Read more

  • Our four days in Minneapolis

    Our four days in Minneapolis

    Like I mentioned in my previous post, Jared and I went to Minneapolis in May this year. We had a BLAST. We’re pretty big baseball fans and as we’ve started these trips, we’ve planned them around baseball season and what parks we can see. Due to some other time limitations, the weekend we went was… Read more

  • My favorite couple’s tradition

    My favorite couple’s tradition

    I’m honestly not sure how Jared and I started this. I *think* we were talking about all of the places we wanted to go and see with each other. I’m going to go with that. Anyways. For the past two years, Jared and I have each written down five different places that we want to… Read more

  • It’s me, HI! I’m the problem; it’s me.

    It’s me, HI! I’m the problem; it’s me.

    Hi! Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I’ve considered starting a blog for maaaaaaany years now. In true Kristin fashion, I have continuously put it off and procrastinated. A recent back surgery has me sidelined and I’m choosing to use this as an opportunity to slow down and get started on my pet… Read more