Hollow Creek Traditions

We found the most magnificent 10-footer this year at our local Christmas tree farm-Hollow Creek. Truly, I don't think we'll ever find a more perfect, full, symmetrical Christmas Tree! This much anticipated day-after-Thanksgiving tradition is one of my favorites & always supplies me with Christmas card worthy pictures!

The Cutest Little Frosty....

3. The magic age toddlers get to start extra-curricular activities. I am totally open to anything and everything my kids choose to pursue, but it was obvious from the start that Fin wanted to dance!

Sitting in the waiting room each Thursday of the same studio where I grew up dancing & seeing so many familiar faces is all kinds of nostalgic. 

Finlay had her first performance as "Frosty" in Southern Strutt's "The Grinch Unleashed". I was the mom in the audience hysterically laughing because the cuteness was just too much to handle. 

I'm so proud of you baby girl!!

This Oily Life

For the 2 people who actually read this blog & have noticed all my essential oil posts....Ya'll I'm sorry if they annoy you. They annoy the crap out of my husband. But actually I'm not sorry at all-these things are crazy good. I took a close look at what I'm putting in and on my body and my kids' bodies and started to eliminate a lot of chemicals from our foods. Now we are using natural products, we are sleeping, we are healthy, and I have alternative ways to manage stress if it's 10:00am and too early for a glass of wine. The benefits of these little bottles of plant juice are pretty remarkable, and I'm not even that crunchy (just a little bit, maybe!) 

Homecoming & Skytop

My most favorite fall traditions! And they just get better every year. 

Until next October!