Month: December 2017

“Don’t waste moments thinking about the past.

Move on, the best is yet to come”

Happy Friday and happy almost New Year!! I took a much needed break this past week from blogging to be able to spend time with my family and to also have the chance for me to recharge before the new year. I spent Christmas in Columbus, Ohio with my family and had the most wonderful time. I love spending time with my family, they mean everything to me. What really made this holiday so special was that it was my niece’s first Christmas. My niece and I are the best of buds. We took many walks around the house holding hands while exploring everything in sight. Sometimes we made pit stops to pick up a toy or a piece of my mother’s nativity display. We have a new inside joke and make each other laugh by pursing our lips with our pointer finger horizontal moving up and down to make noises. Pro tip: It is funnier if you stick out your tongue.

(more…)

“Maybe God closed that door because he knew you were worth so much more”

Happy Friday and Merry Christmas!!! I am home in Columbus with my family for the holiday. To say that I am excited about Christmas would be an understatement! This will be my niece’s first Christmas and I can’t wait to watch her experience Santa for the first time. There is going to be cuteness overload!!

(more…)

holiday blouse

blouse  // lace pants // clutch (similar) // sunglasses // nude pumps

For Christmas and New Year’s wear something different than the traditional holiday dress. A metallic blouse can be a festive alternative that still holds the traditional glitz of the season. A revival of 70’s glam, metallic is a great way to shine bright during the holidays.

(more…)

tuckernuck

dress // nude pumps // sunglasses

Today I am flying home to Columbus for a week to celebrate Christmas with my family! There is no where else in the world I rather be to celebrate the holiday. It takes me back to being in a kid and just feeling over the moon excited for Santa and to spend time with my family. As many families do, we have a few special holiday traditions that we partake in each year. Some I will long for when I am much older, some have only developed in my teenage years, and some I will continue on with my children. And some traditions died hard– like the year my entire family made an album where we all sang our favorite Christmas songs. We named it Down Home Family Christmas. We gifted the CD to my grandmother who now plays it ever year during our Christmas dinner…….. whhhhyyyy! My mom and my aunts want to make another album……. I did not sign up to be a part of the Partiridge family. It was a hard no from everyone. Another tradition that died hard: the talking stick. My aunt decided to buy a toy microphone so whoever had the mic during dinner was allowed to talk (we are a family of talkers). Of course that meant my aunt didn’t share the mic, but we still talked over her. The stick mysteriously disappeared after that evening. My favorite traditions, however, are filled with fun, sentiment, and a good old family competition.

(more…)

| POWERED BY CHLOÉDIGITAL