I don't love it, I love things around it and that means I have an elaborate plan of evolving my halloween traditions so I don't need an adult beverage by the time I have my kids dressed. I love to carve pumpkins - we have carved 6, and I let them help and I love… Continue reading Halloween is not my jam

You know when you are a teenager you just can't wait to be able to swap things with your friends then you get to adulthood and you don't even know what actually belongs to you anymore, and if you are anything like me by the time I rollercoastered through a few years of kid life,… Continue reading the traveling pants

Have you ever noticed it is the most popular question even though a suitable answer most times would be none of your business is WHY? I am certainly about to answer that question 9,000+ times and the honest answer is not easily explained which will leave a lot of room for people to fill in… Continue reading People always ask why…

On opposite sides of an express jeans table watching Scotty model women's slacks in horror, that is where it started, we would spend many more hours and holidays in that store and learn more about sexuality than we cared to but the group of people we worked with were extraordinary in the fact they loved… Continue reading Darla

A fence can stretch for miles and miles, and so does our life story but it first begins with a solid corner a foundation to pull against and hang onto when elements dare to bend or break its barrier. My mom is an unsung hero, a survivor and what makes that even more beautiful is… Continue reading The Cornerpost

This was a huge milestone for me , I beat my goal by ten minutes and I kept a consistent pace and I could not done it without Clay , he has made time for me to work out and it meant so much to see him with my babies at the finish line, at… Continue reading Fall break

There were four of us before we knew it and little did we know the friendship would spread over a hundred miles and 9 kids and today we are celebrating 34 years with her so this just seemed a fitting day for her story.  In 2004 I started barber school at Anthony Davids hair academy,… Continue reading Tribe 2

This is something I am passionate about, no not the pageant part of it, but the girls, their passion for their community, their bravery on stage and off, and their immense amount of grace.  Let me back up, I got into this gig for advertising but I stayed for thousands of other reasons beyond hair… Continue reading Journey to miss Oklahoma

So this week brought another level of love for Clay and this post is probably going to go ten different directions with no general theme in mind because that is what the last 7-10 days have contained.  We have been married for 5 years, that seems crazy and we have been together for 10... I… Continue reading 5 isn’t a magic number