So even though the majority of you have already tuned your radios to everything Christmas and your houses are dressed in the greens and reds that come with the Holiday season, I’m over here just trying to relish in the now of this fall season before baby #4 comes and life turns topsy turvey for the next year.

But here’s the truth friends…influence is powerful, while popularity is common. So are we really being “influencers” if we’re all following what’s most common, what’s most popular?

I often feel like I'm suffocating in my own mess, you know the physical kind of mess. The mess that is endless piles of laundry, dishes, and diapers; the mess that reappears suddenly after every clean up.

Co-owner & stylist, Tia knew exactly how to take my summer colored hair and turn it into a wintery wonderland of caramel colors that blended perfectly into my naturally dark roots. 

I'm sharing one of our new favorite winter time activities & why this has been such life giving activity for me (and the kids). 

You know those tiny squares that we constantly look through each day; the squares that make up thousands of beautiful pictures, each possessing some version of timeless perfection. Ya, those. Today, as I scrolled through them I couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy rise up inside me as I scanned the room before me; seeing a mound of unfolded laundry, beside it, a combination of miscellaneous toys that in no way belonged together and snack wrappers, and dirt.

When I look back on this year, I am astounded by God's goodness, I am undone by His grace, I am overwhelmed by His love, and I fall to my knees when I think about His kindness. He is so so kind friends and when I think about 2017, all I can think is "only God."