If you receive my newsletter then you know that the last 1-2 months I’ve found that our weekdays aren’t flowing for us very well. We’re in a bit of a schedule routine rut, and it felt like it wasn’t serving our family well. Right after Hudson was born I loved Monday’s. Crazy right?! It was …
“If the ring still fits.” My postpartum body changes.
Something that I haven’t shared a lot about, is my weight loss after having each kid. After my pregnancy with Hudson, I was able to lose the weight quickly for the most part. My body went back to much of the way it was before. I mean of course I had some loose skin a …
Just a letter of gratitude from a mama
Laying in bed tonight looking at pictures of my babies and just feeling an overwhelming sense of thankfulness. My children bring me an incomprehensible amount of joy. The love they have for their daddy and me, and for each other just melts my heart. I love watching them play and giggle together. Felicity already takes …
5 years since I said “Yes!”
Today marks 5 years since my hubby proposed to me in my favorite spot on earth. 💓🌊 It feels surreal that so much has happened since then. And that we’ve been able to return each year to this spot with our little ones we’ve added to our family. 5 years of many adventures. 5 years …
Recent Favorite Family ‘Fits!
Happy last week of February! Here’s a fun roundup of some of our recent family outfits. I’ve been loving layers as we’ve had some pretty bitter cold mornings here. Hoping for some sunshine to permanently head our way soon. ☀️ I’ve linked quite a few things on my LTK HERE. Xoxo, Shantel
Do it scared
This week I’m my Bible reading I’ve been studying the judges, and more specifically Gideon. Gideon was a man that God used in a very huge way to relieve Israel of the Midianites hold over them. But honestly, what stuck out to me more then anything wasn’t how brave he was. It was actually how …
Thursday Thoughts, Aware of our Influences
God’s Truth has be the standard for who we connect with and believe when it comes to female influences surrounding the body of Christ. Recently I’ve thought a lot about women on so I’ll media platforms that profess a great amount of godliness in their home, but yet there are evident key aspects of God’s …
Keto chocolate mug/bowl cake!
Recipe linked here!! This is the absolute insanely delicious easiest keto chocolate mug cake!! When I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, this saved me so many times from wanting to eat junk. It satisfied my sweet tooth and I loved that it was simple ingredients I already had in my kitchen. As for sweeteners, I …
Brotherly Love
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed something about Hudson. Something that has brought me a lot of joy. As a mom, we try and pray that how we teach our children to interact causes a bond of love between them, and not division. That the connection a brother and sister have is more …
Thursday Thoughts: Mind Over Matter, A Letter of Faith I Wrote the Day Before Felicity’s Birth.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen Hebrew 11:1 (Preface: I found this in my past journal entries, I had journaled this the day before Felicity’s induction praying that she would come on her own.)💜 -> “It’s the day before my induction. This morning as I …