🥘🤩This is on of our go-to meals! It’s an easy Thai dish a sweet lady taught me and will forever be a family favorite!! INGREDIENTS:1lb ground beef1/3 of onion diced small2-3 TBSp- fish sauce(depending on taste preference1 bunch of chopped cilantro1-2 TBSP of lime juice*Pepper to taste if a little spicy is desired Brown the …
Baby#3 Coming October 2024!
We are so excited to share that baby Racine #3 is coming in October! I did a recent Q&A answering all the questions about this pregnancy and will link it HERE! We are thankful for this growing little life and for our growing little family. God has blessed us richly! Xoxo, Shantel
Thoughts on Priorities
I’ve been reading in Matthew this month in preparation for the holidays and it’s brought to my mind these things.❤️ priorities #Godoverall #timewithGod #quiettime #timewithHim #youngmom #youngmama #momlife #rawmotherhood #homemaker #teenmom #realmoms
Kitchen Remodel Progress
4ish weeks ago now we started our kitchen remodel. 👷♀️🏡 We have wanted to do this since we bought the house. But because of having kids etc. it just wasn’t in the budget yet. So we waited and finally are getting to it! I love a more mid century modern style for a kitchen. Our …
1 Whole Year with our Sweet Felicity🍓
Felicity turned one today and my mama heart is just overflowing. 🥹💖 From her pregnancy to adventuring thru this first year, there’s so many instances that I could see first hand, God was watching over her. So many hours of dedication are poured into a child their first year of life. The dozens of hours …
My Least Favorite Chore…
🫣Confession:My least favorite chore is dishes. 🍽️🧼 #meaningfulovermodishI’ll pretty much do any other chore in my house before doing dishes. I try to simplify as I can, but at the end of the day, they still need done, right? There was a recent day I knew the dishes were going to need to be unloaded …
Mother’s Day Memory
I remember my first Mother’s Day 4 years ago. 🩷I had found out just a week before that I was pregnant with Hudson and was still not only processing the surprise, but also hadn’t shared it with anyone accept our parents. I didn’t have all the warm fuzzy feelings about being pregnant yet or didn’t …
Switch it up! How I’m changing our week to serve us as a family better.
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 …