Category: Family
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How To Make a Home Fire Escape Plan with First Alert
How To Make a Home Fire Escape Plan with First Alert
August 9, 2019
Disclosure: Thank you First Alert for sponsoring this post. Plan, practice, and repeat your escape plan with First Alert! How to Make a Home Fire Escape Plan for Your Family I am embarrassed to [...] Continue →
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My Mom Lists: It’s Cloudy with a 90% Chance of Wine
My Mom Lists: It’s Cloudy with a 90% Chance of Wine
April 24, 2018
Thank you JaM Cellars for sponsoring this post. Looking for Butter Chardonnay near you? Check out their easy-to-use Store Locator! Just pop in your zip code and the Butter will be waiting! My Mom [...] Continue →
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Spring Style for the Husband: A Search for the Perfect Watch
Spring Style for the Husband: A Search for the Perfect Watch
March 30, 2017
I have to laugh a bit when I read the title of this blog post. It’s not that my husband doesn’t dress nice, but is it stylish? I don’t know. He has his nice [...] Continue →
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My Moment of Truth: My 2016 Motherhood Journey
My Moment of Truth: My 2016 Motherhood Journey
December 8, 2016
It’s official: I now have a one year old baby and in about a week my oldest kiddo will be turning 7! This past year has been quite the journey. One that I didn’t [...] Continue →
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Pregnancy Update + Free Printable Countdown to Baby (or birthday)
Pregnancy Update + Free Printable Countdown to Baby (or birthday)
November 25, 2015
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nutrimom. All opinions are 100% mine. (Photo above was taken by the lovely Fiona Margo Photography) Well, we are just about there. Apparently [...] Continue →
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Mentally Prepping Myself for Baby + Free Printable Weekly Belly Pages
Mentally Prepping Myself for Baby + Free Printable Weekly Belly Pages
October 22, 2015
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nutrimom. All opinions are 100% mine. It’s been a while since the last time I was pregnant and had an actual newborn baby [...] Continue →
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Feeding the pregnancy craving and earning money for my daughter’s school
Feeding the pregnancy craving and earning money for my daughter’s school
August 25, 2015
Guys. Pregnancy. It will either make you never want to eat again, or you will want to eat every single food item you think about. Spaghetti for breakfast? Sure. Dessert before dinner? Yup. Pickles dipped [...] Continue →
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Playdate for the kiddo and for the parents.
Playdate for the kiddo and for the parents.
February 6, 2015
I’m a work from home mama/my kiddo’s caretaker when she’s not at school. When preschool is done I need to find some crafty and/or fun thing to do with the kiddo, or we will [...] Continue →
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Favorite Kids’ Books
Favorite Kids’ Books
June 17, 2014
We love to read books in our home. I started my love for books at a young age. The moment I figured out how to read, I was hooked. I love losing myself [...] Continue →
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Wednesday Goodies: Family treasures.
Wednesday Goodies: Family treasures.
October 2, 2013
I come from a family of artists. Painters, musicians, poets (dontcha knowit), and well… pretty much anything and everything artsy. I’ve always been creating things. Art. Crafts. Whatever. I really can’t remember a time [...] Continue →
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GIVEAWAY + My internet family.
GIVEAWAY + My internet family.
October 1, 2013
I have multiple families. I have the good ‘ol blood relations, the long time friends, and then I have my online family. Some people may think my internet friends aren’t real (it does sorta [...] Continue →
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Family Style.
Family Style.
September 9, 2013
//Family style//Chelsey: dress – Anthropologie, shoes – Miz Mooz//Kiddo: cat eye glasses – Hip Hop 50’s Shop, dress – thrifted, shoes – thrifted//Husband: shirt – no idea, tie – no idea, pants – the [...] Continue →
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Family history.
Family history.
August 19, 2013
//The only known photo of Thomas Terpin Thomas// A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to sign up for the 23andMe program. The site’s pretty interesting. What is it? Well, you spit [...] Continue →
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Wednesday Goodies: So awesome.
Wednesday Goodies: So awesome.
July 10, 2013
One moment I’m a mom… just doing my normal thing. The next, I’m a babbling mess over the most simple and beautiful piece of kid artwork. I mean… my kiddo has given me so [...] Continue →
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter
April 1, 2013
We had a wonderful and relaxing/busy Easter weekend. We went Easter egg hunting MULtiple times this weekend and worked on our garden a ton. This is officially the first year my kiddo has truly [...] Continue →
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My little goal: dress up at least 3 times a week
My little goal: dress up at least 3 times a week
March 19, 2013
Since I’ve had my daughter, I always get into my “I don’t curr about what I wurr” rut. Translation: I just really don’t care about what I’m wearing. Yoga pants to the store? Yes. [...] Continue →
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A lovely Valentine’s Day!
A lovely Valentine’s Day!
February 15, 2013
We started the day with preschool, followed by a trip to the bakery (see above), and headed home. We found a wonderful bunch of goodies when we came home (turns out my man came [...] Continue →
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Bridesmaid style.
Bridesmaid style.
January 22, 2013
Hello everyone! I’m off at Alt Summit this week, and if you want to keep up with my trip I’ll be on Instagram and Twitter. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Way back when…. like 6 months ago… My sister done got married! Yay! [...] Continue →
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I have silly friends.
I have silly friends.
October 1, 2012
I have silly friends. That’s pretty much all I need to say. Ha! Oh, and isn’t this site beautiful? This is where my friend, Nina, got married a couple of weeks ago. It was [...] Continue →
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10 years ago…
10 years ago…
September 7, 2012
Ten years ago I was 19. Ten years ago I met this guy. Ten years ago I took this photo with this guy. Ten years ago I met my future husband. Ten years ago [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Oregon Coast
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Oregon Coast
August 29, 2012
My sister and her new hubby should be back in New Zealand soon. They left Tuesday night (and, apparently it takes 5 billion gazillion trazillion years to get there) and are probably still flying. [...] Continue →
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Bridal Shower + Photo Booth
Bridal Shower + Photo Booth
July 30, 2012
A week ago we gathered together to celebrate my sister, Nicole. She is getting married on August 11th. It’s coming up fast! Less than 2 weeks away… wow. Anyway, here’s a collection of my [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Zoo!
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Zoo!
July 25, 2012
My sister has been in town for 2 weeks now! Last week we made our way to the zoo. We’ve been working on Ruari getting used to her Uncle Mike. She’s naturally wary of [...] Continue →
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Local Love: My new favorite brunch spot!
Local Love: My new favorite brunch spot!
June 26, 2012
Yuuuummmm. I love brunch. Goodness. AND, I love Journey’s. Journey’s, a wine bar in Portland, is our favorite wine spot. We have been wandering there since before Ruari was born. Since before we were [...] Continue →
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Christina’s Wedding
Christina’s Wedding
June 11, 2012
A couple of weeks ago my friend, Christina, celebrated her wedding. It was a wedding planned in 2 weeks. Originally scheduled for July… we moved it up due to a family member being very [...] Continue →
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Vacation
Vacation
May 31, 2012
We spent the holiday weekend with family in Bellingham, WA. As usual, it was amazing. Relaxing. Fun. Full of wine. And, espresso. AND…. s’mores. Ruari had her first s’mores this weekend. I don’t think [...] Continue →
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Project plan a wedding in 2 weeks: done.
Project plan a wedding in 2 weeks: done.
May 22, 2012
Oh friends…. I have been so busy. In a fantastic a way. One of my closest friends got married this last Sunday. If you follow my instagram… you probably saw my many wedding themed [...] Continue →
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Ruari in the front yard
Ruari in the front yard
May 21, 2012
We’ve been slowly…. slowly cleaning up our outdoor space. When we first bought our home, almost 5 years ago now, we had plans. SO many plans. We bought the home that was in the [...] Continue →
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The baby book.
The baby book.
May 8, 2012
The baby book. It’s about darn time I finished this thing. Ruari’s headed towards 2 and a half and I finally finished a book on her first year. As a little mother’s day gift [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: A day in Bellingham
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: A day in Bellingham
April 25, 2012
Some more vacation photos to share. This was our Saturday in Bellingham. They have a really neat little farmer’s market that we like to wander to after lunch at Boundary Bay. Sort of a [...] Continue →
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This episode is brought to you by, F@#% Yeah Candy!
This episode is brought to you by, F@#% Yeah Candy!
April 18, 2012
If you hadn’t noticed…. I took a little week off blogging to spend some time with the family. That will explain why I’m sharing Easter photos a week and a half later. Ha! It [...] Continue →
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Once Upon a Time by, Mermaid Tracks
Once Upon a Time by, Mermaid Tracks
April 12, 2012
Once upon a time there was a girl who went to New Zealand to find herself. And on the second day she met the man that she would later marry. They built a life [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: To the Zooo!
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: To the Zooo!
January 4, 2012
Two days before Christmas the fam and I wandered over to our local zoo. R got a zoo pass for her birthday last year… and, we really wanted to take advantage of it before [...] Continue →
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Steppin Out: Christmas Eve Style
Steppin Out: Christmas Eve Style
December 27, 2011
<< my style: //sweater vest: thrifted//blouse: thrifted//jeans: f21//shoes: very clearance Target// >> Every Christmas Eve my family and I head out for Chinese food! This tradition started when I was 7-years-old. Forever we went [...] Continue →
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Happy Birthday baby girl!
Happy Birthday baby girl!
December 18, 2011
Happy birthday! Ruari is two years old today! And, we are sleeping in to celebrate. 😉 We had a lovely party yesterday and I can’t wait to share photos! By the way… that’s our [...] Continue →
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Steppin Out
Steppin Out
December 5, 2011
Ruari’s outfit: sweater//made by grandma, dress//thrift, tights//Target, shoes//Target. My outfit: Sweater//thrift, top//Anthroplogie, jeans//F21, Shoes//Marshall’s. I wandered up to Washington this last weekend to visit family and go to this little event. So, it’s a [...] Continue →
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Merry Christmas to YOU! From, the Paper family.
Merry Christmas to YOU! From, the Paper family.
November 15, 2011
Hello! I’m so excited to show you our Christmas photo for 2011! I had SO much fun creating this! I’ll have to share some little tidbits about how I created it (that’s not our [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: The pumpkin patch!
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: The pumpkin patch!
October 12, 2011
{This last Saturday the fam and I wandered over to a local pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins! AND: we had pretty darn lovely weather! I was 90% sure it was going to [...] Continue →
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Steppin Out Saturday
Steppin Out Saturday
October 2, 2011
my outfit: hair//sock bun, earrings//f21, top//thrift, jeans//f21, shoes//DKNY, dog//Angus ruari: outfit//old navy Soooo… Ruari and I didn’t actually step out… Well, we ran errands (and, I put on flats before I left… ;D). We [...] Continue →
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Picnic in the park.
Picnic in the park.
September 1, 2011
Picnic in the park with family. Picnic dinner. Family. Music. Silly baby. AND: Meltdowns. 😉 Family day. 🙂 ♡ Chelsey
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Family weekend
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Family weekend
August 17, 2011
{We spent the weekend with family up in Washington. It was a lovely vacation… minus the tooth pain I had all weekend… I’ll share more later… 🙂 Happy Wednesday!} {If you have a Wordless{ish} [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: My Grandpa’s Funeral.
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: My Grandpa’s Funeral.
July 13, 2011
{Last week my family and I celebrated my grandpa’s life. He passed away a couple of weeks ago. It wasn’t a shock… he’s been sick for some time. He was a veteran of World [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Farmer’s Market
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Farmer’s Market
June 29, 2011
{We wandered over to the Beaverton Farmer’s Market…. which is so huge and awesome! One of the main reasons we went was to check out the local beef and chicken farmers. Were trying to [...] Continue →
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Father’s Day 2011
Father’s Day 2011
June 23, 2011
{“Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad.”} Soooo…. can you guess which one of us wasn’t very happy about the family photo above? ;D Mike’s [...] Continue →
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Keeping in touch through email.
Keeping in touch through email.
June 17, 2011
Email is so very important in my life. I use and check it each and every day. It helped me announce to my friends and Mike when I found out I was pregnant with [...] Continue →
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Sunday Challengin’
Sunday Challengin’
June 12, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday: Long Exposure Cars. I was not driving. 🙂 Shapes Green Hmmm… nice saggy diaper! Fruit Today’s fruit is brought to you by… that guy. Above. 😉 Childhood Memory Steppin’ Out: Ruari, [...] Continue →
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And, the winner of the "Family" photo challenge is…
And, the winner of the "Family" photo challenge is…
June 11, 2011
June 4thThis weeks challenge: Family.The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty). With some family. First: {Mama and [...] Continue →
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The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Family
The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Family
June 4, 2011
June 4th This weeks challenge: Family. The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty). With some family. Grandpa [...] Continue →
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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Easter
Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Easter
April 27, 2011
{Finally… My Easter photos. This year Mike and I ran (well, drove) up to Bellingham to spend the holiday weekend with his family. Here is my photo dump…. or photo barf… or photo mania [...] Continue →
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On vacation
On vacation
April 25, 2011
This weekend Mike, Baby and I were on vacation! We headed up to Bellingham to spend time with Mike’s side of the family. It was so much fun. I’ll share Easter photos tomorrow (since [...] Continue →
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Party Time
Party Time
April 1, 2011
I’m partying today! Blog party that is. I want to welcome anyone new to my blog with a little bit about me… Me: The husband, Mike: The baby: Laureli… or Ruari as I mostly [...] Continue →
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Grandma and Grandpa
Grandma and Grandpa
February 8, 2011
Mike’s parents came into town this weekend to celebrate mine and Mike’s birthday. Our birthday’s are 2 weeks apart. 🙂 I can never convince his parents to get in a photo… but, after telling [...] Continue →
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AND, the winner of the "Family" photo challenge is….
AND, the winner of the "Family" photo challenge is….
January 1, 2011
This weeks guest judge: Joni from Six Cherries on TopThis weeks challenge: Family.The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) [...] Continue →
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Christmastime-en photo overload.
Christmastime-en photo overload.
December 27, 2010
Yeah, I took way too many photos this weekend. 😀 Here you go, enjoy! Christmas Eve: {This is a big deal! Ruari NEVER cuddles like this! She’ll do anything if you let her play [...] Continue →
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Scavenger Hunt Sunday: Christmas style.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday: Christmas style.
December 26, 2010
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas (or a wonderful Saturday if you don’t celebrate Christmas). We did! So much fun. I have so many cute baby pictures to share… we’ll see if [...] Continue →
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The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Family.
The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Family.
December 25, 2010
This weeks guest judge: Joni from Six Cherries on TopThis weeks challenge: Family.The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) [...] Continue →
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I’m thankful for…
I’m thankful for…
November 25, 2010
My family. Being alive. My baby. My husband. The food we get to eat today. HAPPY Thanksgiving everyone! I also wanted to point out: I’m thankful for sales! My affiliates have informed me of [...] Continue →
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Ruari is 10 months old.
Ruari is 10 months old.
October 18, 2010
Dear little Miss Laureli, Wow. I cannot believe you’re already 10 months old! You have turned into a little human this past month. Seriously. So many changes. What are you up to you ask? [...] Continue →
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Thursday’s Three: Where’s the motivation?
Thursday’s Three: Where’s the motivation?
September 9, 2010
{Ruari with Mike’s parents} You know when you REALLY want to create something, but you just can’t get motivated to get it done? Yeah, that’s me right now. I was playing around with photoshop [...] Continue →
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Monday’s My Pick: Little Pink Donut
Monday’s My Pick: Little Pink Donut
August 9, 2010
{Print from: The Paper Mama Shop} So, I was asked by this blogger: Coffee with a Canine… to do a little guest blog post. I need to have coffee with my canine and report [...] Continue →
