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Happening Now

January 6, 2016 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Reading Three Junes by Julia Glass.

Watching Making A Murderer on Netflix (like everyone else!).

Listening to Jamie Lawson.

Looking out the window at the snow falling down. I’ll admit it does look really pretty.

Using my new planner from Rifle Paper Co. I love starting a new year; a fresh start.

Crossing things off my daily to-do lists in the new planner.

Walking on the treadmill after about a 4 month hiatus and it feels good to be moving again.

Feeling super excited about our new couch. It’s beautiful! We’ve been needing one for about 5 years.

Getting back into the swing of school everyday after the long holiday break.

Loving that the days are getting longer and longer, even if it is only by 3 minutes everyday.

Celebrating Jeremy’s birthday this weekend with a date that’s long overdue.

Spending less time online scrolling and more time actually doing.

Trying to decide on a Project Life kit for 2016. The one I wanted most is sold out and I’m not even sure they’ll restock, so on to Plan B whatever that is.

Decluttering and thinking about starting on a spring cleaning list. I always get the urge this time of year.

Working on a morning routine that gets me up and going before the kids wake, but gosh it’s hard when the mornings are so dark.

Hoping you had a great holiday season and that your 2016 is off to a great start!

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Posted in: Happening Now, Uncategorized Tagged: Happening Now

Light in 2016

January 4, 2016 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Gosh. December totally flew by. Happy New Year! I had such great intentions of blogging all of my December Daily pages, but with everything going on I just didn’t get around to it. I may still photograph each page and post them at some point. Now that we’re getting back to our regular routine I think I’ll have more time.

Today I wanted to recap my word for 2015 and talk about my word for 2016.

If you remember way back in January of 2015 I chose Magic as my word for the year. I love the idea of focusing on one word throughout the year. Magic was a good word for me. I wanted a fun, more carefree word to focus on given all of the heaviness I was going through and feeling. I wanted to be able to find magic in the little things again. And I did mostly. I started a gratitude journal (which I didn’t exactly keep up with…oops), I became more intentional about making the most of every moment and I worked on trying to find the positive aspects of every situation. Sometimes I did great. Other time not so much.

Some of the things I actually did accomplish:

-I grew a garden.

-We traveled someplace new as a family (North Carolina).

-I created something beautiful for our home. I made new mug hooks for the kitchen.

-We spent way more time outside. It was awesome.

-Technically I learned something new if you count gardening. I had to learn a lot about all the new things I was growing.

-I also saw something awe inspiring when we visited the Sunken Garden in Lincoln. It was so breathtaking. More beautiful than I have ever seen it.

 

The things that I didn’t do well included spending more time with friends and alone time with Jeremy. We completely crapped out in the date department this year. We also didn’t get to go away to someplace new without our kids. We did spend a night away in Kansas City, so that was good. We didn’t buy a new house. In fact, we didn’t even look for a new house. We’re not sure where we’re going to be in the next year or so. Either here in Omaha or in Charlotte, so all of that is really up in the air for now. I also didn’t grow my photography business the way I wanted to. Jeremy did build me a new website, which has yet to go live, but I didn’t do much as far as marketing. My only excuse for that is lack of motivation due to not knowing whether we’re staying here or moving away.

I’m glad to wrap up 2015 and open a new chapter with the beginning of a new year. Although it was a much better year for me and us as a family, I have a feeling that 2016 is going to be even better.

 

This year I chose Light as my word. Or maybe it chose me. There are so many different ways I want to incorporate light into my/our lives this year. Here are some of my goals for my word:

-To lighten my eating habits. I want to eat less sugar and more whole foods.

-To lighten my body. I have been slacking majorly in the exercise department and that changes now.

-I want to spend even more time in the outdoor light. I feel so much better when I spent time outside.

-I want to lighten my mood. Last year was still a bit heavy because of my anxiety. This year it’s all under control and I feel more like my former self than I have in a long time. It’s time to lighten up. To laugh more and stress less.

-I want to feel joy; to brighten.

-I want to travel with Jeremy.

-I want us to travel as a family so we can all experience something new together.

-I want to focus seriously on meditation.

-I want to finally find a morning routine that works for me; that started my days with a lightness.

-I want my heart to feel lighter.

 

I’m so excited to see where this word takes me. I have a really good feeling about this year.

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Posted in: One Little Word Tagged: one little word

December Daily | Days 1 & 2

December 3, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

I’m so excited to be doing December Daily again this year documenting our month of December. It’s such a fun, magical time. Today I’m sharing days one and two. It was very gloomy here yesterday and the day before that it was hard to get good photos, so I decided to just wait and post both pages today.

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I’m using a Simple Stories 6×8 red album again this year. I’ve loved using the size the past two years. This year I also ordered Ali Edwards main kit. I really liked a lot of products included in the kit this year as opposed to past years. So far I have the “the most wonderful time of the year” transparency in front of the black and white tree paper. It seems a bit boring so I may be adding more later on.

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Day One

The story for today was simple. We started our Advent calendar and the tradition of unwrapping Christmas books as well as adding Santa countdown calendars to the kid’s bedroom doors. But the day was also very routine with homeschooling and lots of play time. The kids ended up building pillow forts in front of the tv in the afternoon and they looked so cute sitting there together with their drinks that I knew that would be my photo to document today. That and a photo of the wrapped books.

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Day Two

For day two I wanted to document decorating our tree. We did this before Thanksgiving, but I always add it to my album because it’s still part of our December story. It never bothers me that it didn’t actually take place on whatever day I end up adding it to my album.

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If you have any questions about products I used please feel free to ask in the comments. I’ll be back tomorrow with day three.

Posted in: December Daily, Scrapbooking Tagged: December Daily, memory keeping, scrapbooking

Happening Now

December 1, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Listening to the Michael Buble Christmas station on Pandora and James Bay on Apple Music.

Watching Hallmark Christmas movies…when they’re not too cheesy that is.

Decorating the house for the holidays.

Trying to get into the Christmas spirit. It’s been a bit difficult this year for some reason.

Taking a more relaxed approach with our schooling now that we’re in the midst of the holiday season.

Starting our Advent calendar today with coloring books, Santa countdown printables and opening Christmas books.

Participating in Ali Edwards December Daily again this year, which I’ll be sharing here. It’s my favorite project ever.

Crossing things off of my shopping list, but I still have a ways to go.

Feeling my anxiety starting to rev up, but getting it under control early this time. Anyone else have trouble with all the darkness?!

Wearing some cute new sequins slippers I bought on Black Friday for $2.99. Total steal. I should’ve bought more pairs because I’m sure I’ll ear them out!

Needing a haircut and color, but dreading actually going in to do it.

Awaiting the arrival of our new dishwasher!! You guys, this is about 8 years overdue. I’m so happy to be getting a new one. Merry Christmas to me!

Enjoying time spent with family making new memories.

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Fall Session | Hudson & Harper

November 10, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

My husband redesigned my photography website and I’ve decided to add this blog to it instead of having a completely separate blog, so now I’ll be sharing all of my sessions with you here. I’m starting today with my own kids fall session. I took these at Lauritzen Gardens and am so happy with how they turned out. Although I will say that Hudson was so into posing for me this time because that meant he had to stop playing his real life Super Mario game with daddy. Harper however was totally into it.

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Posted in: Photography Tagged: Photography

Happening Now

November 9, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Loving homeschooling. I’m so happy we chose this path.

Disliking the early darkness, but who doesn’t?

Enjoying all of the time we’ve been spending outside this season.

Feeling grateful for our health and a fairly smooth surgery for Harper last week.

Listening to James Bay.

Watching Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel. I know, but I can’t help myself.

Reading The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton and Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman to the kids for school.

Wearing Friday Flannel Jamberry nail wraps. They are super cute.

Starting my Christmas shopping. I like to pick things up here and there so I’m not buying everything all at once.

Sewing the kids super soft blankets for Christmas. Nothing complicated. Just simple, cozy blankets.

Planning out some holiday crafts that I’d like to have ready before December.

Baking lots of pumpkin goodies. So far donuts, bars, and bread.

Starting to look at houses again. We have totally outgrown ours and I really want a fireplace.

Needing to start meal planning again. I’ve been having a hard time coming up with meals everyday.

Hoping to take the kids to the new Peanuts movie sometime this week.

Taking the kids on an outdoor field trip this afternoon so we can enjoy this mild weather as much as possible before it’s gone.

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Posted in: Happening Now Tagged: Happening Now

15 Books In 2015-Book 11

November 3, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

I finally finished my eleventh book. (I’m so not going to meet my goal of 15…) I read Peace Like A River which has been on my must-read list for a while. I started it months ago, put it down to read a couple other books and just recently picked it back up again.

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The book follows the story of an 11-year-old boy named Reuben “Rube” Land as he recounts a period of his childhood during 1962 when his older brother, Davy, flees after being charged with murder. It’s a story of miracles and ordinary everyday magic.

I truly enjoyed this book. The story was engaging and the characters were likable because they were so realistic. They were flawed, but lovable. It was easy to relate to each one of them. I would recommend that everyone read this book. In fact, I already gave it to my mom.

Posted in: Books, Reading Challenge, Uncategorized Tagged: Reading Challenge

Fall Showing Off

October 21, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Fall is really showing off here in Omaha and I can’t get enough of it.

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Posted in: Photography Tagged: Photography

Autumn Around Here

October 20, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Our weather has been amazing the past two months and we’ve been enjoying as much time outside as possible. We’ve done all the traditional autumn activities that make fall so perfect; apple picking, baking bread, visiting gardens, buying pumpkins and gourds at the farmer’s market, eating (too many) pumpkin donuts, going to the park, visiting the pumpkin patch, playing in the leaves and chasing sunsets.

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Posted in: Exploring, Family, Photography, Seasonal Tagged: Autumn, Family, Photography, Seasons

Happening Now

October 9, 2015 by tjdoyle0811 Leave a Comment

Figuring out this whole homeschooling thing.

Finding a routine that works that includes lots of outside adventures and play time.

Listening to Apple Music. Lots of Fleetwood Mac, Ray LaMontagne and a little Taylor Swift lately.

Reading tons of information on homeschooling. And I also went back to reading Peace Like A River. I’m going to finish it this time.

Watching the Today Show every morning and lots of Supernatural at night. I’m so ready for The Walking Dead to start on Sunday.

Continuing to pick zinnias from the garden, but everything else is done for the year and ready to be cleaned up.

Eating all the pumpkin donuts. Right now I just want pumpkin everything. But especially the pumpkin donuts from Dunkin Donuts.

Drinking pumpkin spice coffee every morning and the occasional iced pumpkin machiatto from Dunkin Donuts.

Loving all the pumpkins everywhere and the changing, falling leaves. It’s so beautiful.

Feeling excited that my favorite season has arrived and all that is to come in the next two months.

Thinking about attempting a quilt for my mom for Christmas. It would be my biggest sewing project so far.

Going to all the local handmade markets and vintage shops. In search of all the good stuff.

Finishing up my revamped photography website. I love the new look.

Trying new things including Jamberry Nail Wraps, which I am loving. I like them so much I’m seriously considering selling them.

Working on our eat-in kitchen area. It is waiting to be painted and then to have board and batten added. It will look awesome when it’s finished. I’ll definitely post photos.

Planning a fun weekend with family.

Hoping you enjoy your weekend to the fullest.

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