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i think this portrayed the day so nicely….lots of smiles and laughs.
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thirty six. hmmm….sounds old and young at the same time. so far it’s been an awesome day. ……………………………………….. do you want to know the last 10 songs i have purchased on iTunes???? 1. Ain’t No Monutain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell pretty random eh? all great though….love every one of them. ………………………………………..
cute siblings.
cute family.
beautiful baby girl.
scrumptious baby boy.
happy smiley cuddley family. 🙂 ………………………………………..
How did you make your “Happily ever after?” sign? Love it! Happy Happy birthday a few days late! It was my birthday as well…I turned 37, though! We can be “old” together! 😉 Happy Birthday to you! 🙂 I’m a fall baby as well (October) Happy belated BirthDay!!! 🙂 Happy Birthday! No more internet, enjoy love. happy birthday meg. 🙂 Hope your birthday was happy, happy, happy! ps. I am not sure if you have ever mentioned it on here, but I am taking the HUMONGOUS step of investing in a DSLR and photo editing HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! 36 SOUNdS VERY YOUNG, compared to the 38 I am turning on FRIDAY. 😉 happy birthday! my birthday is also september 30th. hope you had a great weekend. happy birthday! happy birthday. thanks for making my days all a little brighter. hope your special day is great! hoppy birdy two ewe! i hope you had a wonderful day! Happy belated Birthday! Hope it was great. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEG! My birthday was Sep 13, and I turned 36 too! Did you get my e mail?? Would love to know what you thought of the song I sent you! (I realize you probably get so so many e mails you may have missed it!) Have a great year… 36!! One step closer to 40 😉 EEEEEK! Sheridan x BUMMER…I’m a day late. Happy Birthday!!! Happy belated Birthday! Love your song list and happy birthday! Happiest of birthday to you, sweet Meg!! Here’s hoping you get super spoiled rotten (sounds like you already did 😉 all weekend long. And here’s hoping your birthday celebrating includes some time at the barn. Miss that place……. Love u!! Happy Belated Birthday MEG! Happy birthday a day late–just catching up on my reading! Denise from Victory Road called it our mid-upper thirties. . .I’ll meet you there Friday: ) Happy Birthday Meg! Thanks for being an inspiration to love and enjoy my husband, get creative with the kids, and love God and my life more…and craft and decorate my home with joy! You are a must read each day! Hap hap happy birthday! Hope your day was most blessed. Happy, happy birthday! Happy Birthday, Meg! Blessings on your day and your year! Happy birthday Meg!! 🙂 Love Raise your glass (best song to run to!) and American Honey 🙂 happy birthday! Meg- you are so talented! i hope someday to fly you out so you can take pictures of all six of my beautiful children. Fingers crossed 🙂 Happy Birthday! I love your blog, however, I think this is the first time I’ve commented. I live in the Wichita area and I’m interested in getting some family pics taken soon. My son turns one in November. Do you have any available sessions? Also, could you e-mail me your pricing information? My e-mail address is lyndseysander@gmail.com Happy Belated Birthday! I hope you got spoiled rotten. Due to family tradition, once you hit 42 you can stay there forever. This is only because I can never remember how old my mom is, so she’s always 42. (I think it’s been… more than 8 years now?) 36 and acomplished so much! beautiful family, lovely blog and lots of creativity and talents,. Happy Birthday!!! 36 sounds YOUNG to me! Have a great day! happy birthday meg!! i love reading your blog! Happy Birthday! I hope you had an awesome day! Happy Birthday a day late! It’s nice to stretch it out, isn’t it? Happy birthday! Happy b’day Meg! 36 sounds young to me as a 39 year old 😉 I never comment, but I just had to say Happy Birthday! You share your special day with my hubby…and you’re both pretty cool. 😉 Hope you had a great day! Hope *your day* has been just great. Happy Birthday!! Thanks for being such an amazing inspiration!! Happy 36th!! The happiest of birthdays to you, Meg! Thanks for your sweet comment…I could kick myself that I didn’t chat with you more inside. Darn nerves! 😉 Next time for sure! Such a treat to meet you, though. All the best to you until your next b-day and always. XO HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WOOHOO! im really glad you were born. Happy Happy Birthday, on this your special day! Happy Birthday to one cool chick!!! Enjoy!!! (I’ll be 46 next week…yikes!!) Happy Birthday! My son shares the same birthday! Its an awesome day! Woot woot! Happy Bday and here’s to many, many more!!! Sending you lots of Happy Birthday wishes from NC!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday, Meg!! Yuo make me feel old! Happy birthday young one! Happy Birthday! Sounds like you had a great day! Happy Birthday Meg….I my next birthday I will be 45, now THAT sounds old! I loved 36, just had my last baby, mmmmmm! And I love your play list – just saw Zac Brown Band in concert with my hubby and loved every minute of it! Happy birthday Meg! Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday…I turned 30 and I am ok with that:) I love American Honey. And America. And honey. Happy Birthday!!!! Your pictures are beautiful From seeing your taste in music I think you’d love Ellie Goulding. Try “Lights” & “Starry Eyed” :):) she was the only performer at the royal wedding, but she’s still a tad underground. Happy Birthday! Happy HAPPY Birthday – I wish you bazillions more – just so you can write your happy blog… Love visiting your blog and watching your cute kids grow up!!! Lovely!!! Happy Birthday! Great song choices and the photos are fabulous. Happy Birthday MEG! I love the Glee version of Raise your glass. The one done by the boys choir. So so good. Loving all your pics too. Did you realise that 4 out of 5 of them have bald heads. hehe. I love a bald head. ask my hubby. xxx Happy Birthday Meg! LOVE the Happily Ever After pic! yeah! happy birthday to you, meg! we’re age twins! hope you had a huge slice of the BEST CAKE!!! Happy Birthday. You are my fav daily read. Pics are awesome. BTW I am checking out the music and so far LOVING the ones that I wasn’t familiar with. Thanks Happy, happy birthday to you!! Best wishes for an awesome year ahead! Blessings!!! 🙂 Happy birthday!!! I actually look forward to getting older cause I assume that will come with added maturity and wisdom. But you know what happens when you assume?! 😉 Also, I LOVE the picture with the “this is our happily ever after” print in front. It makes for a cool picture, but has such a greater meaning. A small reminder to me. Hope you felt extra loved and spoiled today!!! Happy birthday! Happy Birthday! 36 was the best . year . ever! I can’t explain why and I’m not the only one who feels that way. Enjoy. i recognize jennifer h’s kiddos and of course griffin!! happy happy birthday, Sweetheart! Happy Birthday and welcome to 36-dom-ness. I arrived here on Sept. 2nd and so far it’s been… well, let’s just say that it’s been. WOW. Those photos are amazing….all of em! Happy B-day. HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Happy Happy Birthday to you!! Happy Birthday! I felt sort of the same on hitting 36 this year, but 37 truly strikes me as a turning point, for some reason. Hope you have a great birthday!! I am 36 also and think about it being old and young at the same time…old enough to know better but young enough not to care:) Have a great Birthday!! Happy Birthday Meg. Thanks for being so hip! You’re the youngest 36 year old I’ve ever seen! Happy Birthday! It’s my birthday too! Happy Birthday to you! (PS … I’d be happy to be turning 36 … it’s 42 here!) HaPpY HaPpY Birthday! Happy Birthday! What a lovely husband! I hope the rest of your day is as fabulous. Happy Birthday Meg!!! You are a beautiful, inside and out, 36 years young woman 🙂 Happy Birthday!!! 😀 Your blog makes me so happy. Thanks for being you! Happy Birthday! I hope is rocks! I agree with a lot of others here, You Are Not Old! I will be 50 next Saturday….now that is old! Oh wait, is it? Yes, well…no….HAHA…you are a Libra as well…..you probably know what I’m talking about when we can’t make up our minds!! LOL Happy birthday! 36 is totally NOT old! 😉 happy birthday, meg! Happy birthday! The photos are gorgeous! 36 is my same age! congrats! so glad your hubby “saw” you in that way. that’s a priceless gift. also, looove mat kearney. I love the pop of color in your pictures. It is perfect. I love siblings! Happy Birthday! 🙂 I hope it continues to be fabulous. happy, happy birthday!! Happy Birthday Meg! Happy Birthday!! May you feel loved and celebrated today! Happy birthday!!! Happy, Happy birthday, Meg! Hope you have a wonderful day. Happy Birthday!! Old? No I don’t think so!…I’m on my way to 46…that does sound old 🙁 Happy Birthday Meg!!! It sounds like you had the perfect day!! It was so great to finally get to meet you on Wednesday. We are so looking forward to seeing our pictures!!! Happiest Birthday Wishes, Meg! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Meg! Hope your day is filled with AWESOME~NESS… check out this family from a few weeks back….
they are adorable! i am waaaaaaay behind on photo editing. i am planning on cuddling up and watching Parenthood on the DVR and editing till my eyes won’t stay open any longer tonight.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! wish you joy, love and health. hope you keep inspiring with your energy and creativity. I really love the pics.. which are natural… Happy Birthday!! I hope you are enjoying this fantastic day and are being well taken care of. I know I am. 🙂 (we share a b-day today) hAppY BiRthDaY pretty mama! Ok, so I just discovered your blog… maybe a week ago, via Pinterest. Can I just say, without being too creepy, that I feel like you are maybe the (a little) older, craftier version of myself. I already love your blog and I want you to know that I am praying for you and your family and your success with spreading the word and love of Christ. cool pillow. Could you check this out, as a mom, the song is meaningful and the purpose for the song is soul-growing. ( I don’t know if links can be cut and pasted this way, it is called Butterfly Child by Rob Duskey and Friends) Must make time to see that movie! Love Chrissie Grace’s shop too. And praying Davis gets to come home to his parents soooooon! that is one jam packed post. the and yes, the little boys are very cute! I am so glad you said that you can’t say that line out loud without tearing up because I saw the picture of the pillow and the tears just started falling! I LOVED The Help and sat in the theater doing the “ugly cry” with my mom because our hearts were so touched by the women in that movie. I love that your pictures are so real – natural. I LOVE that pillow! I was gulping from crying during the movie! Great pillow! I haven’t read The Help (hoping to in the next few months). Great family photo btw : ) Love this pillow! The Help is one of my all time favorite books 🙂 I have been telling my 3 boys that THEY are kind, smart & important and a few days ago I treated them out to lunch. While we were waiting for our meals , my adorable 3 year old sat absentmindedly playing with his fork, and repeating this quote to himself. It was a teary, proud moment for me to see they are listening & taking this beautiful message to heart ! I really should get a cushion to remind us every time we sit on the couch together Beautiful family and beautiful pictures! I have to admit I haven’t read the book nor seen the movie.. I’ve heard such great things about it so I’ve gotta make time to see it.. I just love that pillow, the colors and the design.. love it! I read The Help a few months ago and just got around to seeing it today. That line from The Help gets me every time. I saw it right after I got married and it had me yearning to have a baby I could say it to. Still yearning for a baby, but I can wait! I, for one, wish that quote from The Help would die a quick death–I’m all bout improving one’s self confidence, but promoting ridiculously poor grammar in the process is absurd. Love the pillow. Fantastic. oh The Help! Gotta love it. Beautiful pillow too! That pillow is awesome! Love it! My husband and I are watching the 2nd season of Parenthood. Just watched the Halloween episode where Crosby proposed. We love that show!!! I wanted to ask how did you decide to paint your ceiling Brown in the Hallway? Looks great, but I would be scared that it would go all wrong…and too many coats?! That pillow is so awesome! Loved the movie and the quote and now the pillow! 🙂 LOVE that pillow. And that quote. And Aibileen. And The Help. I love that quote from The Help. So true. Want to tell my kids that every day. And should probably tell myself that once in awhile too. Meg, I know that you are super-busy but when you sit down for a moment with a cup of something, would you be kind enough to visit my blog and watch the 5-minute video I posted, please? We did it for the Ben Towne Foundation’s benefit last Friday and I would love for you to see it. It’s for pediatric cancer research. and i am all sugared out. what a fabulous weekend it was!!! and i took my big camera all the way to california and back and i took ZERO pictures with it. i took a handful with my phone. i was the last to go on at Blog Sugar. i thought my heart might jump out of my chest. i calmed down about halfway through…. i told the group about when God rocked my little blog world and showed me so clearly that He wanted me to blog for HIM and not myself…to be bold and OPEN about my faith. also that our blogs are a modern way of preaching on a hill like in the bible like the disciples did. i said "you have a plan that is unique to YOU….that God made for only YOU….created by HIM and for this……that NO ONE else can fulfill but YOU." all the glory to God that he would take a kansas girl in sparkle shoes all the way to Cali to share the gospel. thanks julie for being an awesome host…and fabulous shopping partner…and letting me hold your baby A LOT.
Blog Sugar was what my soul needed. You helped to be a part of the healing. Thank you. meg! thanks again for sharing part of your story with us at blog sugar. the lord used you, girl! so blessed. praise jesus. xo Thanks for sharing your blog sugar love. I can only imagine how many people you all blessed. I am so blessed by your blog. I read (as does everyone..I am guessing) everyday. You are a little part of my life and you didn’t even know it. Thank you for using this blog to be real, to show God’s love and power and to encourage us. Blessings.. I wish I could have been there, maybe next year!?! Glad you had an amazing time and all things went spectacularly. God sure is powerful and awesome!! Loved listening to you Sunday. So glad it went well. Answer to prayer! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing story! You truly touched my heart. I wish I would have come up to you to say hello! NEXT TIME 🙂 I’m going to follow you on Twitter right now! I am @callherhappy I love your sparkly heels. I have the same ones except flats and those were my wedding shoes!! 🙂 Your makeup looks so good! Did you do it yourself, or did you go have it done? Is it all Mac? I’d like to know details on the products, if you’re up for a post on that!!!! um. cannot believe you posted that picture. Any chance you have a written version of your talk that you’d consider posting? Wish I could have been there and I would love to read what you had to say! It was a fabulous weekend, all around. And you were one hot momma that night! Too bad we cant get drybar-red and Mac-ed every day huh? Sure would love to hear the story that you shared at Blog Sugar. I rarely comment, but I have always loved your blog and the fact that you have no reservations about sharing your faith. So glad that you are not afraid to share the good news through your blog! What an awesome way to spread the gospel! Congrats on making it through your presentation. I’m sure you were fabulous! YOu probably don’t remember me introducing myself…i was just all ga ga over your shoes. I was the one with the mullet and unibrow……and pleather pants. So thankful God is using you in a GREAT way through your blog. Very thankful to have found your blog….God is good. I remember telling a friend a couple of years ago that I didn’t know why, but I just wasn’t super comfortable blogging about my faith. Say WHAT??? I meant it. I thought it was totally fine. And I swear, within a month I heard the same truth. And I’m sure all of the decoratey people who started following me back when wondered what the heck happened. Hi Meg. I have been peeking in on your blog long before I knew anything about Blog Sugar. I went to Blog Sugar with my daughter Gennifer (who follows your blog too) and several other friends. I knew that I was going to be in the minority, being a woman who’s kids are grown, and have kids of their own. But still I was eager to go. I am so glad I did. I wanted to come say hello to you, and tell you how much your speech touched me. I could identify with so much of what you had to say. And by the way, when my kids all went back to school every Fall, I hosted a “Hooray, the kids are back in school” party every year!!! At any rate….the words you used, the tender emotion you shared, the raw truth to it all, truly struck a chord in my heart. You are obviously a very special lady. I just wanted to tell you that. it was a treat meeting you (and hearing you speak – of course!) and your shoes WERE ridiculously high – the pictures are blurry because i was shaking so bad in them haha! yes indeed… like sharing the gospel up on the hill. thanks for sharing your story with us sitting in the grass listening. i loved hearing you speak at blog sugar. Way to go – I knew you would do great! 🙂 Love the guest bedroom! What a fabulous idea. I’m new here, a friend sent me over because she knows I’ve been pondering my purpose for blogging and suggested that your words might help. Did they ever! Glad to have found you, love your photos and you honesty. You spoke about God at a blog conv? You are the bravest, most authentic person. I admire you. I wasn’t at BlogSugar to watch you share your story. I’m pretty sure you have never even heard of myself let alone my blog. But I visit your “Whatever” world atleast daily because you’re inspiring in everything that you do. Even through the simplicity of being blah (in reference to your vlog you did just shortly ago), it’s shows that even those that have it together can sometimes…not. So thank you. I’m praying that the next time you speak at a conference I’ll be able to sit in the crowd to listen and that maybe, fingers crossed, I’ll be able to make the list for Craft Week next year. Megs on Twitter. Whoop whoop! Megs on Twitter. Whoop whoop!! You touched each and every heart on Sunday. The tears, the earring fiasco, the sparkle shoes, I keep hearing your voice in my head when you were telling us that at one point you believed you were “Awesome!” in that cute little sing song voice of yours. So glad I didn’t have to burp for you like i said I would,thank you for doing something that was way out of your comfort zone. It was amazing! Meg it was SO great hearing you speak!! I loved it!! I’m totally not that mom either. hahaha My heart is full and I’m inspired after a weekend spending time with you and so many other amazing women bloggers!! Meg, thank you SO, SO much for speaking at Blog Sugar. You spoke right to my heart and I love you for that. It was so awesome meeting and chatting with you. Hope to see you in January! 😉 Maybe I can teach you how to make a ‘hoot’. So glad I got to meet you and spend the weekend getting to know you 🙂 you were fabulous….I loved your shoes, and your hair!!!!!!! great pix, even without your fancy camera. Go, Meg, go…. You are awesome!! AMEN SISTER, preach it! 😉 I don’t blog but it is an awesome way for God to work through us women who were, previously, voiceless & so completely occupied with Mommyhood. You go, girl! your trip sounds awesome… 1. I would like to “like” Kimberlee’s comment for talking about urinals. How awesome is it that you had such an amazing time with some amazing women? Pretty awesome … ain’t that just like our God? YEP! Glad you’re back … I’ve missed you! 🙂 How awesome is it that you had such an amazing time with some amazing women? Pretty awesome … ain’t that just like our God? YEP! Glad you’re back … I’ve missed you! 🙂 i have meetings in LA a lot (almost three hours from my house) and i have dreamed about just hitting the road and hitting the dry bar when i get there. sigh. someday. and i heard it was only $20 bucks – which is cheap when you need to look all professional and together after a 3 hour drive – after getting up at 4 in the morning. loved your talk at blog sugar…so glad to hear your words of encouragement and your story in person…and though i only met you briefly in person, I’m glad i will continue to get to know you on your blog…keep doing what your doing…xoxo *laura* You rock my socks. Cool Meg!! This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, right? What an inspiration you are to me! God used you. You were completely amazing! Thank you so much for coming and talking to us! Amen, Sister! 🙂 … if it’s not for Him, what’s the point, right? All else is futile. Glad you and Kim got to go! Welcome back! You were missed:) Can’t wait to here more and more about your amazing weekend…you are an inspiration to all of us! That might be my favorite picture of us together…urinals and all. you looked like a million bucks at blogsugar. your beautiful heart matches your outward beauty, and i know you pulled on some heartstrings. there’s going to be a wave, in blogging, of letting go of “stuff” and selfishness and a move toward writing about what God wants us to write about. thank you for being our ringleader. thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your heart. I was at Blog Sugar 11 and I have to say your words touched me so much! I have been processing what you shared with us and so wish I had connected with you on Sunday. And BTW LOVE the shoes! 🙂 it is late Would love to have been there. But since I wasn’t 🙁 would love to hear more 🙂 Thanks for the beautiful reminder! I decided in the beginning that I would blog as long as God was in it. And that’s something I don’t ever want to forget! um hold it. if you got the same curtains as shauna did from ikea, i have em too. love them. my husband, sadly, does not. for the last 4 years. it was great to play in the OC this weekend with you. thanks for comin to our hood. Meg, you are great. So fun spending the weekend with you! Hi Meg! It was such a pleasure to be at Blog Sugar and to hear you speak! You definitely rocked it!!! 🙂 Meg, thank you for speaking at Blog Sugar…you were super amazing. You made me want to be a better blogger and a blogger that remembers to blog for God’s good. I started my blog wanting God to lead the way and sometimes I forget that. Thanks for the reminder. You are awesome and so are your sparkly shoes 🙂 Glad to hear you had a great time…welcome home! Welcome to twitter. 🙂 I tweet too. @Rottenstinker sister. i like you. solo deo gloria. Wow. Amazing. You are so inspiring and thanks for keeping it real. What a wonderful weekend!! I love the verse artwork in Julie’s guest room……..any idea where she got it? Meg – what you said was awesome. I loved getting to spend time with you and get to know you a bit this weekend. Thanks for letting me buy the same shirt as you at Old Navy, by the way. so happy i got to hug you. But what did you wear with those shoes?? SO glad you had so much fun! I am going to check out your twitter now! I got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye reading this. I love the way God works. He is reaching the masses through fabulous blogs like yours. Keep shining your light, Meg. I hope you know how awesome you are! WoW!!!!!! This is so amazing to hear right now, because for awhile now I have been feeling lead to start my own blog, and I knew that thru having a blog and sharing many stories of my life and where God has brought me and my family, and keeping much Faith no matter what come our way that really there is so much to share with the world, and I am praying about this, and have already had several people tell me that I should start my own blog for other reasons as how I love decorating, baking, and taking care of my four Beautiful daughter’s, that is fine but I feel I could help someone out there that feels like they are ready to give up and that nobody cares! Thank you for sharing this, and It is so awesome that you were able to have so much fun and more importantly you talked about God! Super AWESOME… Looks like a wonderful was had by all!
does it get better than this???? and so loved. ………………………………………… i am off to california!!! Sooo lovely Super sweet, love these. I can’t believe my baby boy just turned 8 months yesterday, crazy. These pictures are just beautiful. So so precious. I can’t help but think back to when baby J was a newborn. I miss those days {just a little bit}. i can’t tell you how much i love that last picture. i will have to be making some decorations like that. i was too exhausted to take any pictures of my little when he was born, so i am trying to make a point to come up with a backdrop (much like yours) and take a picture there monthly so i can document his growing! Oh how darling! It makes my uterus ache… 🙁 That baby is ADORABLE! But seriously…4 whole days without a Meg fix!!! Hope you’re having fun in California. :o) Hooray! I found your blog. easy peasy – just googled “meg whatever” I love the google. So cute.. the last picture is amazing!!!! love your blog… Enjoyed your talk. Glad you were at Blogsugar. It was nice meeting you! It’s a little late, but welcome back to Cali. Hope you have a wonderful visit!! What a cutie-pie! She looks exactly like my little Livie-Loo did at that age! Precious! Baby fever coming on…uh oh! gorgeous baby- oh and i love those glitter shoes from the previous post! love the last one with the colorful banners and quilt! pure love Oh wonderful… sigh… you are killing me with baby love!!! Love her in the bunting!!! Sweet, sweet, sweet!!! Are you kidding me?! I was AT the Denver Airport at the same time you were! Would have loved to meet you! Oh well….another time. Have a great time in CA! Denver airport? Dang! I would have come to see you at DIA 🙂 hope you have a great trip. And those photos? omg. now i wanna make babies with someone. squee! OH…that baby is beautiful! I love your baby photography! I so wish it would have been around when mg kiddos were little! Oh my she is beautiful! Good thing my husband is in another state tonight, seeing her makes me want a third! Amazing photos Meg 🙂 That’s my girl 🙂 so pretty. Can’t wait to see the full set i love the picture with the bunting…so cute! Makes me want more kids! But after having a hard time just getting up at 6am for high school, I decided it might be a better idea to wait to become a grandma..haha. I love the bright pink picture and also the chippy white paint, flag and pillow picture. That is my style! i want to steal a snuggle. 6 days old, she still has that new baby smell. mmmmmmmm. she’s beautiful. So, back to fashion! Are you wearing those sparly heels with the skinny jeans during your speech? What top? You are going to be hecka cute!! Oh Meg… these are great! Love them. Have a safe flight! Hugs to you. beautiful pictures! i have a one month old, are you jealous? haha I could eat her up ! great pic’s once again 🙂 Fly safely! Im leaving in a few hours. Detroit will be my connecting flight to LAX. Ugh!!! I miss this painfully. It’s just not fair that they are that little such a short time. My big girl will be a year in a few weeks. She’s so much fun but I’d sure like to snuggle a tiny head again. Doesn’t help that she’s our last! ooo,….i want one,. beautiful pictures! love the last one the most. have fun at blog sugar! I just love the third pic! I wish you could photograph my little bean! Maybe next time you’re in MI 🙂 adorable!! she looks so snuggly. have fun, ms. meg!!! I love your use of color and pattern. What a happy soul> Have a safe trip. You go girl!!! Have a great time!!! beautiful. have fun. be blessed. i don’t think it does get better then that. a new baby, nothing like it. simply wonderful. oh my…the little fuzzy baby face just slays me. one of my babies had this little peach fuzz face and it is the main memory i have of his baby days. beautiful photos. i’m sure you made her mama sooo happy with these memories! oh my gosh what an awesomely GORGEOUS baby!!!!!!! and the pics are just divine Meg. Have fun in Cali! xxx Ahh I love me some babies!! Good thing I’ve got one in the belly! Can you just come to Michigan in March when I have it and take pictures…seriously love these!! Oh and love Elizabeth! I’ve got one of my own 🙂 awesome pics. i should really stop looking at baby pics because it only makes me a little sad that, that phase of my life has closed and it’s way too early to get excited for grandbabies. 🙁 Perfect pics! I loooove the bunting! LOVE the B&W. Precious. Precious pics … Miss Elizabeth is gorgeous. Have a safe journey my friend … enjoy! Those pictures are adorable! Have a fab time 🙂 Oh my….baby fever!!! I LOVE the patchwork pillow in the last pic….did you make or can I get me one 🙂 Emailed Kimberlee this morning….have a fantastic time!!!! Will be thinking of you both and lifting you up in prayer as you walk in the Spirit! Love you guys! The only way it could get any better is if it was my new grandbaby!! I’m so super excited!! Where did you get the gauzy-like fabric? Love that! beautiful pictures! Beautiful! You are very talented. Almost makes me want another. 🙂 Have a great time this weekend. Love the last banner one! Nope, not much better than that! Have a wonderful time! 🙂 Love the baby pics. You are so talented! here is a dorky video blog about how messy my house is. i left this morning to go running. it's going to take some serious shift in my attitude to get over that. my list for today: bank tomorrow i get to see her and her with her!!! ………………………………………..
For reals I want to be your real life friend. 🙂 I am showing my husband this video so he can see your laundry room, and stop asking me if we are still behind on the laundry!! haha 🙂 Oh lady. My house. I have to leave it to relax these days… Maybe you could do something with the laundry basket drawers. I have seen ideas for them all over Pinterest. You could just do them up and put their names on each set or whatever. Here is a link to the blog that I saw them on. http://ana-white.com/2010/11/laundry-basket-dresser?page=1 i know i’m several days overdue with a comment, but i just had to say thanks for that video. you are way cool! 🙂 Oh, and I forgot to write that I love the rainbow list of things to get done. I think I’m going to have to do that with my sharpies, maybe more will get done then-with the happy colors!! Uh, messes! I wish I could wave a wand sometimes and the whole house would magically be clean, ha ha. I feel like I’m always cleaning up something, the life of a mom. Hey! That looks like our house, but there is only two of us 🙂 You guys LIVE there, of course there is going to be a littlle mess. Great Vlog, by the way. I felt like I was there visiting and you were talking to me! Hope to see more! I just did our first real vlog…on a chili recipe, haha. The world needs more of those, right? It feels weird to me, the whole vlogging thing, but I want to try more. Hope you will to! I say NO to more hampers and more signs. I say YES to less clothes. Less clothes equals less laundry. With four boys myself I had tobchange something otherwise I was taking the emergency credit card and heading to Mexico, alone. They now have four pair shorts, four tee shirts, two pair jeans, two collared shirts, on pair khakis, five pair undies, two pair pajamas. Easy peasy babe! thank you thank you thank you for that video – hysterical! I always think geez, why can’t I be more organized, why can’t I be like so and so who is always on time, car neat, clothes neat, and house neat. my kitchen table is piled with papers, bills, riff raff. I’ll clear it and it comes back. argh! and my laundry room…its a mess, although its usually a mess with CLEAN clothes not dirty, but still not organized!! so thanks for keeping it “reals” and no, you are not a big fat mess, you are a busy mom like the rest of us who admit to keeping it “reals”! Oh sister, I thought of you today as I cleaned up 7 bags of crap out of my kids rooms and located my blush, blow dryer and several pair of earrings that have been missing for weeks. Soooooo bugged! I think my blood pressure went up about 20 points. You are so cute! I love how real you are. It is so refreshing in a world where everyone reveals a partial reality. Love it. I’m right there with ya! wow. i honestly cannot believe you are that concerned about your headphones. I would do ANYTHING just to have time to work out. i stumpled upon your blog and just was dumbfounded by your post. hope your mani and pedi were great! and I also hope you find some peace with yourself and that you are so lucky and blessed beyond your belief. you definately have “first world issues.” maybe take a step back and realize what you have and what you just posted! Ahhh, Meg, you are the best! Thank you for keeping it real! You know you’re not the only one right? I’m off to fold laundry shortly. Oh, Meg…you are officially my hero. Because you are real. And I really needed real today. 🙂 You’re awesome. And your big fat mess looks so familiar…! Love how u can embrace the mess with a smile 🙂 I love that you are keeping it real for all of us that love and follow your blog. It can frustrating to only see the seemingly “picture perfect” homes and lives on blogs and then look around at our own homes and see the daily mess. I so enjoy your creative ideas and colorful home. Keep up the inspiring work! You are so adorable! Thanks for every moment of truth you share with us Meg! We have a hot mess of a laundry room too. However we do have a laundry system that’s working. It’s a vast improvement over what we used to do… yup mom doing it all and kids not caring and clothing strung all over the house more often than not. i don’t know you. i don’t even know how i found your blog. but i love it! i love your honesty. i had my 5th baby 9 weeks ago, so you are now a role model of mine, from afar. 🙂 thanks for the video. LOVED it. 🙂 I just watched this with my 4 months old and he started smiling and laughing at you! I guess you have a new fan. HA! “For Real”!!! You’re awesome sauce! I love your mess, and not trying to hide it. YOU are not a mess…you’re wonderful. Love how you keep it honest. I got a mani/pedi a few weeks ago…it’s my happy pill. Anyhoo the guys put a new kind of polish on my nails that WILL NOT come off. You have to try it. It won’t chip. It’s amazing. Have no idea the name…just say the polish that won’t come off. Good luck on your conference. You’ll do great. Say hi to Heather for me. I’d love to meet her too. Seriously, I adore you and your freedom to be Raw and in the moment. <3 AWESOME! You are sooooooo REAL! I love it! Thanks for sharing, and making the rest of us feel ‘normal’, whatever that is. love it. loved hearing your voice and seeing the mess outside the frame, thanks for sharing : ) and the sonic cup on the couch mad eme laugh because i came out into the living room the other day to see one of the kids’ chocolate milk in a glass cup with a straw in it balanced on the couch. really!???! have a fantastic weekend, meg. bleah, i hate when they change the desktop wallpaper on MY MY MY computer!!! Let me just say that I wish I could be a little more of a mess. I am compelled to be neat and orderly and it’s horrible. I get almost panicky at the messes my kids make and have to let them go. I have learned to let them keep their rooms/ playroom as they want it and to try to keep the common living areas less messy. I had to learn to walk away and to remember that it was just stuff. And often cleaning that stuff can wait! Love your blog Meg!! I also have 5 kids and have FINALLY found the best laundry method for our family so I wanted to share it with you…. We have tried everything…. from me doing all the laundry, to the kids doing their own laundry, to me doing the washing and then putting the kids laundry in “their” individual baskets to be folded (which always resulted in wrinkled clothes)…. So here’s what I do now…. When I know I will be home all day, that’s a day I pick to do the laundry (or spread it out over 2 days if you’ll be really busy). The kids all have a laundry hamper in their room. I ask the kids the night before I know I will be washing to bring their hamper to the laundry room and separate their clothes. I usually know it’s time when I see more clothes on their floor than in their hamper. In the laundry room I have 4 baskets – one for darks, one for lights, one for whites, and one for darks to be washed in hot. Once a load is finished, I take it out of the dryer (preferably while it’s still warm and not too wrinkled), shake it out, and lay it over the back of the couch in the family room. I lay shirts/tops in one pile and pants/bottoms in another pile. I put items to be hung up over the arm of the couch and have a basket for undergarments/socks. I do this until all the loads are done. I just keep alternating loads during the day. When ALL of the laundry is done, I assemble everyone in the family room for the “folding party”(which usually includes the bribe of a movie) and I start tossing them their items from the pile. They fold as we go and believe me, when I have finished tossing out items (which is actually funny in itself), they are practically done folding. I then pause the movie until they have all taken their items to their room AND put them in the proper places. I then fold mine and my husbands items and I, or one of the kids, will take care of the undergarment basket during the movie. Believe me, I have tried everything and this works great (and yes, sometimes, those items sit on the back of the couch for a day or two but this eliminates wrinkles pretty well and also eliminates having a ton of baskets floating around the house….. Love to you Meg – Good Luck!! 🙂 You crack me up. Thanks for being authentic – it is SO encouraging….far more inspiring than showing a spotless home. Loved the Sonic cup. That made it art. Meredy xo You are too funny! Glad to see there are “real” mom bloggers out there who don’t have everything perfectly in order. My house looks similar, but you know what, that means that there are lots of wonderful loving memories being created with my family. I will have plenty of time when they have moved out to clean! 🙂 Hope the baby pictures went well! I love seeing your big fat mess because it looks like my big fat mess! They say creative people are messy people. I like to believe that. As far as kids doing their own laundry. It’s something we did in our home. As soon as each child enters high school they are responsible for their own laundry. It works out pretty well and they usually get it done by the time they are down to the last pair of socks or their underwear is running low. There is an exception with my son and I won’t give you details let’s just say I need to jump in from time to time so that he wears clean undergarments 🙂 that was too cute 🙂 THank you! i am a working mom and I swear I am always feeling guilty for my house not always neat and clean. oh god thank you. You are normal and I think I am too. I ll tell you this…were both pretty good moms! 🙂 You are beautiful!!! Inside and out. Your family is blessed to have you!! Thanks for the sweet vlog. Can you feel the love from the ladies here? You’re our hero!! Enjoy your fun time 🙂 I miss your sweet laugh!! i love this post. Awesomeness. For reals. Hugs to you beautiful mess! You are my soul sista. Yes, I want to see the inside of your fridge next, because right now mine is disgusting and I need to feel better about it. Or clean it out. Or both. I love your blog!! It is so nice to know that I’m not the only person that doesn’t have a perfectly clean house all the time!! Thank you so much for sharing with us all! haha! My laundry room kind of looks like that too. You should totally show us the inside of your fridge next! I love you Meg and your big fat mess! 🙂 Your honesty makes me smile. When I first became a mother I was always running around trying to keep my house clean wondering how others did it, but then one person told me, that sometimes moms with the messiest houses are the best moms because that means they are spending the most time with their kids rather than worrying about the mess all the time. Keep up with the video postings, they are fun to watch! 🙂 Meg!! You are so darned cute!! And REAL!!! You crack me up!!! I just love you!!! Thanks for keeping it real and making me feel so normal!!! man. that made my day. seriously. there is really no way a human being can do all the *extras* you do and keep a spotless house. you have five capable kids and i am ALL FOR kids doing their own laundry. i only have 2..a nine and a seven year old. they do their own. it’s awesome! yay..you did a vlog!! where was waffle though??? Meg, You are so *awesome* and *real* and *funny*! I think having a mess just means that you have a house full of family. How sad when the day comes when I walk into a room and there isn’t just a tiny sign that someone, anyone has been in there but me. 🙂 Hope you got your earbuds back and got your run. ok, I LOVE your blog and it’s like a little pick me up when I see a new post in my reader! thanks for being so honest….just realized as I tried to capitalize my “t” that my kids must have broke that along with the # five that no longer works 🙂 I have 4 kids and the oldest is five and a half…..so glad my house is not the only one that is a mess! I feel like mine is never “dirty”, i vacuum and dust often but it is ALWAYS messy! Guess I better get used to it cause it doesn’t get better as they get older?!?! You are the cutest thing ever and your hair looks super sassy in this video. We all appreciate your honesty! We are all in your shoes! 2 things… first, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has a hard time when my kids take my stuff. 😉 Second, thank you for keeping it real. I was just feeling discouraged about the mass amount of laundry I have piling up and about my house being messy. I decided to avoid the mess longer and get on the computer. You made me feel better! And a little motivated. Good luck getting your list done. Hope the day ends better then it started (i.e. having your ear phones taken) 🙂 hey meg! what lip product/shade are you wearing in this video? i love it! Love this blog since it VALIDATES REAL LIFE! That video made. my. day. You are so pretty Meg! Really! Did you ever get your teeth bleached at the dentist or are they just that white on their own? Okay. I loved you before, but I like love you to the second power now. I was ready to call my husband – at work, no less – to tell him that my mental breakdown is imminent because of: the state of my home, the huge pile of clean clothes we hid in the closet when guests were coming over – 5 days ago – that has yet to be removed, the entire roll of paper towels I had to remove from the toilet – AFTER my son had pooped on them… Um, yeah. You get the picture. um so. your laundry room could be in your garage. that is still full of unpacked boxes from a move that took place in APRIL. full of stuff this is going to the Good Will on December 26 (because the christmas ornaments are somewhere at the bottom). CANNOT wait to meet you and share war stories. 😉 seriously, I think you’re great…I’d really do it for you. How a control freak does laundry….the other day my son did laundry without me knowing….I asked/interrogated everyone in the house until the culprit finally owned up. He DRIED IMPORTANT things that shouldn’t have gone in the dryer. AND HE WASHED dark denim jeans with whites. I KNOW!!! ah…..comfort. lol. hanks for posting this. i know i am normal, but liivng here with my parents temporarily makes me feel like the biggest slob in the world sometimes. we have seven children and we are staying in my parents upper floor. so 9 people in 3 bedrooms. things get CUH-RAZY but no one understands here. YOU get it. thanks, Meg. yu have the prettiest smile, btw! you look like Nancy McKeon. Oh, Meg. Your video makes me love you even more!!! I mean, if that were possible. 😉 I think we are kindred spirits. I crave organization….but it doesn’t come naturally to me. At. All. Most days I think I need to hire a professional organizer…but then she’d have to come everyday for the upkeep. *sigh* I havent watched the VLog yet because Im watching Temple Grandin, a movie that was recommended to me as a teacher(about autism). I cant wait for this weekend. I fly out tomorrow as soon as I can get out of school. Im nervous and scared about flying/traveling alone by myself(all the way from NY). 1. your amazing. thanks for dropping everything/being okay with me being crazy late/lost yesterday AND taking great pictures Join the crowd…we all have rooms or houses like you so you are sooo not alone! By the way, I just have to comment, you have BEAUTIFUL teeth and a great smile!!! If anyone else said that, I promise I didn’t say that to steal from them but those pearly whites certainly showed up on your vlog…so fun by the way…and I wanted to just give you a compliment. Have a beautiful day, hope you find your ear plugs (so annoying, I’d be really mad!) and have the best time at Blog Sugar, you will rock the house I’m sure! Woot Woot! This is so sweet!!! You are darling! But I must correct you….and I’m yelling, mmmmk….. AAAAAHHHH!! Meg! you’re a doll, not a mess! BUT I thought of the BEST IDEA EVER FOR YOU!!! Well, it’s not my idea, i found it on pinterest….this would be terrific for your laundry situation…. Oh my goodness! I LOVE your hair. If only mine looked that good on a regular basis! i just have to comment EVERYTIME a blogger does this….THANK YOU!!! thank you for letting us know that we are all busy, unorganized, and have messy houses. its so easy to let the pretty pictures on the internet trick you into feeling not up to par with the rest of the world! and this relates to a pin i saw yesterday and it was soooo true: dont let comparission steal your joy!!! AMEN!!! and horray for messy moms!!!!! oh my goodness, the comments you typed MADE the video. you’re hilarious!! I am so glad i’m not the only one with a house in a big fat mess!!! You make a great vlog Meg. I love how you say Craig 🙂 you’re cute; not a big fat mess, Megan. Aren’t we all a mess? So good to see the “for reals” – i love it, makes me feel like a normal person….. You’re a natural vlogger! I posted a link to Pinterest earlier for a Laundry room dresser thing that held hampers, but I don’t see it now though. I’ll email it to you. Thanks for keepin’it REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!m AWww…..I wish I could come over and help you clean and organize your house. I used to have a lot of houses to clean but have cut back on those jobs. I only have one house I clean now but today, I did a “one-timer” job for a lady. You make me laugh. I recently wrote a check to the library for around $20. Yeah, ridiculous. I am usually on top of things except for when I am not. 🙂 its good you keep it real – so many people have the ridiculous notion that the perfect life that we see in blogs is a daily reality – it’s not and I think so many women think they are not good enough because we keep comparing ourselves. Good for you! oh wow! my house i never dirty like that! You’re too cute to be a big fat mess…I hope you have an awesome trip! 🙂 The only way I can keep from ‘backsliding’ and doing my kids’ laundry for them, is by keeping them on a schedule. Each child (I only have 2) has a set day of the week that is THEIR laundry day. If they miss it, they get to spend weekend time doing it, instead of whatever fun activity we may have planned. We don’t miss they fun, but they do! It took them only once of missing the fun, and then they realized I meant business. Think about adding it to your chore list on the chanlkboard. If they only need to do one load, they could probably get that in between the start of dinner and bedtime. There have also been times when they bartered with each other- if one needed just a few things washed to re-wear in the week, he offered to help his brother fold his clean clothes, if he could throw in what he needed washed with his brother’s load. Just a thought! Have fun at Blog Sugar!!! I have to admit, I miss busy days. Staying at home with an infant is tough work sometimes! Our six kids have been doing their own laundry for about a year–we’ve got a system that manages to keep the laundry room clean and their bedrooms reasonably clear of crushed clothing. They each have a hamper in their rooms and a designated laundry basket/cubby in the laundry room. We’ve assigned each of them a specific day for doing their laundry and we enforce it. Thanks so much for the post I would be so mad if someone took my headphone when I planned on using them. I have music playing all the time. I’m glad you posted the video. I was walking around my own house yesterday thinking it looked like a tornado came threw. And I don’t even live in Kansas. You’re so funny…that’s great! I hate when my kids take my stuff! I even have a sign taped to my closet door that says “Kids stay out!” but it doesn’t work. They are always sneaking in to get something. I hate sneaky kids too. Whew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Ha ha ha! You are so cute. Thanks for sharing. Your house looks like mine and I have four kids. =) Thanks for showing us you are real. For reals! Sometimes our life through photos looks a lot more put together and we feel pressured we have to be put together all. the. time. I love that your home looks like a home. Laundry, dishes, crafts and even a sonic cup on the couch tells me that your life is full. Full of little people, full of love and full of life. Isn’t that what it is all about? I visit your blog all the time, but have never commented. I didn’t take the time to read all the other comments, so there may be someone else out there that has already shared this idea, but I’ll share it anyways. You are not a mess at all!!!!!! Your home is still Beautiful and you are a Beautiful woman too!!!!!! love this post. Love your haircut! So cute. thank you. you keep giving me reasons to like you even more! good luck on your speech. wish i could come hear it! you will be great! but i will throw some prayers up on your behalf just in case! ha! if anyone ever gives you a hard time about your house mess, you should kick it old school, and tell them these 3 words – “sorry for livin’!!!” Nuff said! 🙂 Just wanted to share how we do our laundry here. My kids do their own laundry (they have since 4th grade). What I did is give them their own day do get it done. It was a day they picked. They each have a hamper (or 2) in their room for dirty clothes. No dirty clothes are ever in our laundry room except on “laundry day”. So, basically the hamper fills up in their room during the week. Then on their laundry day, they have the laundry room for themselves for the day (we have a washer where you can set it for small loads if needed). My kids usually have 3 loads each (dark load for school, dark load for gym clothes – towels – undies etc., and then a light load). Some weeks they get it done in 2 loads. They have all day to get it done – the only rule I have is the laundry room has to be cleaned up and cleared out before they go to bed. Right now, my 2 boys are splitting Saturdays – one starts around 11 and gets done around 3, and the other starts at 3 and gets done around 7. When they each picked a school day, they would start their laundry right after school and have it all done by bedtime. That was back when they wanted their weekends off. The benefit to doing it this way is the laundry room is always clear unless laundry is actually being done. Then the clothes go right back up to their rooms. I go to bed with a clean room, and walk in to a clear laundry room when I begin on my days. I also know who should be in the laundry room and on what day so if someone is slacking, I can remind them that bedtime is coming up really soon – and they can finish. That is great! I mean it brought a smile to my face. You are real….just like the rest of us. Thank you for sharing your mess. It looks just like my house. Big hug! As someone else said (or maybe many someones!), you are adorable! Thanks for the smile… and have a lovely day! You are beautiful! And so realistic, I like it 🙂 You are adorable! And I LOVE your honesty! Raising 5 kids and still managing everything you do, is truly inspirational 🙂 I’m not going to take time to read all the comments so someone might have already said this because it isn’t that earth shattering, but here’s what works for us with the laundry. I have 3 kids, 11 yo boy, twin 8 yo girls… Love your truths, the written ones, pics and vlogs…they help me get thru my days!But…I don’t wonder about your motivation for cleaning your house just your motovation for ALL of the awesome things you do crafting, blogging, traveling to Africa, pics never mind just running the family home in general!! It is all so inspiring and yet you are so down to earth. soooo….i love the video! you’re so funny! i saw where you are returning things to cato….i LOVE cato…so you asked for questions….what are some of your favorite finds at cato? what’s your style? Hi Meg. I thought of an idea that may help your laundry situation. You might have already thought of this, but how about each kid has their own laundry day. On that day when they get home from school they do their laundry. I hope this might help. You are super great and so funny! Have a great day! You are adorable! Would it weird to say I love you? Yes? Ok, never mind then…. You are so cute and hilarious! Thanks for a look into your home! I don’t feel so bad when my home gets messy – although it’s only my hubby and me so far. Hopefully you can figure out a way to get the laundry room in order because that would be very stressful for me (which it seems to be for you), especially if kids were running up looking for a certain clothing item that they couldn’t find because they left it in a heap in the laundry room. I say kudos to you for making them do their own laundry and hopefully someone will chime in with some advice. I don’t have kids yet so I know nothing about it, sorry! This may sound absurd but I use to have a laundry room that look exactly like yours then I got rid of the dryer! Yes, I up and sold the dryer and my laundry room has been clean ever since. I still wash our clothes but they never pile up , my motivation is Mother Nature herself. I never know when it’s going to rain so if I wake up and it’s sunny the clothes have to be washed and hung out to dry by 9am(it takes at least 6 hours for them to fully dry) and usually their still damp at 5pm (our humidity’s crazy) so the kids(4) are forced to hang their clothes up right away or they’ll stink! Really (reeeeeeally) appreciate seeing your mess. It’s so easy for us to see these gorgeous houses and moms (like yourself. man, you’re BEAUTIFUL!) and feel like you have it all together and we’re a hopeless disaster. Thanks for keepin’ it real!! i forgot to say…im 21 and my laundry is always behind….its inevitable….but i do have 3 hampers so I can separate my laundry and take it to the laundry room then back to my room….one basket at a time I decided that checking your blog was more important than reviewing a case study for school 🙂 i love your vlog….and i love how real you are…have fun at blog sugar!! Love it…we are all the same at the end of the day. Moms who can’t do it ALL! I always try to tell myself when I feel like I’m suffocating in the messes and the laundry, there will be a day when the its all gone and I will miss it! I’m so bummed I can’t make it to Blog Sugar 🙁 I’m in northern CA! First…your hair is fab! thanks for letting us know that you live a real life with lotsa rainbows scattered about! Thanks you somuc for sharing your real life!!! I feel so much better! 🙂 Those sunflowers in the background, are they real or faux? If faux, where did you find them? YOU ARE AWESOME!! Thank you for your honesty. I feel much better about my own mess at home now 🙂 Thanks for sharing your mess! ha ha–we ALL have them. I know that even the moms who look like they have it all together, really *don’t*, and it’s so nice to see a mom being REAL! Love that! Love the video! I live by the quote, “Dull women have immaculate houses.” Thanks for making me smile today, Meg!! Thanks for that. I feel much better now. Your hair looks cute though! Post a video of Waffle, whom I cyber love. Would love to see and hear him fer reals (fur reals?) instead of pictures. You’re so brave to share – I think creative minds are always a little messier (at least that’s my excuse…) You’re my favorite “read”, and my inspiration to add more color to my life. Thanks for keepin it real. I found some really cool laundry sorters in a stand at IKEA. they were pretty cheap and work pretty well for sorting things. Don’t worry about the mess, you are just living! You may have a messy house, but you are not a mess! And you have CUTE hair! Have fun in California! Love it! I love homey homes that are “for reals”! You are great! I’m glad I’m not alone. I loved it! You should do more videos. I hope you have a great day and a safe trip. I’ve been reading your blog for over a year and the thing that keeps me besides your creativity, is how real you are. I appreciate it so much. Thank you! I know I’ve said this before but I just have to say it again … You are just too funny! Take it from me, one day you’ll only be doing laundry for the two of you & it will make you sad 🙁 BTW, I know you don’t believe me but ’tis true, ’tis true 🙂 You should work for the Kansas Department of Tourism ’cause you make me wanna visit … have a great day! I know I’ve said this before but I just have to say it again … You are just too funny! Take it from me, one day you’ll only be doing laundry for the two of you & it will make you sad 🙁 BTW, I know you don’t believe me but ’tis true, ’tis true 🙂 You should work for the Kansas Department of Tourism ’cause you make me wanna visit … have a great day! I doubt you are a big fat mess. After reading your post, I went to check to see if my headphones were where I keep them. My girls love to use them. I must have music when I exercise. I have a big to do list today. Camping this weekend! I have decided that I am going to have to introduce chore charts into our family schedule. My girls are ridiculous. Happy Day to you! So funny! Thanks for providing me with some humor before I clean my own messy house today! I just really love watching videos of people telling about themselves. Watching a video makes a person all that much more real. THANK YOU!!!!! Just came in after bringing three of my kids to the bus…the dog attacked the newspaper, there are shreds EVERYWHERE…the kitchen is a disaster, laundry, the basement with all the toys I haven’t even looked at in a week. I can not tell you how much I appreciate seeing the reality of life happening at others houses as well! I am loving your vlogs. They are so honest, and simple, and they make us other moms out here feel normal like you! My house is a big fat mess too…and I have no motivation to clean it. I’d rather be making baby quilts…and knitting baby hats…and baby hammocks to hold that new grandbaby in all the photos I’ll be taking! Can you imagine what my house will look like when the baby actually comes? I won’t care…’cause I’ll be at my daughter’s…with the new baby!! 🙂 You’re not a big fat mess, you know. You’re a mom with a lot of kids, and a life. I’m not sure on your current process with the hampers. We keep them in our rooms and then take them down to the laundry room when they are full and its time to wash. Then you wouldn’t have to see it and smell it when you need to take care of your own stuff? Of course my laundry is in the basement. Maybe though, after this trip you will have some time to rest and recover from the crazy summer, craft weekend, etc, etc? I hope so. i hate when the kids take out stuff too. i knwo i don’t always comment, but i ALWAYS read your blog. so much so that i dreamt about you last night. what! it’s not something weird, we met. hubby and i drove to your house. your hubby was there, i think a couple of your kids were running around in the background. even your really close friends were there (the ones you always post about). sorry i can’t remember their names. anyway, you and i hit it off right away [of course;)]. you showed me around your house, which did not look like your current house. anyway, it was nice to wake up with you this morning! heehee hope your day gets better. I always listen to music when I cycle other wise the sound of me dying winds me up lol. And when I do the shopping at the supermarket. con: getting up at 6 AM is not fun for me… pro: there was a HUGE rainbow on the drive to the school bus today at sunrise. (have you listened to the double rainbow song….please say yes….if not…go do it.) pro: my kids bus stop is in the country. it's beautiful pro: holding babies in the nursery at BSF (bible study fellowship) this morning…rocking them to sleep con: missing BSF lesson to watch the babies. pro: shopping with my friend who sits and gives me input for almost 2 hours and then brings in the con: never getting enough time together with my friend! pro: getting an early birthday card with $25 Starbucks gift card! pro: finding an outfit for blog sugar, a starbucks and making it home in time to pick up my kids :) pro: kansas speed limits up to 75 mph. pro: everyone had homework!!! i love homework. not kidding. pro: PARENTHOOD is back on. mostly pros outweigh the cons. …………………………………….. i am taking some baby pictures today. desperate for a nap. and for some reason i feel out of blog post ideas……anything you want to know or wish i'd talk about??? ……………………………………………….. you can read about my favorite bag designer Elisalou over HERE and receive a coupon code for your bag! also you can enter to win a Keurig and Green Mountain Coffee back here. ………………………………………………..
Where did you get those awesome sparkly shoes 🙂 I am desperate for a nap, almost always!! You really make me miss Kansas a lot. 🙂 I had no idea you did BSF! I am in year 7…never thought I’d make it that far! I love that I have sisters around the world that I am studying with and don’t even know 🙂 Yay for Acts! What local stuff do you do? Restaurants, gardens, pretty churches…that sort of thing. I may not be one of the best commenters around, but it is a fact that I have to check out your awesome Blog every single day because you ROCK!!!!!! Love, Love your Blog!!!!!!! Meg, Meg, Meg… you know these are my favorite posts of yours. The ones that are just normal, every day life. Though, you do a lot of those and that’s the main reason I follow your blog. I wish PARENTHOOD was on everyday!! I LOVE PARENTHOOD! It is seriously the best show ever! I would like to know if there are any devotional books that you would recommend?? I am 22 and have been looking for a really good one for a long time, but just haven’t found the right one yet! Also, since Christmas is coming up, I am wondering how you buy gifts for 5 children! Do you spend a certain amount on each child?? I hope you have a big family one day and just wonder how you and Craig do it! Thanks for being such an inspiration! I too am wondering whether you are taking Baby Mac photos? I know Jess is probably tired from what she’s had to do this week (insert laugh here!) but I’m hoping she’ll update soon! Sounds like a good day, especially the starbucks gift card! share your testimony! tell us about your walk with Jesus and how your family incorporates your faith in daily life 🙂 I just recently found/discovered your blog and I’m completely enjoying your writing. I loved today’s pros/cons — such a calm ‘aaahhhh’ (sigh of contentment) moment. lovely. keep it up! I love reading whatever you write about! But since you asked .. 🙂 I am about 3 months along with my husband and I’s first baby and I would LOVE to hear some of your advice, tips or ideas for a new mom since I think you are an awesome one! Soooo what are you wearing to Blog Sugar? Did you find something to go with the sparkly shoes? Will be praying for your speech – that you’ll be calm and relaxed and fully able to enjoy it, rather than terrified:) I’ve just read Bear Grylls autobiography and he gets incredibly nervous when he speaks publicly. If Bear Grylls, former SAS trooper, part-super hero gets a wee bit nervous, I think you’re allowed to feel a little apprehensive too. It’ll just make you all the more endearing to the women gathered. Meredy xo You are so awesome and so real!! Your blog always makes me happy as does Starbies…mmmmm new Salted Caramel Mocha Frappachino makes ME happy! I love the idea of a question and answer segment with you and the love of your life. Also I think it would be cool for you to share how you are financially successful in your marriage, child rearing and the businesses you run, you are obviously doing something right that I believe we all could learn something from your good sense! Have a blessed day and thank you for sharing your awesome life with us! :0) A question for you: I’m so jealous of your 75 mph speed limit! Although most people here in San Diego (including me!) drive at 70mph. anything you write about is great…even a pro/cons list 🙂 I’d love to know what you plan on wearing with those jeggings. And…I;d love to see some more of your home. Love the bright colors and whimsical details in your living room, would love to see some more of your spaces. I love Pinterest posts! I can’t help sharing what I love with non-pinterest peeps! jeggings! they make me NERVOUS. but jessica clearly likes them. so maybe i need to give them a try. alone. in a room by myself. can’t wait to hang out with you this weekend! you are going to do great. I love Parenthood too and I am so happy it’s back on. I love those jeggings, I may have to try. You will do great at BlogSugar! Wish I could go. One more for you… My kids had to fill in the blanks for their mother’s day bookmarks. You should hear how they described me (I blogged about it a few weeks ago… cracked me up). ____ Hair. ____ Eyes. likes ______. Wears ______. Needs _____. Makes ______. Fears _____. Saves ______. Enjoys ______. Collects ______. Loves Me! Have your kids fill in the blanks for you. It’s fun. Tracy Blog ideas I’d love to hear from you… Top 10 treats for school lunches. One appetizer, and One dessert recipe you’d allow me to use in my new cookbook that I am frantically writing (with permission of course). 10 things you love about your life. 3 Bible verses on living a good life. 3 great quotes from famous women. Is that a start??? Tracy Fisher I would like to know when you are coming to lovely er, Delaware…to take pictures of MY babies!! Jeggings creep me out. I touched a pair last time I was shopping for jeans and it made my legs itch, seriously. I prefer denim, I think. I know you said at one point that you don’t feel comfortable giving photography advice. But what if you shared a few tips that helped you at the beginning? Things you learned from other photographers. A few tips that you use when you are taking pictures. I’d love to know what time of day you think the lighting is the best for pictures. I’m still trying to learn that. 🙂 Happy Birthday Missy!!!!!!!! I hope you had a fun day celebrating with your family and friends. Here’s to another great year filled with amazing adventures. a day in the life post of photos would be so aweseome! starting with waking up right down to bedtime stories! what outfit did you buy?? Would love more of your recipes, ideas for gifts that you have gotten your kids that have gone over well, what a day of your life is typically like… I always love your post! I would love to see an updated home tour. I miss you craft Thursdays. Photography tips maybe? All your pictures are amazing. I love your decorating style! It has helped me find my own! A day in your life! Anything Love it All!!!!! You are awesome! I love your blog. It is my favorite because you are honest and open and feel like you could be everyone’s best friend or sister. I would love to know more about your house. Do you know the history of the house. Have you found anything interesting as you have remodeled? The house just seems like it has a story. Anytime you post pictures of the inside of your home I feel all inspired. Keep on posting, we all love you! Just keep doing what you’re doing. I’d love to know the story of your blog. I’ve been following/stalking (heehee) you for the past year…love to know why you started and how it grew! Being honest about your size….you rock! How about your recipe for meatballs? :0) I LOVE Parenthood! You are my favorite blogger. I love that you love JESUS and are not preachy. You are godly by being authentic. You do not stage your photos and you don’t do things for the blogs sake. You tell us your good and bad, your ups and downs in words and pictures that make you YOU. Please keep doing the same. I check in on you everyday. You give me inspiration to create and to be who God created ME to be. I just want to say that I think you’re awesome and I’m really, really bummed that you aren’t my big sister/friend/mentor. You inspire me daily! I really love your blog. I have a 4 year old girl who is a crafter. (she gets it from me) We seriously do a craft EVERY day. It’s like she’ll die with out it. 🙂 So, I always enjoy your crafty posts. Any house posts are great too. I would love to see the finished project of the pillowcases from craft weekend and how to make it. Also loved the aprons! I love how you find the pros in the cons. You are a positive person, you. House pictures, house pictures and more house pictures!!! PLEASE!! Got a glimpse of your hardwood floor with the design in the center and am dying to know more about that. It was from your post about painting the hallway. Also, more of your recipes!! You have no idea how many of “yours” that I use on a weekly basis. I need some new ideas please! Yea for an outfit! And amen to 75 mph in Kansas…I’m lovin’ that! Blog posts – how about “a day in the life” of each of your kids? That would fill a week! I think that you and Craig should do a video and interview each other! Do you decorate for fall? I’d love to see your ideas if you do. I love your blog – its the colour in my week. I live in the Pacific Northwest and lately we have had a lot of grey! I’d actually love to hear more about your BSF study, if only briefly. I’m considering joining one in my area, but I’d like to hear more about it from someone who regularly attends. Maybe a small part of an upcoming post?? I would love to hear more about Craft Weekend!! And, I just love seeing how bright and colorful your house is. AAAAND, I love how you blog daily, it is the first one I click on – your optimism makes me happy! (OK, so first it’s Facebook THEN, it’s your blog!) What are your plans for your red /white chippy paint glass knobs (cabinet?) find? I love your photos, I love your honesty, I love your posts like this that are really sort of just your random thoughts – no theme, just a window into your mind. Love your home so more pictures please!!! You make my day with whatever (ha!) you post, but if you’re looking for something…have any kick-butt, easy, yummy soup or crock pot recipes??? I would love to see more house pics. Also could you share what paint color your kitchen,living area with all the windows, and dinning room are? Would you say they are close to the color you pick for the upstairs hall? I too would love to see house pics, especially the third floor! I love pictures on blogs…so really anything with pictures is just great! I also love when you show what you cook. Its real and everyday like the rest of us. Maybe you already talked about this before I started following but here’s an idea: Love hearing about other people at BSF! We started back recently and my almost two year isn’t sure about it yet…. 🙁 She’s been going since she was in my belly….but of course doesn’t remember it! What inspires you to be so creative? I find creativity is the first thing to go when I am tired, or stressed, or feeling blue and at the same time being creative gives me energy, is stress relieving, and cheers me up and makes me feel good about myself. Does this happen to you? how about a tutorial on the aprons you made at craft weekend? I’m thinking about making some for Christmas gifts- they turned out great! You posted your clothing size on the internet. I LOVE THAT! Brave and real and good. “Olivia Newton John/sandra Dee” – I will crack up in my head on that one all day. DO you really like the jeggings? I was blessed with a JLo figure and just bought a pair of skinny jeans that I really like. I do not know if I am ready for jeggins. I cannot wait to hear about you trip and blogher. How does everyone doing their own laundry really work out? I would love to see more pics of your lovely home and the renovations you’ve made along the way. You’re home is fun, fresh and full of character. LOVE it!! I second Sara Torbett’s comment – balancing being a wife, mom, friend, etc. Or photography tips/how you do things. Or some of your favorite etsy shops – holiday shopping is upon us! (PS – thanks to your blog, I just ordered 2 custom name pillows from Chrissie Grace and I’m beyond excited.) I just started BSF last week. I think I’m really going to like it. Though some of the study questions have already stumped me. Have fun loving on the babies! i’m feeling a little uninspired to blog right now too. we’re getting ready for a cross country move and it’s got me WAY distracted! um….how about your BS outfit? give us a tour of your blogging corner? show your favorite beauty products…wait, don’t do that one…i’m planning on doing one like that…everyone will think i copied 😉 ha! have a great rest of your week! I love your post about date night from a while ago. Would you mind sharing more about being a wife ( joys and struggles)and how you balance that with having kids? Do you ever find it hard to make your marriage a priority when the demands of kids can be, well, demanding? 🙂 i love whatever you write, seriously….but i especially love pics and stories about your family…maybe more about Lauren? We haven’t gotten an update on her in awhile 🙂 Are you taking baby pics of the new baby mac? I have been eagerly awaiting an update on their blog 🙂 I just love hearing about all your favorite things – you really have great taste! What shirt are you wearing with the jeggings? blog topics…the whole getting-paid-to-write-about-life-on-a-blog-thing, what camera do you use? when did you get into photography? i ditto the before/after edits I would love if you told us how everyone AND their mom started reading your blog. Also recipes. And talk about what your bible study is about these days. Because of you I picked up Francis Chan’s Crazy Love. It’s awesome. You were right 🙂 How bout some house pics … it’s been awhile – and I just love your house. Perhaps some shots of areas we’ve never seen before … foyer, back staircase, hallways. Did your laundry room get painted? Remember way back when you said the kids were painting your laundry room? I think you should give us an update on that. I’d love to see some before/after shots of your edited photos. I love the jeggings! I was thinking something like that or skinny jeans would look good with your sparkle shoes and then just about any top would go. Sorry I didn’t make the suggestion when you asked for them. I love it that you just posted what size you are. You are awesome, Meg. How often do you run/exercise and for how long/far? Are you going to blog about Craft Weekend? What you did? Who was there? 🙂 I want to hear how you keep motivated. I’ve been following your blog long enough to know your house isn’t always perfect, sometimes you have bad days, that you’re actually human. 😛 But I’d like to hear about motivation to craft/create. I’ve heard/read that professional photographers edit photos from a shoot before they are ready to show to the client. What exactly is involved in the editing process? Maybe you could even show us a couple examples. I really love your blog! 🙂 Favorite ways to de stress? Favorite beauty products and guilty little pleasures shopping? How did people discover your blog when you started to write it? Did you promote it anywhere? Do you plan to redo your third floor anytime soon? I’d love to hear how you’re able to balance being a wife, mom, friend, etc. I’m a new mom finding it’s difficult to take care of husband, baby, house, church, etc. And still have a moment for myself somewhere too! Any tips? we can’t wait to see you at Blogsugar. we all support you. you inspire so many. you give back what you put out and I hope you will be able to feel the love this weekend! my prayer for you that even among the nerves you can see the beauty of the fellowship, for we are all beyond joyed that you willing to speak. xo. what did you end up getting for blogsugar? i’ve gone shopping two days in a row and am leaning towards a cute flowery dress over skinny jeans… Any recent Craft Thursdays? Would love to get some ideas. How about other recipes? Have you put up any fall decor? I always love your house photos, especially the seasonal ones. What do you want for your birthday? |
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Donna - love that! someday i wish to be there..i can feel the love and sisterhood just from watching it:)
Sharla - You look awesome – as in beautiful and so comfortable and entertaining. Thanks for sharing!
kat @ Pretty in Pink and Green - LOVE! It’s fun how many friendly faces I recognized from the many blogs that I absolutely adore. Lucky girls to be able to share that special time together.
Sandy - Looks wonderful! And it looks as if everyone loved you!! (No surprise)
Jakfotofilms - I’m so glad you like the video! Meg, your talk was awesome and really got me thinking about why I create and what God has planned for the future of my films. Thanks. 🙂
Belinda - So many familiar faces……. and I haven’t met any of them! I love the land of blogging!!! xo
Jenna@CallHerHappy - Hey Meg-
I just wanted to let you know that I was thinking about you in church today. The second reading was the inspiration for your blog! Many prayers for you and your family 🙂
Jenna
callherhappy.com
Karen Gerstenberger - It looks like a wonderful event – so glad you could be part of it. And that song is lovely.
BriBedell - You are so pretty!! I love Julie talking with her baby in the front carrier 🙂
Su@TheIntentionalHome - so we got to see what you wore with those sparkly shoes 🙂
thanks for sharing!
Kerry - oh the Awesomeness!!! love the shot of you on your first Tweet :)) what a cool song too xxx
Terrie G - Looks like a super fun time! How many women attended in all, do you know? I’d love to go to something like that…but, I’m not sure I’m brave enough to go by myself! Crazy, huh?!!
AshleyAnn - I love seeing Heather laughing and smiling. I was like “I know her!”…now I just need to meet her…and about 20 other girls I saw on this clip! Thanks for sharing.
wendy, NJ - I love that I get to experience these types of events through you. thank you for sharing!
laurie - Your blog title made me think of this book and the video that goes along with it…I know you’ll love it too. In case it doesn’t work, go to Pete the Cat live telling on youtube. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUubMSfIs-U
Janie Fox - That looks like an amazing time. I wish I could have been there. You looked cute as a button, as always!
Paula @ Simply Sandwich - That was so awesome! I want a re-do on that fun day! 🙂
hannah singer - love the video! wondering why the heck i look so angry in it, though! haha!!
Jennifer Mask - Oh, I so loved watching this video. I am still bummed that I didn’t get to attend. Maybe next time… 🙂
Kimberly Dial - Awww, I loved it! I sooooo want to go! Thanks for sharing it! (What a great song too!)
Meaghan Snider - As soon as I started watching the video I thought, WHAT IS THIS AMAZING SONG! So I googled the lyrics. It’s called Whole Wide World by Mindy Gledhill. The video is as amazing as the lyrics. (Great video by the way :))
Cindy - Loved that video. And song! Do you know who sings the upbeat song that is playing?
Mindy Harris - it’s a gorgeous video..could’ve done with out the shots of my fat self dancin’ a jig, though!
Kathi - Awesome!
If I had something to blog about it would be a blast to join you.
Holly - that was a fun video for sure!