My family of 6 and my twin sister's family of 6 had a spring break trip to St. Louis planned last year, but we didn't get to go because of covid. This year, we planned a spring break trip to Laguna Beach, Florida and had the best time! It's part of Panama City Beach. We chose this beach since we heard it was nice and quiet, but it was close enough t[...]
Many of you know that we sold this multi level custom house and finally closed on this house TODAY (March 22nd)!! Our family had such amazing memories in this custom home that we built in 2018. I love the fact that it's a modern home located in Iowa out in the country. I'm sure going to miss the country view from the backyard. The view is incr[...]
My twin sister (Niña) and her husband moved into their home a couple months ago, and they cannot get internet to their home until the area is developed. They both work from home and have 4 kids. It’s been a struggle they said. When we moved into our rental, I was rubbing in Niña’s face that we had internet right when we[...]
**Update! She landed her aerial at Dance Champs Dance Competition on April 10, 2021! https://youtu.be/9gighfkmHPU Original Post: The Dance Avenue attended the Celebrity Dance Competition in Ames this past weekend. Check out the video of Mariah's solo choreographed by Amber Martin! https://youtu.be/o0sClu_0DKs I'm so proud of her![...]
The Dance Avenue attended the Celebrity Dance Competition in Ames this past weekend. Check out the video of their "Think" routine choreographed by Amber Martin! Mariah is the zookeeper. :) https://youtu.be/HSHFkG22i6o Their dance placed 1st in their category and 5th overall in the Junior Group. Here are some photos![...]
Ok, I probably should have explained before keeping you all hanging from my IG stories I posted. We moved into the rental last Saturday and have already received 2 noise complaints. Our first one was last Sunday evening around 8pm. That Sunday was our 1st full day at the rental. The 2nd complaint was yesterday around 8pm. The first[...]
From my last post, March 10th was (supposed to be) the big day! That morning, I made the kids wake up early to take photos before school. Not only that, I made them wear "nice" clothes. Let's just say they were NOT happy with me, but the last time we had a family photo outside of our house was October 2018 which was when we moved in. It just made[...]
If you had read my LIFE UPDATE BLOG POST, one of the news was that we are moving into a townhome while we build again. Well, we are all moved into our rental! Since people have been asking what it looks like, here are some photos I took before we moved in. I'm glad I did because I'm currently sitting here surrounded by boxes. It has 3 bedrooms a[...]
Many of you have noticed that I've been a bit MIA especially on Instagram Stories. Well, a lot is happening! I have 3 updates for you! 1 // I feel like I just wrote the blog post "HAVE YOU SOLD YOUR HOUSE?" , and now I'm here writing a blog post that WE SOLD OUR HOUSE!! We actually received an offer on my birthday (January 15th) and accepted.[...]
When I saw Chelsy from Poppy Photography was having a Barbie Valentine's Day mini shoot, I knew I had to sign Mariah up! This was a mini shoot so it's a 30 minute photoshoot, but I think we got ours done sooner since Mariah is used to getting her photos taken. ;-) Mariah loved getting all dressed up! Check out her photos! Love our lil Barbie[...]