Happy New Year to all of you! I’m excited for 2017 and refreshed from a lovely Christmas break. I’m really convinced that Christmas break is the best thing ever. Plenty of sleeping in, cozying up with family, celebrating Jesus’ birthday, and then the fun of New Year’s. And then all those kids go BACK TO SCHOOL! […]

It was July when Dad and I sat in the colorful and happy interior of the Pops diner in Nichols Hills Plaza for a lunch with the boys. For those of you not in Oklahoma City, Pops originally is out on Route 66 as the coolest, most colorful gas station/diner you ever did see, complete with a […]

OH hey! So, if you’re a mom in Oklahoma and you’re all “I need to find my mom tribe because this motherhood thing is ridiculously hard” then I have an event for YOU, my friend. Mother Manifesto is hosting the first-ever big #Mother Gathering in Tulsa on September 10th and we would be tickled pink […]

Fall is in the air, and it’s time for Archer’s first visit to our favorite OKC pumpkin patch at Parkhurst. I was envisioning the golden hour of the day, light filtering down on the beautiful grounds, gourds galore, and my two preppy-dressed children sitting amongst the scores of pumpkins. Frameable, right? Yes.  Except … my oldest […]