Here is a collection of stories about the Love & Messiness family. I share updates on our children, introductions into their lives, our trips together as a family, vacations and more. From first teeth & first birthdays to first days of school. I share our fun summer activities, some of our favorite traditions and much more! Thank you for your interest in our family and our lives!
I am so blessed to have married my best friend! (Cliché I know!) Erik and I were married on October 29, 2005. The years have gone by so fast…especially after having kids! We started dating the summer before my junior year in high school meaning we have been together for nearly half my life! In honor of our wedding anniversary I thought it would be fun to share with you a bit about our marriage…
It’s funny…Marlee came up to me last night and randomly started asking me what some of my favorite things where. What were some of my favorite things? I will be honest. It totally stumped me! As a wife and mother of four, I don’t really think about ‘me’ a whole lot. I struggled to answer her! After some thought I gave her some things I could think of but walked away thinking, how could that…
How is October here already?! This is by far my favorite month of the year but it is one of our busiest! We have a lot going on and a lot to look forward to! I thought I would share a quick overview of our month ahead! This first week of the month is all about preparing! Preparing for parties, preparing for the cooler weather and preparing for fall & Halloween! The girls and I…
Marlee is so excited to be running for student council! Each class room gets to vote two council members and they get to hang two campaign posters and they have to give a speech before election day. She ran last year but she was pretty nervous and didn’t give it much thought. But this year, she is all excited and was mapping out her poster ideas when she brought the sign up sheet home! Election…
Our first family vacation is in the books and it was amazing! It was more than we could have expected! We headed up north to Kelley’s Island, a small island right off the coast from Port Clinton, Ohio. It was scenic, laid back and perfect for our long weekend! When searching for a vacation spot, I knew I wanted some place fun, someplace relatively close and somewhere cost effective with fun stuff for the kids!…
It’s back too school and along with that comes homework! Each year our kids have brought home two sets of flash cards and are asked to practice them each night. While this is great for them and super easy, I always battle with these cards! They are always such a mess and we can’t find the whole set and if you do, you fumble around with the whole deck trying the run through them with…
This summer totally flew by! And August went the fastest. The kids started back to school this week and so far so good! Here is how our week went in a nutshell! Preparation for the Big Day Monday night we went up to the school and met their teachers, filled out paperwork and put away their school supplies. Up until this day they were bulking at the idea of heading back to school. But this night…
It was a big weekend in our house! After months (okay, years) of not wanting anything to do with a dog or the extra responsibility, we suddenly fell in love with the idea. That seems to be how most things go with us! A couple weeks ago we found the sweetest puppy and Erik and I knew this was going to be our new addition! The Fiely’s were getting a puppy! Our kids are scared…
I have been blogging for a little while now and I am always talking about my family and our day to day lives. I love the sense of community out there in the social media world and through blogging and you have all become friends! In order for you all to get to know me a little better, I thought I would take the time to introduce my family members, one by one and showcase…
We love being able to sneak in little summer fun activities! Last night we visited our neighboring town and tried out their new pool and water park! Needless to say it did not disappoint! The kids had so much fun and I don’t think it will be our last pool day! Once everyone got home and settled after work and the sitters, we made a quick supper (consisting of PB&J with veggies…fancy, I know!)…
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