Carrie

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Birthday Squad

It’s my birthday, today! Gonna party all night ’til nine (cuz I’m old with four kids), cuz it’s ma birthday.;) Feeling blessed and grateful, waking up to so many sweet birthday wishes from family and friends, this morning! Seriously, my heart is about to pop, it feels so full. This “Sunday Best” is from last Sunday before church,

Life-Coloring Changes

Buckle up! I’ve got a lot of ‘splainin’ to do. I am so, super excited about some changes I’m making to my blog, this year!! My paragraph titles will give you a good idea of where I’m going with it, if ya don’t feel like reading my life’s blog story.;) A Little Background, First…. For those

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!! Hope your year is off to a great start! Most of us are still sick (all but Dad), but we still had fun ringing in the New Year (east coast time – we cheated), playing card games in our jammies. That may sound super boring, but we had the best time! The

Sweater Up

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did, and then topped it off with an ice skating party with good friends (+ 19 kids!) on our pond. I love the holidays!! And I love after-Christmas sales….. this Anthro sweater is way on sale!! And Madewell’s sale is on sale, so ya know that’s gonna be

Hi, We’re The Parka Family

We had brunch with Santa last weekend, and had the best time! If you live near the Sun River area, I highly recommend it. Loads of good, buffet-style brunchy munchies, and tons of the best hot cocoa ever. It’s held in a cabin-lodge setting, complete with chandeliers, Christmas music, and a roaring fire in a huge, stone

Dreamy Ivory + Velvet

Home-stretch time, ’til Christmas! And I am feeeelin’ it – whew! Hope you’re hangin’ there!:) So today, I have the pleasure, amidst all the crazy chaos, to partner once again with lovely Lilla P in this post. It’s no secret that I loo-ha-ha-oove their sweaters. I seriously don’t own anything softer, or comfier – they