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What a crazy + busy + awesome + relaxing few weeks we’ve had! Zack, Bauer and I drove to Michigan two weeks ago and spent nearly a full week with both sides of our families. It was so wonderful to be with them… so refreshing! Just what we needed I think :] Today I’m linking [...]
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BRRR! The weather has definitely been chilly here in Minneapolis, which makes Christmas feel like it’ll be here so quickly! Lisa, one of my assistants, said she saw snowflakes last week. But I don’t know if I believe her… tee hehe. Last week we launched our Limited Edition Christmas Stockings — did you see them? [...]
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we’re home! we’re home — we’re back in minneapolis! zack & i {and bauer!} have been in michigan for the past 10 days visiting our family and friends, but we are now home. i absolutely loved our trip and all the family time we were able to soak up! above is just a small handful [...]
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My mom left early this morning and I’ve been re-playing all the fun moments from her week-long visit all day. It was so, so, so great to have her here. We had such BEAUTIFUL weather and spent a lot of time outside with Bauer, playing with him in the yard and sippin’ a Coke while [...]
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Wowzers, what a week it’s been! I am 120% sure we sewed through over 4,900 yards of thread and over 32 yards of quilted batting to put 148 packages in the mail in time for Christmas! It’s been a crazy fun 22 days of Christmas ;] [Can I just take a minute to say how [...]
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It’s now Wednesday and we are leaving… our Northern Michigan summer vacation spot to began our journey downstate. Three hours later we arrived at my parents house. We pulled up their long drive way and in the rear view mirror, as we were parking the car, I saw my mom and 2 nephews standing on [...]
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Our summer vacation started with the most beautiful sunrise. We left Minneapolis earlllllly Saturday morning, early like 4:14am!, and headed northeast towards Wisconsin/Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I can’t tell you the last time I saw a sunrise, let alone one I saw in the car while driving with my love. The entire drive was so exciting. [...]
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Hi everyone! {waves} We’re back from a wonderful, wonderful trip visiting family and I can’t wait to show you photos and tell you stories :] I’m reading through emails and taking care of a handful of things, but I’ll be back soon with a real post! Thank you soooooooooooo much for supporting all the guest [...]
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Friday morning I woke up and thought I was going to sew and work on Gussy until mid-afternoon. But Zack had the day off for the holiday weekend and soon enough swept me away to Red Lobster for a late lunch. I tried so hard to not leave my sewing machine early… I had made [...]
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Zack and I have great dads. They love to work hard, build things, and love on the family. We know these things are just part of who they are, and we love that! Great dads are such a blessing. Our Heavenly Father has created such an important role through men. We also want to give [...]
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This is the first Mother’s Day where Zack and I can’t be with our moms and families. And we are very sad. BUT! Our moms are wonderful women and it’s the memory and truth of our relationships that makes this all “OK.” We can still celebrate in spirit, we can rejoice in the amazing-ness of [...]
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Yesterday was a weird-ish day. Life at the day job continues to beat, but there is hardly any proofreading work and it makes me sad. I made it through the day, came home to start dinner and soon found out Zack wouldn’t be home until later. “Later” turned out to be 8:30. Dinner tasted horrible [...]
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Good morning Gussy community :] Notice anything different? Over there, a pink number in a yellow box? I’ve got a really fun “thing” to share with ya’ll, and when that number gets to 100 it will be time. That’s the only hint you’ll be getting. We hope to be updating it every few days — [...]
Read the full article →a big YEOW! goes to: $35 shop credit — Hana @ the MomTog diaries$25 shop credit — Lyndsey @ Adventurous + Lovely $15 shop credit — Paula @ Boogers and Burps *please email me at whitley.maggie{at}gmail{dot}com I stopped the giveaway at 200 comments. I thought that was a nice number :) Thank you to all [...]
Read the full article →Shriek with me? Ready? AHHHHHHHHHHH {jumps up & down} I’ve got SUCH exciting news for you :) Yesterday I received an email from Rene, who writes for the Los Angeles Times, saying she featured my Gussy products/blog in her recent Daily Dish post. You can click here to see it for yourself :) I clicked [...]
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