Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. How about a good, old fashioned, catch-me-up post? We live in a pretty small town and, with that, comes all sorts of interesting things. The neighboring town (still in our same school zone) holds a hay bale decorating contest each year and the elementary school always participates. Sophie was chosen to be on the team this year and they just happened to be decorating on a day I was at home sick. I ran Hudson to school for my sister and then swung back by to snap a few photos for the yearbook. The kids had so much fun decorating and I wish I could show you their finished Blues Brothers inspired creation, ...
5 on Friday
Five on Friday | September 22
I'm not going to make any excuses about my absence this week, because honestly, I have no idea why I took a break. I had things on my calendar, but they could all easily be shifted and I just didn't feel up to writing. I've been in an unexplained funk for several weeks and that translates to rarely eating, shirking workouts, reading too much, and laziness. I'm trying to get myself together over the weekend, so I'll be back with better content on Monday. In the meantime, why don't we share a little Five on Friday instead? UAB Football | I'm not sure I've ever mentioned this (and you probably wouldn't care anyway), but Josh and I both went to college at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. I loved the urban setting and the art department was amazing. In true Kristin (in the college ...
Five on Friday | Blog Edition
I go through phases where I think about the blog all the time (just ask Jennifer... or Josh). I make lists and notes and have expectations and dreams and I spend weeks implementing new strategies and deciding the best way to do certain things. On the complete flipside are the times when I completely ignore all of the important things like SEO and promotion and growth and fly by the seat of my pants. Otherwise known as: summer. I made a huge to-do list this week and I'm trying to get back into a routine of spending time working on the blog every morning. While I was working on said list, I kept running across things that I wanted to share or ask you guys and what better way to do that, than a themed Five on Friday blog post? 1 | The Taz + Belly Book Shop Did you see the new page I ...
Five on Friday | Catching You Up
What a whirlwind of a week! What is it about a long weekend that makes the rest of the week feel so weird?! I had a horrible time remembering what day it was this week. Surely I'm not the only one. Since I took an unintended blog break (what even?!) over the last week, I thought I'd pop in a with a Friday post and catch you up on all that's going on in our world. This is going to be long and disjointed, but hang in there -- I have a fun announcement at the end of today's post! 1. Camper Update Since my parents are leaving for the beach tomorrow, we've been working hard to get the campers finished before their trip. We won't be headed down for a few more days, but we're so close. I finally made a master list of everything that needed to be done before we leave and divided it up ...
Five on Friday 002
We made it through another week and fortunately this one was short thanks to Memorial Day! The kids are so thrilled to be out of school for the summer and we're already enjoying later bedtimes and sleeping in. I'm keeping my regular schedule and loving getting a few extra hours of sleep before heading into the office mid-morning. I was worried I wouldn't love staying at work late at night, knowing the kids were at home, but it turns out it works perfectly for summer. We're tackling a few more projects this week and next and then it's vacation city for us all! 001 | KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION It's a little insane to think that Sophie's already conquered kindergarten. Where did my baby go? As nostalgic as I get, I'm not one of those mamas that longs for nursing and rocking my babies to ...
Five on Friday 001
You know what I miss? Five on Friday (or 5 Finds Friday, depending on who you link up with). I used to participate several times a month, but it's been a really long time since I jumped in. On the one hand, I can't decide how I feel about allotting one of my three weekly posts for a link-up, but I do love the idea of sharing little things that might not otherwise make the blog. I'm not making any promises, but I thought it might be a fun way to "micro-blog" over the summer. What do you think? 001 | The Hashtag Hack I cannot be the only one who gets really tired of typing in countless hashtags on Instagram, right? I know that so many people think overusing tags is stupid and annoying, but it is such a great way to connect with other 'grammers and to find posts that are right up your ...
5 on Friday: Life Update
1. The 100 Day Project I loved watching everyone participate in this last year and was so sad that I didn't know about it in time to jump in myself. In case you aren't familiar, The 100 Day Project is the brainchild of Ella Luna and a challenge to choose a creative endeavor to repeat for 100 consecutive days. I was (am) skeptical that this is even something I can complete, but I decided to give it a try and see how things go. I picked up a 100 page sketch pad earlier in the week and I'm filling one page per day for the next 100 days. My pages will likely be floral heavy -- I'm very into flowers these days and in the middle of a web-based floral drawing class -- but I'm not limiting myself to any particular theme. The idea is just to put pen to paper once a day until the book is full. I ...
5 on Friday: All the Things
It's Friday and I could not be more thrilled about the weekend! Despite the fact that we were out of school and work one day and delayed several other days, the last few weeks have seemed to crawl on by. I'm ready for some sunshine time with my family, but in the meantime we're making our own sunshine as often as we can. I somehow let the week go by with only one blog post (despite a full editorial calendar), so I figured the best way to make up for that was a little 5 on Friday action. Don't run, okay? ONE: We are still going strong with our Bible Journaling over here. I've had a lot of great feedback and made some wonderful new connections, but I can't help but notice it might have run a few Instagram followers off. Are you enjoying these posts? Is every day too much? Do we need to tone ...