When the weather starts to turn cold, our family moves from spending most our time out on the back patio to inside gathered around our kitchen. Eric and I love that our kids enjoy cooking and baking as much as we do, and they’re starting to understand that that the kitchen is heart of our [...]
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Home & Hospitality | 5 Tips for Backyard Gatherings
Settled nicely between spring and summer, the month of May holds all sorts of fun activities. From Mother’s Day celebrations and graduation parties to pool openings and backyard barbecues, it’s a time for gathering friends and family. With warm days and sherbet sunsets, now is the perfect time to harness your hosting powers. Patio parties [...]
5 Tips to Prep Your Lawn & Garden for Spring
I recently helped relaunch our neighborhood newsletter and wrote the following article for inclusion. If you need tips for spring gardening, check it out! You know the phrase “spring showers bring May flowers,” so now is the time to start thinking about lawn and garden projects. Make sure you set yourself up for success with [...]
2021 Reboot | Skipping the New Year’s Resolution
To say "it's been a while" is an understatement. Fall has come and gone at The Palm House ... we already have Valentine's Day decorations out. A lot has changed since the last time I wrote a post (back in September 2020). Our baby is now a toddler, we're expecting our second kiddo this summer, [...]
It’s Fall Y’all! Favorite Sweater-Weather Home Decor at The Palm House
There’s a crispness in the air in KC, and I’m here for it. The first day temps dropped below 70 last week, I lit a pumpkin spiced candle and broke out all of the fall decorations. I don’t know if it’s because we’re home more due to COVID and needed something to “look forward to,” [...]
Real Talk: The COVID Roller Coaster
I'm not sure I even know where to begin. We are on week 20 of this global pandemic's "new normal" - whatever that means - because it definitely doesn't feel like we've really settled into any "normal" yet. Honestly, I feel like I'm riding a roller coaster through COVID. When it all started I was [...]
A Lincoln Adventure: Week of “Firsts”
Well, in true fashion for our family, we dove into 2020 head first. This past week was full of all sorts of "firsts" for Lincoln. I'm so proud and excited for him, but a part of me is so torn. It feels like just yesterday I was was dropping him off at his first day [...]
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