Five Tips to Surviving a Puppy with Kids

  Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs.  Puppies are super cute, but they are also SUPER messy, and in my opinion, way harder to keep up with than a baby!  So, I bet you’re sitting there asking yourself why the heck did you get a puppy in the first place?!  Good question. *Insert eye […]

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Meal Prep for Large Families

Having a HUGE family is fun until you have to feed everyone.  Truthfully, I love grocery shopping because I love food and I also usually love to cook.  But, since adding Lleyton into the mix, it was getting more and more complicated to cook big meals every single night, especially when having to get the […]

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8 Postpartum Topics No One Prepares You For

Let’s talk postpartum.  It’s cute, it’s fun, it’s stressful, and it can also catch you off guard!  All of that beautiful hair you gained during pregnancy – GONE!  It just falls right out.  Breastfeeding?  How do those chapped, bleeding nipples feel?  AWESOME!  Remember that glow you had during pregnancy?  How about some dry skin instead?!  […]

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Pregnancy, Labor & The Newest Addition

The female body is so amazing and being pregnant truly makes a woman appreciate their body more than ever- at least for me it does.  I LOVE being pregnant.  It’s such an amazing journey and it really brings you and your partner closer together (not that Jeremy and I need to be any closer than […]

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Speicher Party of Seven Coming January 2019!

We are beyond excited to announce that we will be adding another little Speicher to our family in January 2019!  Now I’m just hoping that our two SUV’s will be able to handle all seven of us in one car and that if we travel we can fit the luggage in the car or else […]

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Our First Emergency Room Visit

We had an entire day of sports for all four children that we thought would never end.  From five soccer games for the youngest three to a tennis tournament for our oldest.  Needless to say, we didn’t plan on making our day even longer by spending the entire afternoon in the ER, but with four […]

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How to Balance Family & Fitness

If you’re a mom (or a dad) then you probably feel like you need ten arms, twelve more hours in a day, and the laundry to magically wash and fold itself.  And don’t get me started on trying to keep the house clean… it just doesn’t happen.  With everything thrown at you in a day, […]

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