FIVE Year Blogging Anniversary!

Happy Wednesday Friends!!

How is your week going so far??

Today is a fun day...because I am celebrating this little ol' blog's FIVE year anniversary!!

Yesterday was the official date, 5 years ago that I started blogging! You can read that post HERE. I had NO idea what I really planned to do...I just knew it was on my heart to share about my life as a woman, wife and mother and hopefully connect with other women along the way....and here we are 5 years later!!

When I started blogging, I had FOUR kiddos. James was about 6 months old when I wrote my first blog post!

About 9 months into blogging, I shared with ya'll about us expecting our FIFTH baby in the fall of 2015!

Ya'll cheered me on as we became a family of seven in 2016!

I got to share the fun news of us moving to North Carolina in 2017!

You stuck with me when I needed to take a break in August 2017 and were SO supportive and welcoming to me when I started blogging again in April 2018!

You all were SO supportive as I took ANOTHER blogging break, as I walked through probably the hardest year of life, marked by the death of my father in March 2019.

 And now here I am...5 years invested into this tiny little corner of the internet and I really can't tell you how grateful I am for this space. 

I have chosen to keep this blog PURELY fun....and not turn it into anything else. 

(I have been offered many a chance to do sponsored stuff- but I just have zero desire to turn this into any kind of "job.")

I absolutely LOVE checking in with ya'll about the random things going on in my life, talking about all of my Walmart finds, sharing my (somewhat lame- HA!) weekly menu plans and also occasionally sharing my heart with ya'll regarding motherhood, my pursuit of living a life of wellness and how God is ALWAYS working in my life. 

I sincerely hope, whether you check in on a regular basis to read my random ramblings or if you just pop in occasionally, that you have felt a sense of belonging and camaraderie. 

I TRULY would love to have a coffee date with every single person who takes the time to read my blog.   

In a spirit of celebration and gratitude...I am doing a little FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY giveaway!! 

I want to gift one of ya'll a few of my FAVORITE things as a "thank you" for sticking with me over the last 5 years.

The giveaway includes a gift card to Starbucks for a cup of coffee, a copy of "I've Been Thinking" (one of my favorite books of prayers and reflections), a pair of FUN earrings from one of my FAVORITE shops (ADV Designs) and a copy of my new FAVORITE meal planner! 

To enter the giveaway- all you have to do is leave a comment telling me (1) where you are from and (2) how long you have been reading my blog,  and (3) for fun- if you want to share your favorite type of post I write- you can (but you don't have to ;). 

Finally- please leave your email so I have a way to reach you, if you are the lucky winner!

I will pick one name at random and share the winner next Wednesday (January 29).

I hope ya'll know I wish I could give every single one of you all of these goodies- 

but #budget. HA! 

I hope you have the BEST day and thank you, thank you, thank you for all the kindness, support and encouraging words, comments and emails you have shared with me over the last 5 years!!

Linking up with Stefanie, Keri, Mauri, Sarah, and Lindsay today!