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Smash! {Annabelle’s First Birthday}
You've heard the saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Well, I've got news for you. At Annabelle's cake smash session in honor of her first birthday, she had it {all over} and ate it too. Look at her. She doesn't care what old sayings tell us. She's...
Awkward Moments Related to My Age.
I think everyone goes through spurts when they feel old. I've been feeling that way a bit lately. On top of that my sister and mother are having milestone birthdays this month. {I won't say which milestone just yet.} That all just got me feeling aged. So today I...
40 Things To Do This Winter {instead of hating life.}
Indoor Winter
I'm used to waking up cold. I'm used to going to bed cold. That's the thing about Practically Canada from October to May: It's cold. But this morning was different. Derek had to leave for work very early, like 3:30am early. When my alarm went off, I swiped it...
Step into my cloffice…
Remember 2014's first project? Yes, that hideous closet that I left untouched after completing the bedroom remodel...that's exactly what I'm talking about. Well, it's done. And I even had a day or two to spare. It might not be as lavish as other cloffices floating...
DIY Dry Erase Board
Well friends, Derek worked late last night...which means I was up late working on finishing the cloffice. Today is January 29 and my goal was to have it finished by the end of the month. Looks like I met the goal with 2 days to spare. It's really nice when that...
Bust Your Fitness Rut
It's the end of January. The "resolution" gym crowd is thinning out. At the gym I work at our membership forms have stopped flying out of the folder. {Image from Women's Health Magazine} So if you are still sticking to your 2014 plan to get fit and shed those pounds...
Puppies and Kittens
While in Louisiana I spent a good deal of time with one of my greatest friends in the world. In addition to a lovely husband, she has three roommates full of personality and antics. While staying over a snapped a few quick portraits of them. Meet Sam. He was...
Accumulation
I know many of you are creative types. Like me you probably have the skills {and enjoy} whipping up a new wreath, making felt flowers, pretty-ing things up with scrapbook paper, doodling, stamping, sewing... If any of that describes you, you'll probably also...
Southern Comfort
I'm in Shreveport, LA. If you've been a friend of the blog for long...you know that before PraCan was home, this was where I parked my car and rested my head. One of my best and dearest friends still lives here. So when Derek found out he needed to come down for a...
Polar Vortex
As you may have noticed, it's been cold. Really cold. Now, I'm not going to jump on my high horse and tell you that I'm better and more hard core than you because I live in Practically Canada and it's been colder here than wherever you are. That's not my game. They...
Young. Wild. Free
I've been thinking about freedom. It started with a devotional I heard on New Year's Eve. Since then the concept of freedom has been tumbling around my brain. The NYE speaker pointed to the song "Young, Wild and Free" as a cultural reference to what can be...
2014’s First Project {excuse the mess}
Excuse the mess. This is embarrassing, but it's real. This is real life. In my house. What you see before you is a 2013 project left unfinished. In its uncompleted state it festered into a catchall eye sore, a place for me to stash things without a home. My...
2013 In Review
Happy New Year! It's hard to believe we have entered another year. If your life is anything like mine...it's felt like a whirlwind ever since Thanksgiving. Yikes. But now the festivities are behind us and it's time to learn from the past year and step into a...
Woodsy Chistmas Session {with Erin, Adam and pups}
On a day, not so long ago I was in one of the greatest places on earth: Elkhart, IN. While I was there, I couldn't turn down the opportunity to do a few Christmas photos for my favorite {and only} Allender sibling. Newsflash. My sister is precious. We debated...
