Melissa Vanni

I don’t know how your weekday mornings go down, but ours looks a little like this… 6:30 am – Wake up! Make coffee. Wonder why I never remember to preprogram my coffee maker the night before. 6:40 am – Wake

My life has been missing something and I can’t quite put my finger on it…. Could it be adventure? No, I have plenty of that going on over here! Having three boys on three separate soccer teams and getting them

Have you ever “stalked” food before? I know what you’re thinking, “What is she talking about?” I’ll explain, about a month ago a food blogger posted a picture of this deviled egg salad on her Instagram. No recipe, no list

Dear Summer, I know our time together is quickly coming to an end, so before you have to go I just wanted to take a minute to let you know that this summer has been awesome.  I’m pretty sure it’s

My first year of motherhood wasn’t exactly what I thought it was going to be. During my pregnancy I pictured peaceful walks to the park, happy play dates with friends, and restful nights of sleeping at least 6-8 hours at

Self doubt is the worst and it can keep a person from saying or doing a lot of awesome things. For example you might want to call a person you haven’t spoken to in a while to see how he/she

The new school year has begun and things are in full swing at the Vanni house! Paper, pencils, binders, crayons, boxes of kleenex for the classroom, I feel like I went to Staples and bought three of everything in the

To say that this RV trip was a stretch for us is a major understatement. As I have mentioned before we are not a”rough it” kind of family. Our vacations in the past have been more about lunch by a

Sadly my boys summer vacation is coming to an end in less than three weeks. I feel like someone has been pressing the fast forward button on our time together and our days with them is slipping through my fingers

I absolutely loved school up until fourth grade. Before that I was a whiz at coloring in the lines, memorized the pledge of allegiance in under a week, and considered my teacher to be my very best friend. When fourth