This morning I slipped out of bed early (between a sleeping Mr. Miller, Grae, and Finn) to go to our favorite Starbucks (in our old hood), and our favorite donut spot (smiths bakery). I got back in time to hang the birthday banner, stack the donut platter, and deliver a delicious beverage in bed to one thirty-four-year-old birthday boy. Birthdays are special days around here. It doesn't matter if you're the dad, or the baby. Turning 4 or 34 or 104. We believe everyone needs a bit of that birthday magic on their birthday! This morning, the girl's writing journal prompt was to name three things they loved about their dad for his birthday. I loved what they came up with. These girls are IN-LOVE with that daddy of theirs, ...
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TEN YEARS!! | CASSMILLER.COM
Y'all, I can hardly believe that my first post here was TEN YEARS AGO!!! Holy moses. This blog has followed my life these past ten years, the best of my life. As a newly married mama, trying to figure out running a home, to building my part-time hustle-to-career as a family birth photographer & labor doula... birthing my own HOUSE FULL of babies along the way. Whatever the case, I have loved coming here to write all these years, and I'm grateful for the journey this blog has lead me on. Now days, you can mostly just find me at home with my children, trying to find balance as a stay-at-home mom, as me and my husband juggle our own businesses. Throughout the years, I have come here to spread a message of the happiness, and ...
living happy on the holidays | Fourth Of July
I'll let you in on a little secret, new moms (and experienced mamas alike). Every single holiday can be loaded with expectations, mostly from yourself. I am here to give you some PRACTICAL tips for enjoying the Fourth of July (and any holiday) with your family. You know that saying "if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."? That couldn't be more true right here. I often dream of having fun, happy holiday traditions. I think of so many good holiday traditions that I SOMETIMES I can't fit all of those traditions into one single day. Damn it. But here's the thing: Don't sink your fun holiday because you've put too much pressure on yourself. (Ohhhh girrrrrl, have I done that... thinking back to a certain christmas eve that ended in ...
NEW SITE!!
Y'all! I can't believe I am writing to you from the new BLOG!! A whole new website, in fact, thank you Mr. Miller! Really though, did you know that Mr. Miller is an actual bonafide computer genius? He doesn't just build super awesome websites for his adoring wife, this is something he does for hire! Mr. Miller owns his own IT companies, Lifeguard Computers, and DigiVoice phone systems. He basically covers all your tech needs, including building awesome websites for businesses. Everyone who works with him will tell you he's the best. I'm just the lucky lady who pinned him down forever. ;) And I'm not even telling you this because we have four little mouths to feed (although we do), he's just an awesome computer guy, and you're ...
all american home | building the dream
It truly is looking more like a home every day. This weekend we finished painting and hanging the last of the shutters. Those shutters have been our labor of love to this house. Built by Mr. Miller, painted by me and the girls, and hung as a village. We were a team and busted all 18 of them out! It was a project, but we stuck with it, and look how good they look!! We may not be raising our children on my dream farm, but we sure have learned a thing or two about hard work remodeling our homes. :) We built shutters for our last house, but both times we browsed and saved some good pinterest tutorials for our guide. I'll have to do a full post on the shutters, but after much deliberation on color, we went with grey for our shutters ...
my weekly planner layout | the happy planner
On instagram last week in my stories, I was chatting about the planner I use and how I use it. I got so many questions about my layout, I thought I'd document setting up my week so I could share it here in more detail. I use the Happy Planner. You can find lots of their stuff on amazon, and in stores like michaels, and Joann's. I think they have a target line out which I am excited for. Planner addiction is real, y'all! This post isn't even sponsored.. this is just actually the planner I use and love after using lots of different kinds over the years. For me, the removable pages, the ability to customize and add in notes, etc. makes this my literal happy place. I know why they call it the happy planner. So let me show you how I ...
