“Be kind but be fierce. You are needed now more than ever before. Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.” Winston Churchill I absolutely love this quote from Wintson Churchill. This coloring page began as a doodle in my sketchbook and when I shared a picture of this sketchbook spread on Instagram I was a little surprised at […]
The One in a Million Boy Loved this book. It’s one where I have a hard time knowing how much to tell you, any description I give just doesn’t do it justice. It’s a sweet, well-told story of an unexpected friendship and parenting a child who is “different”. It’s about relationships and not taking others for granted. Definitely one of […]
1) I drive by this sweet little church multiple times a day and I’m always excited to see the new postings on their marquee. This one was good enough that I had to stop and take a photo. Love everyone. The end. 2) Call us a little slow, but we just realized that Edith and Jason share a half-birthday/birthday. Edith […]
A post shared by Heidi Kindlespire Hillman (@alivelyhope) on Mar 20, 2017 at 10:14am PDT My sketchbook is my happy place. Here are a few spreads from the past month or so, plus a flip-through of my most recently completed sketchbook as part of the #meetthemaker challenge on Instagram. Follow me there to see more of my daily sketchbook pages. […]
1) The Hillman Herald. Miss Ellie has been putting out a typewritten family newspaper for years. (Here’s one of her first editions from 5 years ago). It began as a little treat just for our immediate family, and an excuse to use her beloved typewriter, and over the years has expanded to quite a large readership. Lately she’s been taking […]
I’m joining in with Anne Bogel at Modern Mrs. Darcy to share short and sweet reviews of what I’ve been reading lately. What have YOU been reading lately? The Joy of Swimming by Lisa Congdon I loved this books as both a (former) swimmer and an artist. I love Lisa Congdon’s artwork and the fact that this book was jam […]
1–Me: Go get ready to take the big kids to piano lessons. Two minutes later… Him: I’m all ready, Mama! Looking back through my photos from the week, most of them are of trouble Elijah has gotten into. Getting himself a “little snack” (aka a giant bowl of mini chocolate chips), eating his morning smoothie with a paintbrush (where did […]
I’m joining in at Simple Homeschool today to share what a Day in the Life looks like for our family. Find our past days here (2016, 2015). Like so many homeschoolers, our days are never exactly the same, but we do have some rhythms and routines in place that help us to do all that needs to be done. First, […]
I have been using a very simple bullet journal for over a year now. I love it! While I admire the beautiful time-consuming spreads that are all over Instagram and Pinterest (seriously, go look. There’s some amazing stuff out there!) I don’t spend a lot of time making elaborately detailed pages. Here are the tried and true pages that I […]
1– Our Edith was blessed this month, wearing our family blessing dress purchased by her namesake (my great grandma) 30+ years ago. All my sisters and girl cousins wore this dress, Ellie wore it 12 years ago and it was Edith’s turn to follow in the footsteps of some amazing, strong, beautiful women. 2–I’m feeling super inspired to get back to […]