Ball Cap Mom Blog
Blogging is one of the crazy joys in life.
““Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” – Andrew Sullivan
iPhone 11 Pro – Like Having a DSLR or a “real” camera in Your Pocket…Almost
After just a few days with my new iPhone 11 Pro, I realized that when I find myself in a situation where I wish I had my "real" camera, I don't have to panic. Having the iPhone 11Pro in my pocket is a perfect back up! I had been struggling with iPhone...
My Adventures in Graffiti Art at the Fabrication Yard
On all of my hiking and birding adventures, I've always loved it when I come across old train tracks, and especially old train tracks with old railcars detached and unused. I love it even more when these abandoned railcars are covered in graffiti. The graffiti tracks...
The Pink Peg Perego Polaris RZR 900 Ride On: Redefining Girly Girl
As a parent, you’re probably aware of (and maybe even offended by) color coding stereotypes for children’s toys. The predominant colors for toys for boys are the bold ones, especially red and black. For girls, their toys tend to use more of the pastel colors,...
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge…One of my Happy Places!
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge...a magical place. About an hour north of Allen lies a wonderful little wildlife refuge. I refer to it as one of my “happy places”. It is a protected area on Lake Texoma filled with trails to hike, roads to explore,...
Bottle Buddies? What in the World is a Bottle Buddy?
Every time my kids come home with a project sheet, I immediately start to panic! What will they need to create this time? I close my eyes and chant "please let it be a poster, please let it be a poster." That's what I'm good at - helping them make...
KiteBoarding…Am I Brave Enough?
I was not at all planning on blogging about Kiteboarding when this day started. In fact, I had never even heard of it. Most days when I head off on one of my adventures, I have a goal in mind. I’m usually looking for a particular bird, a certain type of landscape,...
Senior Photo Sessions with Avery and Hunter and What I Learned…
Senior photo shoots just might be my new favorite type of photography. A while back, one of the teachers at my children's school emailed me and asked me if I did Senior Photo Sessions. The question caught me a bit off-guard... I do take a lot of photos, and I have...
Time to Shake Things Up a Bit…Confessions of a Fast Food Junkie
Okay...so it's been a year since I posted the original blog titled "Time to Shake Things Up a Bit...Confessions of a Fast Food Junkie," and after my experience at Wendy's today, I thought it might be time to update it a bit and repost! So, I'll go ahead an admit,...
I Climbed 177 Steps to the Top of the Pensacola Lighthouse
Climbing 177 steps to the top of the Pensacola Lighthouse in Florida was quite an experience for us(especially me). We were heading to the Pensacola airport after a delightful week of being beach bums, and when we were about 20 minutes from the airport, we got a...
Making Slime Has Taken Over Our Lives…
Making slime! Oh my goodness... Where do I even begin? Making slime has taken over our lives this summer. Each year as summer break approaches, I have an idea in my head of how it's going to be. We'll all sleep in, pack a cooler and walk to the pool, play for a...