Why do you choose to stay at home?
I love being home so that I don’t have to divide and balance my time with work and family. I am blessed to be able to focus my time and energy on my family and nothing else at this time. I also want to be there for my kids at any moment they need.

What are your favorite things about being at home?
I love the simple daily moments. The moments where your heart is so full, It can be as simple as catching grasshoppers to cooking dinner together.

What do you find the most difficult?
I think the hardest times are when the kids or myself are sick. I also think it is hard to balance time with the kids and everything else it takes to run a home.

Your (just yours, not what with your kids) favorite things to do?
My favorite thing to do is to go out with my husband, friends, or family.

One mom MUST have you can’t live with out?
The stair safety gate..I love that I don’t have to watch Lexi closely by the stairs because it is locked.

If you were on a deserted island, name three things you’d have with you:
My husband and my kids.

If you weren’t staying at home, what job would you have?
Elementary School Teacher

One thing you wish you could do but don’t have time during the day?
Scrapbook more.

Advice for moms:
Wake up each day ready for a wonderful day. This can set the tone for your home family. So that no matter happens during the day they have that good start to help them.

If you could do anything different with your life what would that be?
Hmmm…not really anything.

What is the best and worst day of your stay at home mom “hood”?
I for sure think the day that my children were born was the best day of my life. The worst was when I had the stomach flu so bad I could hardly take care of my kids.

What is the most fun date you have ever been on with your hubby?
For sure it was our first date when we went to the Alabama concert.

What was the funnest thing you’ve ever done with your kids??

You know what the most recent funnest thing was just having a bunch of Nick’s freinds and their moms and siblings over for a swimming party.

One question for the newt mom spotlight?

What do you most want your children to remember about you when they are grown