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It's Good and True

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Hello! I'm Jacqui

Welcome to my blog. I'm a California transplant living in Minnesota with the love of my life and our sweet bundles of joy.

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I’ve got a beautiful trio here. Abundantly blessed. And I’ll be honest, sometimes I forget about the little one that made me mama first. We found out in December, and by February they were gone. And then these three came along, two expected, one a surprise, all equally loved. But that mourning period before the light came back into my life was a difficult, dark season. Counsel and conversations aside, music pulled me through. Particularly the song Two Wooden Spoons, by This is the Kit. Sometimes I go back to listen, because it pulls up the anchor of grief that sits deep inside, and lets me float on the joy of these blessings. “What a duo, what a duo what a two.
Two carved spoons, carve two spoons out of wood.

From the same tree from the same bowl the same school.
But without one, when without one not the same.
Lost and looking lost and looking is a shame.

Their two hearts, two hearts holding tight.
Over oceans, under mountains, days and nights.
But when together, hold together, good glows light”

When two history majors who also like to laugh get married 🤓

Walked to our local coffee shop in 20 degree weather to meet with some dear friends over lattes and babies. Last week I wrote a post about how I learned to winter. Link in bio obvi.

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Last April, while snowed in at a women’s conference in South Dakota, I had the pleasure of meeting Kortnee of @studio_senn. I love her work, and as soon as she released her enamel pin of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I ordered two with the intention of giving one away. It’s taken me a minute to getting around to it because life, but here we go! I’m giving away a pin! Finally! Giveaway details are below, but if you are impatient and want to support an amazing small Catholic business, click on over to her page and order yourself one stat. She’s got loads of other amazing pins, earrings, prints and paper cut outs that are 😍

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Yukayaki, ramen with noodles made in house, and infused sake followed by a visit to see the new Egypt’s Sunken Cities exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. We don’t get out on dates very often, but when we do they’re 💫✨🤓

This brave little soldier hardly flinched as his nervous mom cleaned up and bandaged his chin after he busted it on the edge of the tub today. Also, he’s been up since 4am, and since it’s almost 3pm with no nap in sight, I guess we’re just not going to sleep anymore. Send coffee. Also, @liz_haus can you come back from Rome now and watch my kids so I can take a nap again? Kthx #saintgeorge #catholickidsgettodressuptwice

My favorite part is Uncle Simon 😂🤩

Inspired by @katiecurtiswrites recipe at @thehumbleonionblog, we’re having stuffed acorn squash tonight ✨ get it on your meal plan. I sub stuff for the filling based on what we’ve got, but it’s such a simple recipe, you can play with it a lot.

Two years ago we put an offer on this house and it was accepted within hours. It was the happy ending to a long and frustrating story. We moved in the day after Thanksgiving and it was a mad scramble because I was very pregnant and very not into moving things. I’ve spent the last two years moving furniture around, measuring spaces, pinning and saving inspiring images, and trying to figure out how to create a beautiful space on a small budget. This weekend we painted the walls and moved a few things around. We still need to acquire a bookshelf so we can bust out the record player that’s been in storage for over two years. Our house isn’t perfect. It’s 90 years old, the floors creak, and it can be drafty. But it’s beautiful and it’s ours. Also, if you look closely you’ll see scrambled eggs on the table- you can’t see the ones on the floor. Also, I’m totally inspired by @honeychildathome ✨ she talked me through my crazy when I thought we would never find a place to live that wouldn’t kick us out because of our kids.

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