This morning Quincey saw these pictures and said she wanted to go back there…!!! Oh, to that cool building where you got to run around with a new friend? Where we gave you heart suckers, balloons and dolled you up like a stylin princess? I’m sure you do. Instead I kissed her cheek and she’s at preschool for the next couple hours. But Saturday we did have a blast with my good friend (from our days of braces, bangs and high school soccer games) Heather as the photographer & Tana, the founder of Mom’s Best. Tana invited me to kick off their new series all about motherhood. Since being a mom is the toughest, greatest thing I’ve ever done–I was in.
This week there were a few events in my life that really caused me to stop, take a deep breath and reevaluate where I give of myself. For one, my darling niece was born and is in the NICU… such an angel and amazing fighter. The second she was born she changed me. How this tiny angel had that kind of power and influence on me isn’t surprising… children are so pure and innocent and see this world more simple than we do. We are the ones that complicate it all. This week I wasn’t the one to let go of a hug first. I squeezed each of my darling bugs until they let go. And even then they had to wriggle their way out of my tight embrace.
Don’t get me wrong… being a mommy is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Why else do you think I have a hidden treat stash and hide in my bedroom for a couple minutes of peace. Which sometimes backfires with Cheerios all over the floor. Ah, I don’t know I’m not one to be poetic or good with explaining my thoughts, but I do know how my heart feels every single day when Lola points to a mole on my cheek and says, “Mommmy, is an owie?” And kisses it better. And I know I don’t want to be too distracted or busy to miss that…
Don’t get me wrong… being a mommy is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Why else do you think I have a hidden treat stash and hide in my bedroom for a couple minutes of peace. Which sometimes backfires with Cheerios all over the floor. Ah, I don’t know I’m not one to be poetic or good with explaining my thoughts, but I do know how my heart feels every single day when Lola points to a mole on my cheek and says, “Mommmy, is an owie?” And kisses it better. And I know I don’t want to be too distracted or busy to miss that…
For more Q&A or photos check out Mom’s Best Network
What are 3 things we may not know about you?
-My husband, Collin, was my first date in high school. He asked me to the Homecoming Dance. When he was driving me home after our date he came to a complete stop at a green light. I think he was a little nervous.
-I took a darkroom class in college and dream of having my own darkroom someday so I could spend the day taking pictures with my film camera then develop the pictures later that day. It’s such a cool and dreamy process… with lots of stinky chemicals.
-If I could be anywhere at this moment it would be at a secluded beach somewhere in a hammock, pina colada in hand, painted toe nails with my feet in the sand, sound of kids playing in the distance, sun on my face… I could go on and on.
If there is 1 thing you have learned and could share to inspire and help other women/mothers what would it be?
Sheesh, I feel like I am still learning so much as a woman/mother… but something that I am striving to do is not to compare myself to others. A couple years ago I had a quote on my inspiration board, “Find you. Be you. Be happy with that.” I loved it because at times I feel myself trying to fit into another mold or trying to be like someone else. But I need to focus on what I do best and my natural gifts that can bless others’ lives. I mean, I don’t know anyone else who can eat a bag of Peanut M&M’s as fast as I can. That’s something I need to embrace and be proud of! ; )
Sheesh, I feel like I am still learning so much as a woman/mother… but something that I am striving to do is not to compare myself to others. A couple years ago I had a quote on my inspiration board, “Find you. Be you. Be happy with that.” I loved it because at times I feel myself trying to fit into another mold or trying to be like someone else. But I need to focus on what I do best and my natural gifts that can bless others’ lives. I mean, I don’t know anyone else who can eat a bag of Peanut M&M’s as fast as I can. That’s something I need to embrace and be proud of! ; )
We also have a giveaway today. I’m in love with the perfectly styled outfits from Peek Clothing! And you can win a gift card to their online (or check their locations). There’s also a pair of See Kai Run shoes in the giveaway… there are so many styles to choose from and my girls loved them. Quincey would have slept in them…! Also some darling clippies from Ribbies. Basically you’ll be all set and ready to photograph your cutie after you win this!
- $50 gift card to my new obsession of kids’ clothing: Peek Kids
- Pair of shoes from See Kai Run
- Any 3 hair accessories from Ribbies
To enter: Leave a comment below… after checking out my feature on Mom’s Best Network
EXTRA ENTRIES:
Like Mom’s Network on Facebook
Follow Mom’s Network on Instagram (@momsbestntwk)
Pin about this giveaway, any of these pictures or something from Mom’s Best
EXTRA ENTRIES:
Like Mom’s Network on Facebook
Follow Mom’s Network on Instagram (@momsbestntwk)
Pin about this giveaway, any of these pictures or something from Mom’s Best
There is also another giveaway on Mom’s Best site with the same prizes so you have two places to win!
Photos by Heather Telford
Enter the giveaway here and thanks for playing along! xo, Lizzy
Photos by Heather Telford
Enter the giveaway here and thanks for playing along! xo, Lizzy
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Ohhh so fun!!!
Love these beautiful pictures of you and your girls!!!
Looks like awesome stuff!
So fun! Love See Kai Run!
Your girls were so cute. Thank you for sharing such great places and resources <3
Love what you wrote and all these prizes! Thanks!
You are a wonder mom!!
The pictures are so great & I love the clothes!
I am obsessed with Peek clothing too. Thanks for the chance!
Liked them on Facebook!
These photos are so beautiful! I love that pink chair! Thanks for the chance!
Liked them on Facebook!
Following on Instagram!
Love the questions and answers! Your girls are the cutest!
I love that quote from your inspiration board. It is just what I needed to hear today.
OMG! Love the pics and prizes!
adorable clothes!
Liked on Facebook!
Newbie here and love your blog!
I think you are a great mom and you teach your kids the most important thing, how to love, be loved and how to be happy with yourself. I hope that one day I will be a loving mom like you. Thank you for the chance to win.
LOVELY photos of you and your girls. LOVELY giveaway. And sending prayers to your baby niece.
Such sweet photos and interview.
Love how you just beam with pride and love in every photo of you and your sweet blessings! 
Praying for your angel neice and for your health as you are pregnant! Thanks for the chance to win!!
fabulous interview and darling pictures!
Wow! I loved every bit of this — your interview and the photos are just awesome. AND I’m “borrowing” this quote. How perfect is that quote?!
I loved your Q&A! Those outfits and your girls are so cute!
Great pictures! Praying for your niece. Good reminder to hold our children tight.
So cute -sure i had to like them on facebook (Liebe Lerato)
The pics are super sweet -you and the kids are super adorable
Greetings
Tine
Lovely photos Liz … you can’t go wrong with those three!
And I can see why the new obsession with Peek kids clothes …
Awesome article! Thanks for the chance to win.
Beautiful pics!!!! The clothes are soo cute!!! Thanks for the chance!
Super cute stuff! Thanks for the chance to win!
Beautiful pictures! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a super sweet feature! Catching up on the abadoned laudry as we speak. LOL! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love sharing in your expressions of motherhood. It is truly an amazing gift and these little beings change hearts instantly
I loved your interview. It is good to know that we as moms we are all doing the best we can! Love your pictures as well, your girls are adorable!
I love the photos…so dreamy looking!
Gorgeous photos. Would love to be able to dress my girls in these adorable outfits! Thanks for a chance to win.
Blessings,
Georgia
liked on FB and Pinned on Pintrest:)
I love those pictures making me want to get my camera and actually get in front of it w/my kids!
cute clothes for boys? what!?!!@ love it
I like Mom’s best on fb
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pinned
Liked them on FB. Thanks for the chance!
Your girls are so pretty!
love it….photos are amazing!
Love your blog. I think you express yourself wonderfully and I can totally relate to a hidden stash of treats. Being a mom is so hard, but so rewarding.
Visited Mom’s best Network. Liked them on facebook! There is nothing like a moms love. I recently lost my mother. She was my best friend, my confident, my everything. Thanks for this giveaway!
Pinned as well!
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What an amazing family. And I think we can all learn from not comparing ourselves to anyone else!
Ah! That last pic is an absolute delight.
ummm… are you even pregnant, you are tiny. Love all the pics. You are an amazing mom, super patient and sweet.
How cool! How do we enter? Is this through Peekkids.com? How do we win a gift card from you? I really want to win!!
Just leave a comment and you are entered to win.
This is so great Liz! I love the feature and the photos are priceless. You are one of my biggest mommy inspirations for sure. Love you girlfriend!
Thanks for introducing Peek Clothing. I can see my grandkids in those cute clothes.
Following them on Facebook! Thanks for all the links.
Following them on instagram too now!
Beautiful pics of you and your girlies!
now an Instagram follower. Thanks sweets!
Pinnied and DONE!! Love their site. Great stuff over there.
Love the giveaway!
Whoa!! When did baby Lola get to be so big?! Put bricks on their little heads!!
Such precious, sweet girls Liz. And you are such an amazing SuperMOM!!! Be proud of that every single day. Praying for your sweet niece…please let us know how she is doing from time to time. Congratulations on the feature! Don’t know of anyone more deserving…enjoy each sweet snuggle and love! 
Blessings,
I follow you on FB! You are so beautiful, girls!!! Thanks for the inspiration! >>–♥–>
Liz,
You are incredible. First of all you are amazing at communicating your thoughts! I love reading your blog everyday and not just look at the beautiful pictures…. Secondly, I so agree with you on not comparing myself to others. I struggle with this so much myself and I consider you someone I look up to, so to hear you say that brings me so much comfort! Seriously chick, you are one rockin’ mama and you inspire me everyday! Thank you for your honest thoughts and this sweet giveaway!
so fun! love love!
great giveaway. THANKS. Mom’s best is an awesome site!
The photos look beautiful! And, you’re right about motherhood – so challenging, but so, so fulfilling. There’s nothing like it!
Thanks for the chance to win
adorable! hope to win!
I also like Moms Best on FB!
Such an awesome giveaway, and perfect for my little girl arriving this summer!
Adorable photo session with your girls! Love how they’re dressed so fashionably!
Would love to win – and love the V-Day pics as well. So cute!
Fun! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I like the Peek Clothing, some cute stuff!
Love your blog and all your stuff. This giveaway is awesome!
Thank you for your continuous inspiration, as a scrapbooker, photographer, and mother!
I loved this post. It is so important to stop and really take in all that is motherhood. Thanks for this chance to win!
I “liked” Moms Best on FB!
I liked Moms Best Network on Facebook via my page Stylish Gypzy
I hope I win! I hope I win!!
Thanks for the chance to win. Mom’s Best was a nice site to explore. Thanks for sharing!
I love the girls outfits and the photos are so inspiring. Thanks for the chance to win.
Great post about you! You should be proud. You are such a fun and wise mom!
So adorable! Cute girlies!!
I liked Mom’s Best on Facebook!
this looks like so much fun!
Today, February 11, is my 36 birthday I decided to read some of my favorite blogs so glad I did, I needed to read your story! & I also needed to hear/read this quote: “Find you. Be you. Be happy with that.” I am going to live this year with that in mind! Thank You!
super cute!
Wow! You are cool.
Thanks for the chance.
great article!
Oh Lizzy! From my perspective, you’re an awesome Mommy! Your daughters are always gorgeous (although you probably spent minutes putting them into their cute clothes) & you have a such a beautiful personality. I look up to you as role model for being a creative scrapbooker, awesome Mommy, loving wife & readable blogger. If I could win, I would be jumping all over with excitement!
Love your blog, your post and you’re a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing!!!
What a great feature. You and your girls look so adorable in the pictures! You are definitely one inspiring mama!
Following on instragam!
I could not agree more, being a mom is the one of the hardest things to do but also the most rewarding. Children are so wonderful and I could not imagine life without them. You and Colin fit into the 3% who marry their first date. Such an amazing darling life you have with each other and your 3 babies. I love your blog. Its my go to in the morning. So beautiful and inspiring!!!!
Beautiful pictures! Love Mom’s Best Network!
Always good to have reinforcements in this crazy thing called motherhood! Thanks!!
Love that you are so open and share, cute family.
Being a mom truly is the best and hardest thing out there. Love your thoughts!
Ok so you are GORGEOUS and Heather takes BEAUTIFUL pictures but I am not going to compare myself to either of you because there are good things about me too!! I love that you mentioned that in your article…it’s a HUGE problem for us women and “Mormon moms” I am not perfect at it, but I try my hardest to not compare myself to others and just be ME!!
Our home was lost in the Oklahoma Wildfires in August and I’m dreading buying spring clothes, from scratch. So, any little bit would help! Hope I win! Those pics of your girls are Precious! and yes, being a Mom is the best and hardest job on the planet, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
I love these photos and reading a little about you. Great article, too.
Thanks for the chance to win some goodies,
xxMindy
Awesome pics and sweet girls!
You’re an inspiring mom! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for the chance of winning your giveaway!
I liked on fb @ningfathia
Also following momsbestnetwork on instagram@babalisme
Pinned! http://m.pinterest.com/pin/25825397835363079/
Oh yes, being Mummy is certainly such a journey and learning for us isn’t it? Thanks for sharing!
Your kiddies are too cute!
Liked on Facebook. Cute clothes! Thanks!
I had never heard of mom’s best network before, but it looks like a valuable resource
I Like Mom’s Network on Facebook
I Pinned about this giveaway
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Such a great interview and the photos are too precious! Being a mom is so hard and we have to remind ourselves that we are doing something really great! Loved your thoughts on not comparing yourself to others. Such a trap.
Tear jerk post. Great reminders!! Thank you for the chance to win.
What great pictures!
love all of this; your sweet words, gorgeous photos!! we adore peek at this house!!
xoxo.
i like mom’s best network on facebook!
You’ve done it once again! Thanks for the uplifting words and thoughts to ponder. Love the pictures.
Very sweet pictures of you and your girls! Glad I took the time to read your interview, it made my heart swell and my arms ache for my own girls. I can’t wait to pick them up today and hug them tight!
Lovely
Awesome pictures of you and your girls.
Thanks for sharing! You always have such great words and lovely pictures
So fun!!
Love it! Fun to learn more about you! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for the chance to win! Love the girls outfits!
Simply beautiful… Thank you for sharing!
‘smiles’
You’re pictures are always so much fun!! Thanks for sharing
Your girls are sooooo adorable!
Pinned a picture!
Would love to win!!
so much goodness in this post! i’m in love with peek clothing … and love your pictures … so precious!
what a gorgeous family!
Love the pictures! Wish i could capture my kids that way! Thanks for the giveaway!
Liked Mom’s Network on FB
Pinned it!! http://www.pinterest.com/melodyforsyth
What a delight! So enjoy the pics of your darling kids!
You can see that you are such a great mom to those cuties!!!
So lovely, both the feature and you + kiddos.
Pinned it here:
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Liked Mom’s Network on FB
Oh this looks simply amazing. What a fabulous prize!
Such precious pictures! Motherhood is precious. Hard, but precious. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m following moms best on Instagram:)
I like moms best on Facebook.
I liked moms best on Facebook.
wow! i’d love to win! my daughter desperately needs new shoes…love see kai run!
Pinned a photo
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Very nice pictures.
Thanks for the giveaway!
V_theberge@hotmail.com
You have such a beautiful family! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I love the pics…your girls are so cute! I really like what you said about being you and not fitting into another mold…a good thong to remember!
I like moms best on fb!
I like moms best on FB.
I am following Moms Best on instagram. Thanks!
Oh my goodness…such a talented momma! Love your blog and loved learning more about your cute family!
I liked Mom’s Network on Facebook – @calliecbowers
What an adorable bunch of girls! Thanks for the opportunity!
Following on Instagram!
Yes, please… I need all the help I can get when it comes to stylin my cute girls (plural!!!… Still excited about that!)
I hope all is going good with Ashley’s newest little
I love being a mama! Thanks for your inspiring message and adorable pics!
My fingers are crossed!
the left and right leggings…be still my heart.
Great pictures. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I love you you inspire me to cherish the little moments with my babies. thank you.
You and the girls look so gorgeous!!! You have the perfect pregnancy glow!
The clothes are adorable! I love the colors. Also, we all need to remember to be happy with who we are. Thanks.
Great article… beautiful pics of you and your girls! Thanks for the chance to win
Great article… beautiful pics of you and your girls! Thanks for the chance to win… I like Moms Network on FB.
Splendid pictures !!!
Hope I win! Love this!
Loveeee this photoshoot. So airy and fresh, especially nice to see during the winter! <3
Beautiful pictures! It’s going to be sun seeing a boy in the mix!
Beautiful pictures! It’s going to be fun seeing a boy in the mix!
I love stopping by and seeing all your cute pictures!!
I love being a mother. I also love being inspired to be the best mom I can. Thanks, xo!
how cute are those right/left leggings? your kids are so adorable!
Beautiful family! thank you for the chance.
Love it! Thanks for sharing and the opportunity!!
I pinned it! http://m.pinterest.com/pin/92534967315885715/
I follow on facebook!
just found your blog and have already emailed a couple of posts to my daughter in law (mother of my beautiful new grandaughter)…..some great ideas!
“Like” you on FB
…………..pinned your Sugar Cookie recipie……….yum!
FUN STUFF! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love your blog and your family!!!
would love to win these adorable goodies!
Beautiful pictures of you and your girls. What fun memories you’ve created/are creating with your family.
So adorable! I love, love, love peek clothing! Happy heart day!
Wow that’s a amazing giveaway how generous . Those pictures are so darn cute of you and your girlies and your boy belly. LOL.
~L~
I pinned the awesome birthstory!
That pic of all the kids laughing must be because of silly Collin behind the camera! Oh that Lola! Soooooo cute and way too big!
ME! you’ve met your match! i CAN eat a whole bag of peanut m&m’s in record time. my husband says i’m sick! so what! i always love your photos! someday collin can take ours!
My fave post : http://momsbestnetwork.com/best-traveling-gear/
Very Helpful!
Liked Mom’s Network on Facebook
pinned!
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Fingers crossed!
you are amazing. thanks for the chance. prayers to your niece in the NICU.
Awesome pictures and fun giveaway!!
Such beautiful photos ! You and your daughters look fabulous !
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