The "Chic"iest Chicken Coop

I spend last week at my sister's house. She is an amazing friend and it always re-charges my battery to spend time with her. She is an amazing cook, extremely creative and has a zest for life that always puts a smile on my face. I wanted to share her chicken coop with you. It is so "chic". I never thought a chicken coop could be so eye catching!! You see it in her yard and you just have to check it out.

They took their old existing outdoor play house and chopped the legs off, made a few other structural adjustments and added chicken wire.

The chickens are smelly, poopy and so darn cute. They love their little roost and hen boxes. Happy Home.

Her flower boxes are the perfect "Tina" touch. If we ever get chickens this is exactly how we are doing it.

If you've got a chicken coop, add your link to post/pictures in the comments. I would love to see it.

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Christmas Travels

This year my family and I are traveling for Christmas. The last and only other time we traveled for Christmas was over 7 years ago to my parents in Oregon. Way back then, I had a two year old and we flew. Three kids later and all the TSA regulations (scary!) we are driving our little family of five to sunny California this holiday.

Athough this will be our first Christmas traveling by car we are no strangers to the Family Road Trip. Never Fear: I've come prepared. Here are some simple, handy, tips and tricks to traveling.

No. 1 ~ Never leave a Man behind. With four Men in my family I've got to keep track of them all!!

NO. 2 ~ Let the driver do the driving. The parent in the passenger seat keeps the kiddos happy so the driver can keep his/her eyes on the road.

No. 3 ~ Keep the kids entertained. This year Santa is dropping presents off early. Activity bags for both boys! Drawing paper, favorite new book, crayons and activity books.  

No. 4 ~ Don't be afraid to stop. We are all about the pedal to the metal, but this time we have a 3 month old. Yikes! Lots of breaks for the littlest man. This year we are even spending a night over in Vegas.

No. 5 ~ Prepare a Emergency Kit. You never know what may happen. Although we are traveling to warmer weather stranger things have happened. We are packing extra water, food, first aid kit, matches etc. Just to be on the safe side.

Have a safe and happy Holiday!!