Hello friends!  I’m Erin from Sunny Side Up and I’m so excited to be joining in this fun Holiday Open House hosted by sweet Amy and Christi (couldn’t love those two more!). I am a San Diego mom to three who loves home design and decor and is just a tad obsessed with organization!  I also love dutch oven potatoes but that’s a story for a different blog tour. ;)  My husband and I finished building our house and moved in just before Christmas two years ago.  This year was especially fun to decorate because we actually have furniture in the main rooms!  Exciting stuff.  I’ve shared a lot more pictures, details and sources in various blog posts on each room (this is just a peek) so click below each room for more info!

Come in!  So happy to have you over.

Continue reading “Magnolia Lane Christmas Tour”

Happy December friends!  It’s official.  The busiest month of the year is here!  We all know that December can quickly get out of hand.  Don’t get me wrong.  I absolutely love the decorations and the parties and the gift giving and the music and movies and lights and everything else that comes along with celebrating Christmas.  But I also want to make sure that I’m teaching my kids (and focusing on myself!) what is most special about this time of year and why we celebrate Christmas.  This is a simple activity I’m doing with my kids this year to help us with that and I thought I’d share it if any of you would like to do it with your kids too.  I didn’t come up with this but it’s something we’ve done in the past and I’m excited to do it again now that my kids are a little older. Continue reading “Focusing on the reason for the season”