Snapshots with Our Kansas City Cousins
I am the oldest in a family of four kids. And like the obedient, perfect, responsible, favorite, oldest daughter I am 😉 , I stayed here. My siblings all moved...
The Rules of Book Club
Welcome to my newly formed book club section here on Oak + Oats. It is not exactly a book club because we don’t all plan to read each book together...
COVID-19, Disney, Photo Projects
Artifact Uprising Disney Photo Books
Peek-a-Boo! We had our first official Ridings family (my side) reunion in 2020. I know, what a year to have it 😉 But it was the first one since all...
Blogging & Business, Photography
An Ode to Instagram
Today I opened Instagram. I haven’t opened it for awhile. I used to click on the little camera icon without even thinking. It was so natural to scroll through Instagram...
Art Projects, Childhood, Homeschool
Butterfly Wings
Several years ago Stephanie Pollock made butterfly wings with her girls and then shared them in this blog post. I thought they were beautiful and the photos were filled with...
Celebrating the Fourth
Last year we went to farmland Kansas for the 4th of July and we liked it so much, we did it again! We braved the mosquitos, the humidity, and the...
Amazon Finds: Kitchen + Dining
We’re still in the middle of our kitchen renovation, but our dining room is practically done! I am toying with the idea of adding fun + bold window treatments but...
A week at the Pool
This mama is jumping head on into summer over here! With temperatures in the 80s and 90s we spent the week at the pool. It was a little bit crazy...