Real Life with Royal + Reese

Budget.

Money. Credit cards. Dinero. Coin. We all know it. We all love it because it affords us to do the things that we want to do. We have jobs n...

Whitney Wednesday: How To Do A Quick Top Knot

I’m a mom, which I’m sure you knew at this point, and I don’t have time to do my hair. So as most of you have noticed, I rock the top knot pretty m...

Whitney Wednesday: How I Met My Husband Part 2

Last week I started telling you the story about how I met my husband. (In case you missed it, here is the link to my previous post) Let’s see, wher...

Whitney Wednesday: How I Met My Husband Part 1

A lot of you have asked how we met our husbands, and since my husband and I JUST celebrated our 12 year dating anniversary, I figured now was as go...

Whitney Wednesday: The Day I Almost Died

I was driving home after a fun filled day of shopping with my sister in the suburbs of Chicago when the rain began to drop on my windshield. My sis...

Whitney Wednesday: Preventative Postpartum

If you’re reading this, you probably read my previous post about my struggle with postpartum anxiety, but if you missed it, you can read it here. ...

Podcasts.

My mom’s family lives in Bloomington, Illinois, so when we were young, my mom wanted to entertain us in the car, so she bought, Advent...

Whitney Wednesday: Healthy Living

So I’m going to let you in on a little secret, I have struggled to keep up with the Gigi Hadids of the world, and struggled, especially after havin...

Favorite Things in my Favorite City.

Growing up, I remember very few and far between outings to the Windy City. I believe my first memory of this is when my mom took my older...

Raw.

Today, I sit here before you to tell you about some personal things in my life. Something I’m not too keen on doing, because it makes me feel ...

Hiking.

Last weekend, I was in Vail, Colorado, for my cousin Hilary’s wedding and while that was what my family’s entire weekend centered arou...

Be yourself.

Being yourself goes without saying, but why is it one of the most difficult things in the world, especially when influenced by the one...