Messy Kennedy

Running Wasn’t Just About a Smaller Pant Size

When I started running, it was not really about loosing weight. I hoped that would be a side affect of it. But to be honest, I was tired of sitting on my butt. The last 8 weeks of my pregnancy was me being tied to a bed other than going to my doctors appointments. Then I nursed for a mutant baby (just kidding… kind of) for 6 months who had an insatiable appetite, which meant a lot more sitting on my butt. I needed a change. I was tired of the lazy, sloth I had become. After years of being… Read More

Commercial Silk: High Quality Silk Plants

I was sent a product free of charge from Commercial Silk for an honest review. The following post is my honest opinion of the product. I have a black thumb. Unless are you my cactus named George. I have no idea why I cannot even keep a succulent alive (which I have been assured is simple). Luckily, I am more successful mom but that job takes away from my time to take care of a real plant. Enter Commercial Silk. They contacted me about trying a product and I figured what did I have to loose? I am always… Read More

Walt Disney World: The Kennedy Family Vacation 2017

Last week we had the opportunity to take the vacation of a lifetime. We headed down to Florida with family and we had an amazing week. Later I will share some of my best advice for Disney World. Let’s face it, taking kids to Disney World is hard and exhausting and amazing. But I will save all of that for another post in the next couple weeks. We spent three days going around the parks. We went with my in-laws and I have to say it was a blast. Seeing the joy and excitement in Calli’s and our niece and… Read More

The Ring on My Finger

My husband and I are working our way toward 5 years of marriage. In October we will celebrate our 5th anniversary, which is wood. Which makes it seem so much less exciting. I’m sure Eric is reading this and noting all of the inappropriate wood jokes he will be texting me on our anniversary. My husband and I have a pretty good relationship. Is it perfect? Definitely not. I have lots of areas to work on and he is constantly trying to be more helpful and do more for Calli and I. After watching our parents for years, we both… Read More

Chickpea Salad – Healthy Substitute for Pasta Salad

Hi, my name is Ashley and I have a problem. I love pasta salad. I love it with creamy dressing. I love it with oily dressing. I even love bad pasta salad with just too much Italian dressing poured on it. It makes my heart go pitter patter. That’s probably all of the sodium in the Italian dressing wreaking havoc on my cardiovascular system. Let’s face it, pasta salad is yummy but not exactly healthy. A month ago I attended the Fuel Up to Play 60 Rally for School Health. It’s an event geared toward teaching kids how to incorporate… Read More

Is My Milk Safe from Hormones?

The short answer to this is yes, your milk is safe from hormones. But to confuse you, milk does contain naturally occurring ones. Before you turn this off and start freaking out, let me explain. Trust me, it is not as scary as it sounds. Let’s start by answering, what is a hormone? In its most basic form, it’s a protein. Yes, a hormone is a protein. They are also essential to life and they are good, not bad. Without hormones we couldn’t live. Hormones are in everything we eat. I said everything. They are in soy, cabbage, peanuts,… Read More

Freezing a Moment in Time

I’m writing this on Sunday and last night we went to see Eric Church in concert. During the concert Eric was singing a crowd favorite, his hit song “Springsteen”. He paused and explained the song is about wanting to freeze a moment in time and remember it. That really stuck with me. So often his music really speaks to me and that’s why I’ve been seeing him for more than a decade. What really struck me about this instance is something I’ve been trying to work on with myself. The idea of experiences not things. The first time I saw… Read More

5 Things to Know about The National FFA Organization

This week is National FFA Week. I got started in FFA when I was a sophomore in high school. My motivation was because I wanted to take part in the floriculture contest. I thought putting together flower arrangements sounded fun. Funnily enough, I never did that contest. Honestly, it doesn’t bother me either. I had so many amazing experiences during my time in The National FFA Organization that it doesn’t matter. So many amazing leaders and people have gone through the FFA. Even knowing that I have 5 things I want you know about the organization. 1. We are not… Read More