My best of 2019 weddings posts got interrupted by very real 2020 craziness. We’ve been home for almost three months in an attempt to be cautious with our little foster girly. Three weeks before three months ago (so a freaking long time ago according to math), Xav and I were desperate for an out of […]
You can tell from their photos that Logan and Kim absolutely love being together and that they were so giddy to get married!! Even with cloudy skies and a few little road-bumps, Kim’s face was radiating with happiness as she walked down the aisle. Nothing could take away her smile! It was precious to see […]
After five weeks of living in the desert, I am excited to be home in Michigan! Xavier’s internship started in Albuquerque around the middle of May and, after I wrapped up the first part of my wedding season, I was able to fly out and join him at the end of June. We’ve traveled a […]
Three years ago, I blogged about some of our favorite and cheap date nights. Living out of an Airbnb for the past several weeks has changed our date routine quite a bit. Besides hiking and the zoo, here are our current favorite things to do for date night. 1. Ice cream. It probably doesn’t need […]
As we await winter placements, putting together our nursery has been a work in progress. We have been so blessed by people who have offered resources, given generous and thoughtful gifts, and even searched out and delivered a dresser to us! I thought it would be fun to show a little preview of everything all […]
Mother’s Day family photos are one of our oldest traditions. This year, however, we waited a few weeks and opted for photos on my mom’s birthday so that we could have photos with all six of her children together! As we have gotten older, it has been harder to get the whole group together but […]
As May (and national foster care awareness month) come to a close, I wanted to wrap up this little series on “it takes a village” with 10 practical ways to be a village to your local foster families. 1. Jump in!I know I often have the tendency to think, “If they need help, they will […]
True friends are always together in spirit. – Anne with an “e” (L. M. Montgomery) Though our friendship started on very rocky ground, Natalie has been the Diana to my Anne for almost 20 years. When she got married last October, I was heartbroken at the thought of her living so many states away. We […]
Read part one here or part two here… In January, we attended the CROSS conference and were awakened to concepts and ideas that changed our framework of thinking even more. The theme of the conference was, “Consider your whole life.” They pressed the issue over and over that we only have one life and that […]