When we received the invitation to Aaron’s childhood best friend’s wedding in Texas, we were not 100% sure we would be able to make it. But thankfully all the right things came together and we loaded up our family for a 15+ hour (longer with stops) drive to Edinburg, Texas. We left Wednesday (8.21.19) night […]
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our 5-year-anniversary trip to oahu, hawaii
Before I share all our pictures, stories and links to the best places to eat on the island, I want to provide some backstory of how this trip even happened. Apparently, Aaron has been planning this trip for a couple of years. He knew that swimming with turtles has been on my bucket list since […]
summer blast 2019
Last week was Church of the Highlands’s kids conference – Summer Blast! It’s very similar to the well-known VBS (Vacation Bible School) that lots of churches have, but it’s only 3 days (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday). Last year I wasn’t able to get the time off work to serve, but since I’m no longer working, I […]
letters to aaron || happy 5-year-anniversary
Dear Shaver, I never had a positive view of marriage. As far as I was concerned, the “we’re tolerating each other and surviving life together” attitude outweighed any concept of joy I thought was supposed to be there. I remember a couple of my friend’s parents saying that their spouse was their best friend, and that […]
our 5 pieces of marriage advice
5 years of marriage has taught Aaron and I a lot, and I’m thankful to say that we have had far more good times than bad when it’s come to our days as husband and wife. But life has brought us some high highs and low lows in our first 5 years, and through it […]
5-year-anniversary shoot
I had great ambitions. We would do a couple’s photo shoot every big anniversary. But with being pregnant this year, I decided a simple backyard shoot was a good idea. So here you go – our 5-year, not super fancy or extravagant photo shoot. 😛
1 year anniversary shoot – trash the dress
I knew I wanted to do a trash the dress shoot before I even had a wedding dress. I had seen some gorgeous photos on Pinterest of this style and knew it was something I wanted to do. So after we were married and I had a dress that I didn’t mind trashing (I wanted […]
our wedding day – June 21st, 2014
Our wedding day was not the best day of our lives. But Aaron and I also agreed early on that we didn’t want it to be. I’m glad for all those who get their dream wedding or have wonderful memories surrounding this once in a lifetime event, but that isn’t our story. Despite all the […]
seattle trip overview 2019
Although we flew up to Seattle to attend my grandfather’s memorial and burial services, we were able to do some fun things that I am excited to share with you on the blog today. Saturday (5.18.19) was consumed with my grandpa’s memorial service and getting to bed at a reasonable hour in hopes that our […]
so, what’s next?
We are 5 months into 2019 and I never would have imagined our year would be filled with so much already. We found a house, put in an offer and it got accepted sooner than we expected. So we put our house on the market and within a week we had an offer that we […]