As both a mom of four kiddos AND a mom in waiting, I know Mother’s Day can bring a lot of emotions. Joy, anger, grief, jealousy. It’s a lot. It’s overwhelming sometimes. Last year (2022) I took pictures with my four kids hoping (kind of assuming if I’m honest) that we’d have our adopted babes […]
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strawberry patch – 2023
Going to the Strawberry Patch in the Spring has become a highly anticipated tradition for our crew. We started it in 2020, a few different times with my giant pregnant belly in 2021, and again in 2022. This year was no different and we anxiously tasted our favorite strawberries with so much joy! We got […]
my 29th birthday weekend
Looking back on this last weekend (3.3-6) I’m truly so thankful to have been celebrated so big and so long. It was full of surprises! For starters, on Thursday (3.2.23) my brother surprised me by flying in from Seattle, Washington. I had absolutely no idea but apparently he, my mom and my husband had been […]
cowboy day – 2023
Our little town had Cowboy Day and our crew was so excited to participate. We started at my mom’s house (she lives a couple blocks from downtown) and walked in the sprinkling rain to get started. We were gifted cowboy hats and scarfs which was fun / festive and the kids loved walking around. We […]
month in review – december
December was a beautiful month – packed full of fun and empty enough to enjoy it all. We did some fun activities outside. I made a delish potato soup (a few times) and it was sooo yummy! I’ll definitely be putting together a recipe blog post with this one soon because it has all of […]
2022 in review
My word for 2022 was FOCUS, and honestly, I initially meant it with my time and priorities. I wanted to stop being so busy, scattered, unintentional. I wanted every area of my life to be focused. Although I definitely cut out some things that did not align or fit into my current life season, I […]
2022 is marked by the adoption.
Aaron & I both wanted adoption to be part of our family and after years of asking God if we could, He clearly told us “it’s time to adopt” in January of 2022. To top that off, we can not shake the feeling that we are supposed to adopt TWIN BOYS. At the beginning of […]
christmas – 2022
Christmas snuck up on me this year. I was completely prepared and counted down the days but it still didn’t feel like Christmas to me. In a weird way, it felt like I was forcing it… nonetheless, it was a phenomenal weekend and I’m excited to do a quick recap on the blog today. Christmas […]
we’re taking a break from fundraising for the adoption
After Aaron & I put everything we had into the nation-wide adoption campaign (that ended in mid-November), we’ve been tired. I’ve been tired. We’ve been nonstop fundraising since January and even after I recovered from the physical & emotional exhaustion from the craziest fundraiser of my life, I found myself empty. Actually, past empty. I […]
month in review – october + november 2022
Welp… sheepishly combining these two months this round because life just got busy and I wasn’t able to get them out when I was supposed to ;P Let’s start with… OCTOBER To kickoff the month, Aaron and I divided and conquered a vendor event + my sister-in-law’s (Aaron’s sister) baby shower. The girls and I […]