This year’s back to school vibe did not have a lot of anticipation or preparation behind it like I’ve done in the past. We basically thought of it as “the first day of adding school into our daily routine for the school year.” We did take pictures (because it’s me 😉 ). We started off […]
the shaver crew
highlights of summer 2022
I feel weird thinking summer has ended when the heat is still present and we’re definitely still doing summer activities – but school work has been added into our daily routine now so I suppose it’s time to round-up the highlights of our key summer days. I labeled these past few months “a summer to […]
our first trip to the georgia aquarium
Aaron and I had to go up to Atlanta to complete an adoption to-do, but we decided to make it a family trip and do something fun after our 30min appointment. We’ve desired to visit the aquarium for several years now and we decided this was the trip to make it happen. We did some […]
life lately – july 2022
I didn’t realize how busy July was until I started this post. I knew it was full, but man, it was BUSY. It started with me preparing for another week at our local farmer’s market. After a successful morning, I headed out to Atlanta to begin my 4-day-trip to Seattle. When I got back, I […]
my mom bought a house
Much to everyone’s surprise (including my mother haha), my mom bought a house 10 minutes away from ours while living in Seattle, Washington. My moms word for the year is HOME, so how fitting that God would unexpectedly bring her the perfect home to own. I don’t remember if we found it our if she […]
a last minute lake day
Truthfully, when we first moved to Alabama in 2015, I was not a fan of the lake. Growing up in Seattle, Washington, the lakes are just too cold to swim in and I was more comfortable in bodies of water I could see the bottom of and nothing uncontrollable could get me. But lakes have […]
life lately – june 2022
Man, Summer is in full swing over here. I really didn’t think our summer was going to be very busy but I was wrong haha we are steadily having so much fun in the midst of commitments and it is so filling for our souls. I’ve claimed this summer one to refocus and I can […]
8 year anniversary – lake vacation
Some friends of ours recently purchased a lakehouse and offer it as an Air BnB between their own personal visits. When they came to our adoption yard sale back in March, they kindly offered we could stay there anytime we wanted to relax. Shortly after, we texted them asking if our anniversary would be an […]
paisley + spencer’s dedication
Rylie was dedicated on December 11th, 2016 and Emmaline was dedicated on May 13th, 2018 which was also Mother’s Day. Both the girls were one month old when they were publicly dedicated at the church we attended, but the trend was broken with Paisley & Spencer. Although we had committed to raising them in a […]
adoption profile book – fav photos
I can’t even with these photos. If you’ve ever considered having a photographer come over for an hour and just take photos of you doing life – this is your cue to do it!!! She sent me over 200 photos from this session and choosing my favs is impossible! These were the ones I’m choosing […]