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 […]
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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 […]
rylie’s first softball season – fall 2022
In August and early September, I could tell Rylie was fizzling out at gymnastics. She wasn’t doing her best & she didn’t seem to be enjoying it anymore. I asked her in the car one day if there was another activity she would rather do and she quickly responded “I want to play baseball!” It […]
old baker pumpkin patch 2022
On Saturday, October 8th, we made plans to go to Old Baker Farm with my sister/brother-in-law to go hunting for pumpkins. Aaron & Spencer stayed home so it turned into just a girls trip. We intentionally got there right at opening in hopes to avoid the heavy Saturday crowd, and we were successful. The first […]
the benson twins gender reveal
My sister-in-law (Aaron’s younger sister) is expecting twins with her husband and it has been so much fun to celebrate and walk alongside them as they begin parenthood but also with the twist of twins! Saturday (7.16.22) was their gender reveal party. Only family was invited and it was a highly anticipated evening. Even Amberlyn […]
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 […]
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 […]
our trip to illinois for gma’s funeral
Aaron’s grandmother passed away on Monday (11.29.21). She was extremely close to us all and her passing has proven to be impactful on all of us in some way. Her funeral service came together and we packed up the crew and headed out to Illinois to honor her at 7am on Thursday (12.9.21). We were […]
mother’s day 2021
Mother’s Day has looked different every year for me, but this year was definitely the slowest. The day before I was gifted a whole day to myself (Aaron was at work and my in-laws took the girls which turned into a sleepover as well). I watched movies, took a nap, got my nails done with […]