Dear Baby O, We are all so excited to meet you! I can't believe you will be here any day now. You have been in the works for far longer than these last nine months. Your mom has always wanted to be a mom, sometimes so bad, she forgot she was my big sister and …
A friend’s loss
A good friend of mine lost her dad this last weekend. It was unexpected and I was shocked to get the news. She's my first close friend to lose a parent and even though her dad was older than my parents are, he still seemed too young. It has left me wondering how to be …
Figuring out life after college
I remember it was the last day of graduation festivities. Most everyone's families had headed home. I was at the boys' house, sitting at their kitchen table, when all of a sudden this sad, heavy feeling landed in my stomach. It just hit me out of nowhere: this is it. This is likely the last …
Whole30 – Day 1
My husband and I started Whole30 again today. We've done it once before, after we ate our hearts out on our honeymoon and came home feeling gluttonous and gross. If you are unfamiliar with Whole30 it's a 3o day food challenge where you basically only eat meat, vegetables, and fruit. [You can read the rules and …
My Top 9 highlights of 2016!
Lately, my Instagram feed has been filling up with people's best nine Instagram's of the year, based on number of likes, as a way to recap the year that they had. Six out of my best nine, all revolved around one major day I had this year - my wedding day! As big of a …
Thoughts on My Family…
My family is fun. We are big, we know how to get loud and have a good time, and we're not afraid to ask good, tough questions to one another. We are bound by our faith in Jesus. Even though that faith looks different in each one of us, it's how we learned to love …
Goodbye to Goodbyes, Hello to Together!
My boyfriend moved to Seattle this weekend!!!! After 2 years of long distance, we finally live in the same time zone again AND the same state! It feels amazing. And also a little unreal. We both keep catching ourselves about to say something like "we should watch this show together someday" or "maybe next time you …
Lines by Les 