A Dream Come True. Literally. It was now the end of February. We were a little over a month away from closing on the house, and there was quite a lot that still needed to happen before we could...
Treacherous HopeAfter all of the crazy confirmation and blessing that we had received about this house, youd think I would have been floating on cloud nine all the way to the closing table, nary a dr...
My second article- five postpartum fashion tips is up over on sunnie brooks beauty blog today! Click on over and let me know what you think of my five tips... and please feel free to add any ti...
The One Where We all Cry like BabiesWe went to see the house and fell completely in love. It was everything we had wanted but had not been able to articulate. It was bigger than our current 1100 squa...
The EnvelopeOne of the major things that this season of unknowns has taught me is that God loves our honest questions. Have you ever been around a three year old? I have one living under ...
Today I am wearing black & yellow to help support NKH Awareness Day!My friend Ryan has two daughters with this disease. The NKH community needs continual help to fund research so they can k...
Yesterday, the first (of three) articles that I wrote for a stylish pregnancy and beyond was featured on sunnie brooks AMAZING beauty blog!I am so honored to get to be a part of her special May tribu...
It is with great JOY that I can direct you to the official launch of The Verses Project website!Some great friends of ours, along with my husband and I, have been writing music for the past year or s...
The ShakingOkay. So. Ill try to speed this up a bit, for fear of boring you all to tears. haha. I dont think I even realized how much stuff I wanted to write out so that I could rem...
I wanted to take a little break in my chapter series to mention a fundraiser that is happening online now through June 30th to benefit my friend Halles son, Jackson Whittington.Sweet little Jackson w...
"Home Sweet Home"At this point in the story, it was early November of 2011. As I was praying and praying about possibly moving back to Reno, I started to discern something inside of my heart ...
"Dots on a Page"Shortly after we decided to start getting the house ready to sell, our dearest most darlingest friends, Cameron & Anna Ingalls (and their little boy Asher!) came into to t...
"Wise Council"As we started to talk about and process a potential move back to Reno, there were a lot of mixed emotions floating around. One day I would feel completely excited about it... th...
"The Land of our Fathers"A few days before Chris and I talked about moving, we had taken a trip up to Kansas City to meet up with my friend Harmony and her sweet little family. Harmony gave m...
"The Longing"There are times in life when it feels like everything in you is being stirred up, heart soul and spirit, like a big pot of stew on the stove. Have you ever experienced this? Your...
Things, they are a-brewin.A story has been gradually unfolding underneath the busyness of this everyday life, like a slow pulling current, changing the direction of everything above it.I plan to tell...
Tomorrow is my sweet baby Trumans birthday. I put together a twelve month montage like I did for Myer when he turned one.This baby is perfection... the very antithesis of birth control. We adore him ...
It flooded my mind as I drove back home today- the way Id found it just sitting there in that bush by the side of the road. His wrist watch. The time had stopped at the moment of impact. He was a cou...
I attended my very first local Bloggers Night Out last night and lets just say that my eyebrows will never be the same.hehe.Its true, though. The event was hosted at The Makeup Bar, a local business ...
I dont know how to receive gifts without this constant low-rumbling feeling that I dont deserve them. That I havent earned them.Gifts from others, yes, but most especially gifts from God. We are in a...
My beautiful friend, Suzanna, has written another series on her blog that I absolutely must share here. My heart is longing to see the men of this generation RISE UP and take their places!!! Suzannas...
My kids are so completely opposite of each other it makes me wonder if they even have the same mom. Maybe I just dreamt about giving birth three times? Maybe I only really gave birth once and the oth...
Sometimes I feel so brave. I hold nothing too tightly and am ready to leap at any moment. Change makes me giddy and I really, honestly mean it when I tell God that I will go anywhere and do anything ...
As I type, my husband is far away in Atlanta, Georgia- trying to wrap his mind around the fact that he gets to play his viola with the Charlie Hall band at Passion 2012 in front of 45,000 people at t...
The other day I was transferring all of the pictures from my phone to my computer, and, lets just say it had been awhile, and there were almost 2000 images dangling on the edge of existence by nothin...
It has been a longer absence than i anticipated, yes. The days have been so full and what they say is true... when you start really paying attention to the little moments in front of you, life explod...
Im dropping off the grid for a few days to get reacquainted with things that dont plug into walls, but I will see you on the flip siiiiide!:)
A few weeks ago, some of our most favorite humans rolled into town!Cameron and Anna and their little man Asher made the journey all the way out here to spend some time with us okies, and we were SO e...
Yesterday was one of those days that seeps down in to the bone level and aches. The nights have been rough with little Tru, and Myer is in this phase where I swear he is trying to make me want to sen...
#330 on my list of 1000 thanks- A family that will chase the sunrise with me.There are so many things happening below the surface over here, and our minds are running at break-neck speeds trying to c...
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