With the beginning of the new year comes high hopes and expectations. There is so much to be excited for! 2017 was a time of humbling, learning, refining and trusting. This year I’m taking what I’ve learned from the former and running into it without fear and arms open wide! My heart takes leaps when …
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I’ve mentioned before that I someday I’d really like to fancy myself a photographer, welp…thanks to a ton of YouTube videos, my husband’s wealth of knowledge and through trial and error, I’ve been slowly but surely learning how to use my camera! Over Christmas vacation while at my parent’s house, I’ve gotten to take advantage …
This year. This last year was…trying… to say the least. It was simultaneously the hardest and also most rewarding year I’ve lived. 2017 started in high hopes for me. Josh was finishing up his last semester at Talbot, I was making new mom friends and we were starting out our search for a new job for …
My husband, Josh, is a pastor and I am often both inspired and impressed with his ability to look at the stories of the Bible and shine a light on a different perspective that isn’t so obvious. Last night was one of those nights. He was talking about the birth of Christ. We all know …
I’m the one in my family that is always worried about capturing memories through a lens. I constantly make my family stop to take a photo when we are all together. It can definitely get on their nerves, but hey…we have a lot of great photos, thanks to me. I’d like to fancy myself a …
The past few months have been a whirlwind, to say the least. We moved from SoCal to NorCal and have been trying to get settled in whilst jumping into a new ministry head first. I finally feel like this is place becoming home, even though I still miss Long Beach, my friends, The Way and …
One of the cool things about moving to a new city is that you get to explore! Since I’m desperate for it to feel like fall, we took a trip to an apple farm called Gizdich ranch! It was so cute and gave me all the fall feels, complete with its orchards of apples to …
Bloom where you are planted. My old small group girls are all too familiar with this phrase. It was the advice I always gave them, my nugget of wisdom, my mantra. One of them (I love you H) even used this as her senior quote in her yearbook and quoted me…bless her soul. I by …
To my darling daughter, Happy birthday! I cannot believe my baby is now a whole year old! This feels like such a momentous occasion and I want to honor it with gusto! I want to shower you with gifts and love and make you feel exquisite today. I want to throw you a magnificent party …
You know the expression, “want to know how to make God laugh… make a plan”, well that’s what I did. I planned on God answering my prayer favorably and didn’t even consider the alternative. So when His answer to my prayer was a no, I freaked out. After a lot of tears, confusion, and processing, I’m seeing …