Lovey, today you are 28 I mean 24 (again). I’m so excited and thankful that I get to spend this birthday with you. I am so encouraged by the man of God that you are. The way your heart is soft toward Christ and the way you so tenderly lead me is simply astonishing. I know…
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It’s A Love Story // Part 3
May 2, 2014 On this night at The Gathering, the college students were teaming up to play Just Dance on the projector screen. I, who tend to be a “behind the scenes” kind of person, was annoyed when some of the guys began teasing me and telling me that they had signed me up…
It’s A Love Story // Part 2
February 5, 2014 The school I worked for was celebrating Spirit Week and the theme for this day was country western. I showed up to serve at youth group that night dressed in a flannel shirt, boots, and jeans. While I was talking with my group of sophomore girls after the message, Derek came up to…
It’s A Love Story // Part 1
Intro Wow! I can’t believe it’s been almost 3 years since my husband Derek and I started getting to know each other. If you know us, you know life has been a wild ride consisting of marriage, moving, and now parenthood. Between The Worst Honeymoon of All Time, my first car accident, and getting stranded in…
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 9
Okay, so for a while, my husband and I were not drinking Starbucks because this list came out naming the companies that donate to Planned Parenthood and Starbucks happened to be one of them. Also, with the drinks ranging from at $3-$5 each, we decided that it would be best to deny ourselves since…
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 8
This was one of the unnecessary items that I cut from our budget when D and I were first married. No, we didn’t stick with tap (although I’m usually fine with that). I decided to buy this reusable mug for D and we used wedding gift cards to purchase this filter for our sink….
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 7
This one is a little more painful to write about than the others. Not that I’m totally bummed about it (because I’m not) but it has been especially challenging for me because I have a sweet tooth. If I weren’t convicted about the need to care for my body and my baby, I…
Waco for the Weekend
This post contains affiliate links Our weekend in Waco started here – yes, for the first time in our marriage, my sweet husband was (finally) able to surprise me! I was on FaceTime with my friend Courtney when he got home from work and once we hung up, I went out to our living room…
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 6
We had a Costco membership gifted to us as a wedding present (thanks Court!) but the way we shop has changed due to me being pregnant. We live up three flights of stairs so my husband has been kind enough to give up weekend time to tag along for grocery shopping so he can help…
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 5
This post contains affiliate links Yep, I make this too. This is actually something I started doing while still single because I was looking for a detergent with natural ingredients and the only one I could find at my local grocery store was about $8.00 for 20 loads. I was frustrated with the detergent prices…