It’s a bit quiet around here because we’re in Atlanta this week leading worship at a marriage conference!  This is the second time we’ve been able to do this in the past six months– the last one was in Philadelphia.  So far we’re having a great time!  It’s fun to meet new people from around […]

Hello my little sparkle. You’re amazing.  Do you know that?  You’re funny, you’re smart, and you genuinely care about people.  Sure, sometimes you’re caught up in your self obsessed pre-schooler life, but most of the time, you’re a really great kid.  You’re very normal, you blend, yet you’re extraordinary, you are a leader. You could […]

Influence is a funny thing.  It’s so powerful, yet so quiet.  Influence doesn’t say anything, but it can change everything.  Josh & I have been married for 8.5 years and there is no doubt that we influence each other heavily, but sometimes we still surprise ourselves. In 2012 we started changing the way we eat.  […]

To be honest, we’ve never been the kind to have 9-5 jobs.  As soon as we were in the workforce as adults we were working two jobs and weird hours.  Sometimes we strive for normalcy, but at this point, we’ve just realized that our lives will never bring the consistency of a 9-5 job. It’s […]

It’s funny how time changes our perspective.  When I was in high school my parents bought me a used Nissan Sentra.  It had 73,000 miles on it and their goal was for me to not be on the side of the road with car troubles. At first, it was awesome!  It wasn’t the shiny new […]

About three weeks ago Josh told me about an opportunity to go to Philadelphia.  This came during the absolute busiest month we’ve had in a long time (both personally & professionally), so I quickly said, “Sure!” and moved right along with life.  I honestly never thought we’d get all our ducks in a row that […]

When I was pregnant with our daughter I loved sorting through thousands of names to find the perfect name.  I’ve always loved names and their meanings, so getting to pick a name for another human being wasn’t something we took lightly.  We had a few criteria to start with: 1) Easy to spell 2) Easy […]

Have you ever had a photo grab you & leave you speechless?  Bring back a memory?  A photo that you just can’t stop looking at? This is that photo for me.  Josh took it the other day just playing around, and I found it while editing some head shots that were on the same memory […]

It’s been 11 months since we bought our first home & the newness hasn’t worn off yet… or so I thought.  But when I started to look at our budget & past expenses over the course of the year, I noticed something.  We are getting comfortable!  A little too comfortable.  Our bills are going up. […]

Well, folks, it’s happened– her first day of preschool!  Sort of.  It’s a Mom’s Morning Out program at a local church.  They sing and play, but I don’t think she’s learning arithmetic quite yet.  😉I typically have much lower expectations than the average person.  Josh used to get mad at me about it, but it […]