faith and family

  • We say “detour” – God says “my plan” – Day 1

    Laney and I should be sitting on a plane right now. Righhhhhht beside these awesome two girls–Kristen and Elizabeth. I say should be–as in…those were OUR plans. I think I should be on aisle 37, seat B–snuggled in and watching a movie before falling asleep on the 16 hour flight to South Africa…some where over […]

  • Africa Bound {My hearts and worlds are about to meet!}

    She blew out her candle in her smash cake when it first began. A love relationship a world a way–that I needed far more than one that needed me. I had everything a girl could dream of. Yet…there was something missing. MORE. A beautiful marriage. A boy. A girl. And running a photography business where […]

  • 3 Things It Took Me Awhile To Finally Understand…

    A few things I’m cherishing as I come nearer to my 40s are the simple things… 1. Whatever that dream is on your heart…be brave–and jump when the opportunity presents itself. For us…it was– The farm. Just wished we had followed our dreams sooner…but following them is better than not…no matter if it took a […]

  • June 2015… {here lately}

    It’s official. I’m the world’s worst blogger;) But here lately–a few fun things… Parker and Laney just got back from a week of camp–and it was Loo’s FIRST overnight camp experience. They both had so much fun…white-water rafting, tubing behind the boat, horse-back riding–and lots of fun worship with their friends. And we left camp […]

  • To my first loves… {your life was almost normal}

    Here I sit. Again. With what feels like crazy–radical before me. And. As always…I think of you. We were *this* close to being “done” after our 3rd child was done. I think the 3rd child tips the scale a bit in our culture of being normal. And then we tipped it. We grew and grew […]