Spring Youth Retreat
This retreat was really lovely, but very cold other than portions here and there of the last three days. We didn’t have a lot of kids sign up for it (though lots of leaders), but it was really fun to...
View ArticleEarly Marriage Problems & Lies Upon Lies (2 of 2)
Read what leads up to this part: [part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8] Throughout those nearly first two years of marriage, I had intense dreams. Most of them involved...
View ArticleA Good Day to Sweat & Get Dirty
I love being able to reconnect with people I haven’t seen in a dozen+ years. I grew up with Stacey, though we never truly got to know one another in school, and I didn’t really ever even have classes...
View ArticleAnd I Sift. . .
[Outfit details: flower hairclip - Lila-Jo | Vintage 70's dress - Vintage Code | Shoes - Modcloth] I leave myself vulnerable and open for many critics on the internet (and people I know in person,...
View ArticleWhat Our Marriage Looks Like Today
Read what leads up to this part: [part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8 | part 9] The rooster alarm clock on Rob’s phone goes off early each morning. I make Rob his...
View ArticleThe Bumble Bees Are Out In Search of Nectar
I’ve been so packed with various activities lately that I haven’t had a lot of sit-down time. I am behind on reading blogs, I haven’t watched many movies lately, and I am a little behind in my book...
View ArticleLooking Back at the NJ Music Scene’s Impact On My Life
This captures exactly how involved we were in our local scene. Singing along to NJ local ska-core band Folly (the singer has both his hands up). When I was a little girl (age 6/7), my brothers were...
View Article30 Hour Famine Wrap-Up!
I recently posted about World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine at our church’s youth group where the leaders & students were to take part in fasting for 30 hours in order to raise money for children who are...
View ArticleThe Cicadas Are Singing Our Song
[Outfit Details: Vintage 70's Dress - Sally Jane Vintage | Shoes - Modcloth ] Doing: eating cheddar potato soup Listening: ”I’m Alive” by The Hollies Reading: The Princess and the Goblin by George...
View ArticleRolling Towards Forgiveness
I look back on my life and understand that I am glad my past is far behind me now. Over the past year I’ve been going through any pains from my (childhood) past that I have held on to and have made a...
View ArticleWatering & Growing
Our landlord/neighbor takes extreme care in our yard. He has beautiful flowers planted and a vegetable garden. I really love planting and gardening but I don’t have much of a green thumb or the...
View ArticleMeet Patience, Our Dog
[Outfit Details: Top - Sevenly for Destiny Rescue (Saving children from Sex Trafficking)| Jeans - American Eagle | Shoes - TOMS ] Doing: relaxing for the first time since Friday Listening: The Brady...
View ArticleThe Harvest is Plentiful, but the Workers are Few
[Outfit details in a remix of items I've posted/worn many times: Dress - Vintage 70s from hihlo studio | tall socks - Target | shoes - given to me by Ively's Closet | hat and shrug shawl- given to me...
View ArticleThe Real Me
We all have those moments where we take it easy. During the wintertime, I feel like too much of a hermit. I do like to dress up, but I also like to be cozy while at home. After a school day of...
View ArticleOur Family in Weekly Photos (2014) – 1 of 52
I know of bloggers who started doing photos to post of their children once a week throughout the year, but I wanted to do photos of our whole family. I don’t photograph them enough, honestly (I used...
View ArticleOur Family in Weekly Photos (2014) – 2 of 52
1. Rob shaving his face (he certainly needed it). 2. Leto showing me his ballet shoes. 3. Me, watching a basketball game. 4. Micah reading to me.
View ArticleThe Belated Birthday Post for Micah
Micah has been 5 for nearly a full month now. It is really crazy to think that my baby is no longer a baby or toddler (though he does still suck his thumb)! He and his brother have been asking me a...
View ArticleOur Family in Weekly Photos (2014) – 3 of 52
1. Leto cutting out paper for a craft. 2. I rarely smile with teeth showing for photos (just an old habit since childhood), but this one I like! 3. Micah relaxing after a school day with a LEGO cement...
View ArticleOutfit Post & A Will-full Year
[Outfit Details: Shirt - Target | 70's Vintage skirt - Bohemianz | Boots - Modcloth | Hairclip - Lila-jo] There are may new changes happening for me as 2014 has begun. I’m excited about what God is...
View ArticleOur Family in Weekly Photos (2014) – 4 of 52
1. Curling my hair 2. Micah staring at a Tennis match on a TV at a restaurant we went to with a gift card to celebrate Rob’s 31st birthday 3. Leto was so tired one morning that he went back to bed...
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