Tag: family

  • homeschooling: struggles & blessings from my 1st year

    homeschooling: struggles & blessings from my 1st year

    Back in August, I mentioned that I was embarking on a brand new journey. Specifically, the journey of homeschooling. As you may remember from my initial post, the most prominent emotion at the beginning was fear. God gave me a verse that really helped me harness my thoughts during those first days and here we…

  • Friday Faves :: a recap of our 8th anniversary trip

    Friday Faves :: a recap of our 8th anniversary trip

    Last week, Jonathan & I celebrated our 8th anniversary. Before my pre-term labor, we had planned to go away for 2 days in celebration. But after my water broke, we put that plan – and a lot of other ones – out of our minds. When God surprised us by giving me 6 more weeks…

  • thoughts on baby #4. [slightly filtered]

    thoughts on baby #4. [slightly filtered]

    A couple months ago, I shared the happy news that Jonathan & I are expecting a new little one in September. FIRST. I must say we are immensely thankful for this little life. We’ve loved it from the moment we knew it was inside me. Truly children are a blessing from God and the fact that I can…

  • my untraditional + unexpected Christmas

    my untraditional + unexpected Christmas

    Just mention the word “Christmas” and you’re bound to conjure up a slew of thoughts + images in people’s minds. It’s like that for everyone. Whether the thoughts are positive or negative, people usually have plans and hopes related to the Christmas season. I’m no different. Sometimes you think and plan through all your holiday plans…

  • Our Christmas Picture 2015

    Our Christmas Picture 2015

    Right before Thanksgiving, we packed up our things and headed for the hills to take a family picture. Of course, that sounds more glamorous than it actually was. In reality, we were attempting to go to the end of a trail and set up our tripod to snap a few pics. But even though I…