After 33 years of selfless service to the United States Air Force, we retired my dad on June 1st. It’s a lot to process: How proud I am of my father and his reliance on Jesus through this journey.The fact that this military journey—which has made up my entire life so far—has finally come to […]

At 8 months you still couldn’t crawl. I was sure you would be crawling all over by then! You held your head up just a few hours after you were born, you could roll over front AND back by two and a half months, you’ve been a little wiggle worm from the beginning. By three months you were

Well, we have officially had 7 months with you, darling drooly boy. You feel so much more grown up to me these days. I said something about that to your Auntie Kate recently–That you’re so big, but when you’re asleep you still remind me so much of a baby and she laughed at me, “He

Gideon, we took you on your very first family vacation to Fredericksburg Texas. We found quite a few baby-friendly things to do, and it refreshed and delighted our whole family. Instead of a hotel, we found a lovely Air Bnb where your Daddy and I had date nights in the living room after you went

These have been a hard six months, and the happiest of my life, little fella. They have been hard because even with you sleeping through the night I have struggled to get enough sleep. They are hard because I’m responsible for a tiny helpless person. They are hard because I second guess myself. They are hard

I love Easter–He is RISEN! My Jesus conquered death, He has overcome the world, and nothing going on in my life is too much for Him to handle. Including my grumpy almost six month old. Though Little Fella won’t remember it, since I love Easter so much, I wanted to make his first special. We

Sweet, darling boy. My love and adoration for you grows each day. I can hardly believe you’ve spent five months with us in the outside world, and over a year in total. I can’t really imagine life before you anymore.  The past two months have been such a sheer joy as we have watched you

Today I am celebrating my 23rd birthday, and my heart overflows. I’ve spent a lot of sweet time with my man and little fella today, Uncle Wyatt should be coming over for dinner and cake in a while, and then Charlie is taking me out to see Beauty and the Beast (I’m pretty stoked!) But

We had the most beautiful drive home yesterday from Charlie’s family ranch. Since our first trip up there, Spring break 2014 to now Spring Break 2017 we’ve made 18 trips. Each one has held so many sweet memories with his family, moments of growth together and individually, and sweet long talks on the 6 hour

My dad always told us my mom could have done absolutely anything she had wanted to. And out of all the possible careers she could have had, she choose to richly invest in her children every day in our home. Now as I am entering this new stage of motherhood, there is no where else