Good things come in fives: fingers, toes, guys with burgers and fries, and years of marriage. That’s right – yesterday Brad and I celebrated 5 years of marriage! It feels like such a long time, but I guess not when you consider a lifetime of love. The good news is, we’ve made it past our…
Category: Life
Crazy Beautiful Life
We all stumble through this life. Those who seem to have it all together are lying. And often times the ones who are the most put together on the outside are hiding the scariest skeletons in the closets within. Some days I wake up and everything is fine. I continue to live my story without…
Silver Linings
I wrote this post about a month ago but it still rings true, especially today as we made our final payment to the IRS. Sometimes things don’t always work out the way you want them to, or the way you think they should. Like when you find out you owe lots of money on your…
Reflections on 2014
What an interesting year 2014 has turned out to be. One of the craziest and most life-changing years of my entire life and I know it’s only going to get more interesting from here! The year started on a very somber note as Brad’s sister spent several days in a coma on a ventilator. We…
Winter Cozy
This has been a hectic holiday season for us. I know everyone probably says that, but that doesn’t make it any less true for us. As you may have read in our previous posts, we have been knee-deep in house projects. Tearing out kitchen walls and fixing plumbing, ripping up carpet and restoring floors, painting,…
Ogres are like Onions
Much like ogres and onions, my house is in layers right now. We spent last weekend painting Rory’s room, so his stuff is literally spread throughout the rest of the house. We still aren’t finished painting and we have since decided to tear out the carpet and redo the floor. Then last night we tore…
Life & Love {and other mushy things}
I cannot help but feel overwhelmingly blessed after a weekend of parties, surrounded by people we love. On Friday, we welcomed over 50 people into our home for our Halloween Housewarming Party. After four months of waiting, hoping, and praying we finally closed on our house – 30 days later we moved in. Since then,…
Choosing Gratitude
Sometimes it seems life is full of disappointments, but only if that’s how you choose to look at it. The setbacks can be unexpected blessings that feel like a punch in the face at first but turn out to be the best case scenario. Right now, we are in the face punch part. We put…
Reset.
I dropped my iPhone in the toilet once. And on the ground several times since then. As a result, my on/off lock screen button lost its ability to function; therefore my phone is perpetually on. Like all electronic devices, phones need to be turned off every now and then. Reset. I believe the same is…
Destination Central
Madison is in our rear view. We’re hitting the open road. Away from stress and pressure and worry. Towards friends and beauty and rest. To recharge. To reset. To remind ourselves that life is about more than keeping up with the daily grind. Peace out friends. We’re road tripping!!
Woods Take On The World 