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I am so blessed to be able to spend my days with our girl. I have dreamed about this for years, but to be quite honest, never thought it would come true. I never thought I would get a chance to have a child, let alone take pictures of her! That is why I get…
Five years ago, Dan and I experienced a tornado first hand. We were on our way to the Simply Youth Ministry Conference in 2012, located in Louisville, Kentucky. We had heard that there were going to be severe storms, but did not think it would effect our travel. We also owned a Dodge Intrepid, but…
It is no surprise to any of you, that this has been a unique week. I have never imagined spending as much time as I have at home. Granted after my open heart surgeries, I didn’t leave the house for awhile then either, but this scenario is a whole different story. One that’ll be etched…
I never thought I would say that. I know I have mentioned this story in the past, but it stands repeating since this is the perfect example of how messy and Kristin do not always match up. One day I was busy preparing food for many occasions when a youth group kid randomly stopped by….
Hard to believe that we only have 7 more weeks of school! It’s easy to believe this when the weather has been nice, but truly, to think we’ve made it the entire school year with school being open has been quite a gift. Something I try to never take for granted, knowing some schools have…
Christmas cards. Some people love them, some people sigh at the thought of sending them out. Ironically, one of the biggest tasks of Christmas, besides buying gifts, can be making/designing/creating/buying/sending out your Christmas cards. Why do you send out a Christmas card? Do you send them out just because you feel like you “have” to?…