I have been so excited to share some of my beautiful experiences from this past year! I looked back at my original post about my “beautify” theme and I had said I wanted to focus my beautifying efforts in three areas: And it seems like that was definitely the correct order to list them in, […]

Up until October had already begun, I had no idea if Josh was going to put anything together for Halloween or not. In years past, he has commenced dreaming/scheming/planning in about July or August; but this year, he just couldn’t come up with an idea that really felt like a winner. And work was busy, […]

There is so much I could say about this trip that Josh and I took, just the two of us! But I fear that if I try to go into much detail I’ll get discouraged by the grandeur of the task and never record anything. So this will mostly be pictures. But just know that […]

We decided to make our vacation the grand finale to our summer break, going to Lake Tahoe the week before school started. The last time we went to Lake Tahoe was in 2018. It was beautiful and so much fun, that time, but it was also so. much. work. Helen was a 5 month old […]

The title to this post was just too fun to pass up! We have been some busy people this summer; but I feel like that fits us in with the rest of the world rather than setting us apart. 😊 June is the month of birthdays for Josh’s family—including Josh himself. We celebrated one family […]

The title has a double meaning. The first is that Fay starts planning her birthday when Portia starts planning hers (in February), and it is quite a trial for her to have to wait two whole months longer than Portia for it to actually arrive. The other meaning of the title is that Fay’s birthday […]

Better late than never to share our celebrations of our favorite boy’s birthday! Carter turned 9 on April 21. He celebrated with crepes, tacos, and (non taco) Costa Vida, along with finally seeing the Mario movie (did NOT disappoint, btw) and his very favorite activity: a soccer game! Carter really does love soccer! He loves […]

Happy Birthday to our delightful little ball of cuteness, Bianca! Today, someone was talking to me about Bianca’s birthday asking if she had just turned 4. I told her that Bianca was just 3, to which she responded “She’s got a big personality for just 3.” I feel like that is a great way to […]

Last Sunday, on March 12, Helen turned 5 years old! I guess we keep telling her that she’ll go to kindergarten when she’s 5, because she was convinced that she would be going to kindergarten the very next day. She loves the idea of growing up and being big enough to do all the things […]

How we love Portia! I’m truly so grateful for the 7 years we have had with her. And I am tremendously impressed by how much she has grown in this past year. When Portia turned 6, she was in a hard spot in her life. She had been diagnosed with diabetes less than 4 months […]