Pregnancy is “Beautiful” Hormones? Not so much

The fourth month of pregnancy was when the reality of being pregnant kicked in. I was excited and scared but excited. My body was slowly starting to change and it was cool to me. By month 6, I finally had a noticeable bump! I was excited again, to finally feel confident and beautiful like my …

Pregnancy Brain & the Joys

How we feel about being parents I have been pregnant for almost six months now. It’s been a wild ride. We knew we wanted a baby this year, but we didn’t expect me to be pregnant in June! There are good days and there are bad days. The first four months, I was working full …

Maui Wowee: Part 1 (The Basics)

The view before touchdown 😍 Long time no see. We’ve been busy working and getting back to normal life after all of those months of wedding planning. I’ll try to do better. But! Boni and I are still not over the fact that we went to Maui for two weeks!! We feel like the luckiest …

A Life Worth Waiting For

If you had asked me 4 years ago where I saw myself in 2020 and who I'd be with I would not have said Florida, I would not have even mentioned a man and I would NOT have mentioned a pandemic. I thought I'd be in South America learning Spanish, instead I'm marrying a Mexican …

Home: Ovens and Excitement

Some things are definitely worth waiting for!! Boni and I officially closed on our house as of almost 3 months ago!! We are still so blessed and humbled by how God has provided our every need and we still continue to be thankful. We couldn’t imagine a more perfect home for us. Our house has …

Home: The Search

The news is out: BONI AND I ARE HOMEOWNERS!! It was a very hard secret to keep and honestly about a handful of my people knew. I’d never dreamed I’d be a homeowner, I always thought I’d end up floating from one city or town to the next until I was at least 31. It’s …

Strange City

I'm going to dive right in. Back in 2016, I signed up for an internship in Richmond, VA. It sounded like a dream come true for a 19 year old missionary girl. I cancelled my college plans and hopped on a plane crying my eyes out as my mom waved and cried her eyes out …

Bowling for Rings

It's 2020. A whole, brand spanking new year! 2019 was one of the most interesting years for me. I met a man (he is not a boy, he is definitely a man.), I almost packed my bags and moved to Tennessee, I discovered that I in fact had an extreme addiction to Takis and had …

September 28th, 2018 4:29pm

It was a Friday. I'd just returned from a year of being away from home (yet again). I had just started working at a pizzeria downtown. Not holding a "normal" job in two years made me feel a little off. I wasn't sure what I was doing there and was certainly missing the busy life …

I got the New New

Hey. It's been awhile. I have spent the last few months up in Tennessee at camp working as assistant program director. I came home about three weeks ago. It was a great summer but that's not what I really want to talk about right now. After being interested in many, many ugly toads (ugly as …

Frustration But Totally Gracious

"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2 It's 2019 and boy let me tell you, the whole myth of a new year being vastly different because of it going from 18 to 19 doesn't mean a thing. Life is still hard. I have been beyond frustrated for the past …

A Very Ajar Book

I'm an open book. I didn't used to be this way, but if you ask me anything (or often you don't have to), I will flat out to tell you how I feel about it. It's a blessing and a curse. I love it and I hate it. This year was a year of growing. …