Adam and I are so excited to announce the newest member of our family – Noah Charles! I have dreamed about being a mom for as long as I can remember, just like Adam has dreamed of having a family his entire life…and we both waited a LONG time to see our dreams come true! …
Life
My sister threw us an adorable moose-themed gender reveal party for us to find out if we are expecting a baby boy or a baby girl for our first child! My sister has been planning my gender reveal party for years – long before our little Nugget was conceived and even before Adam came into …
We’re pregnant! Our pregnancy announcement to our family was at my dad’s 70th birthday party (and on Grandparents’ Day, no less!). One of the first things Adam and I talked about on our first date was how much our families mean to us and how important it was to each of us that we wanted …
Candlelight dinner on the beach, snorkeling in the Dominican Republic, swimming with dolphins, trampoline beach aerobics, my favorite foods of the week, marriage lessons learned already, and this week’s healthy meal plan. Every week, I make time to connect with the most important people in my life. I have small group, weekly family dinner, Monday …
This year for Mother’s Day, instead of just searching Pinterest and Amazon for “Mother’s Day gift ideas”, I started thinking about my mom and what her love language is (if you haven’t read The 5 Love Languages book, you should! It’s amazing!). A love language is all about recognizing how the person best receives love (which …
Engagement photos (eek!), walkin’ on sunshine, caramel birthday cake, and family time. Every week, I make time to connect with the most important people in my life. I have small group, weekly family dinner, Monday phone dates with my best friend, and Skype dates with my prayer partner. Which is why I want to have …
“I’m in love, I’m in love, and I don’t care who knows it!” <- The Elf quote that has gone through my mind about a million times this week. After a whirlwind week of Christmas festivities, getting a terrible stomach bug, and celebrating my 31st birthday, Adam proposed (spoiler: I said yes) and made this …
Check out the benefits of a prayer partner, 6 tips for creating a Christian accountability relationship, and 8 questions to ask each other for support. In September of last year, I joined a Facebook group for Christian entrepreneurs. The business world can feel a bit cutthroat and I was really needing some supportive community. They …
Deeper than the traditions and the fasting of Lent, there is a devastating beauty to the season that can draw you nearer to Christ. Don’t miss it. I have observed Lent for as many years as I can remember. No, I’m not Catholic. I’m just a non-denominational Christian who is always looking for ways to …
Praying for you to experience the fullness of God’s unfailing love for you this Christmas season, just as much in the hard times as in the happy moments. Years ago, when I originally wrote this post, my grandmother had just passed away. She was a Christian, so we know that she is in the presence …
Life lessons I’ve picked up over the years on dealing with love, heartbreak, failure, weight loss, faith, and so much more. It’s my 30th birthday today. When I woke up to my family singing “Happy Birthday” as they brought me breakfast in bed (I love them so much!), a line from a song kept going …
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for being bigger than I could ever imagine. It’s so easy to trick myself into believing that I know what’s best, but in Your presence, I am quickly reminded that my worldview is so small next to Yours. No amount of research could give me the knowledge that You have, …
Use this ultimate guide to Bible verses for your weight loss journey for Scriptures on emotional eating, temptation, gluttony, & more! When people ask me about how I lost 100 pounds, they are almost always expecting me to answer with some miracle diet or workout plan. The truth is, one of the most powerful things …
You’re fat. You have stretch marks and you haven’t even had kids yet. Your body is too lumpy. Your hair is too frizzy. You’re not fashionable enough. You would look disgusting in a bikini. Nobody will ever fall in love with you, because a man will never find you beautiful. Those were the lies that filled …
As a Christian woman, I felt stripped of my identity after my divorce, not even knowing how I liked my eggs cooked. Here’s how I found myself again. Have you seen Runaway Bride? Maggie is a woman who has been in quite a few relationships and in each and every one, she eats her eggs …
The stores shelves are stocked with candy hearts and roses and TV shows are highlighting candlelit dinners and romantic outings. The cute, romantic stuff (which I love, by the way – proven in a past year’s Valentine’s Day food post) is most certainly one aspect of love, but it certainly isn’t all-encompassing. I’ve been reexamining …
Right now, I feel like my identity has been stripped, changing the “us” to just “me”. This is how I’m surviving the first days after my divorce. I’m currently in a time of identity reconstruction. For the past 6 years, I’ve been a wife. Daniel’s wife, in particular. And for the year before that, I …
Yesterday, I celebrated 27 years of blessings. 27 special birthday cakes made with love by my mother. Technically I haven’t received the 27th yet, but it’ll happen. 26 gazillion whole grains in the bagel topped with homemade Nutella that my coworker brought for my pre-birthday breakfast “in bed.” 25 months my baby Roxy has been …
One of my favorite things about blogging is the way it brings people together who may never have met otherwise. I know a lot of visitors here don’t comment, so I have no idea who many of you are (though I’d like to), but you know plenty about me! Another blogger, Tammi from Momma’s Meals, …