I did one of these posts awhile back and felt like doing another! //  original idea from Sometimes Sweet 1: The number of double dates I went on this week. I rarely eat out…so I kept joking that I was going to eat like a queen. How silly to be so excited about a huge […]

**Collab with Pouf Blowout Salon in Dallas! Step One// Start by grabbing a section of hair at your crown area. Using a teaser brush, tease your hair.    Step Two// Grab a section of hair in front of one ear and twist it toward the back. Use a bobby pin to secure it.  Step Three// Repeat on […]

A couple of days ago we had been playing outside all day and as we were getting ready to go inside we heard our “chicken” cockadoodledoo! I thought…surely not?? We bought our two chickens from the sweetest farm and they assured us that they only sell hens…so, since October we have assumed that is what […]

Today I was heading over to Pouf to put together a few new hair tutorials with them and decided at the last minute as I was heading out the door to bring Ainsleigh along with me! She adores girlie stuff and has never had her hair done before (besides by me)… so I thought this […]

Recently my sweet MIL came over early in the morning so that Chris and I could sneak away for a quick breakfast date before he started working for the day. I woke up and had gotten Ainsleigh and Apple ready for her. Aiden was still asleep when she first got there and as I tiptoed […]

I am selfish. and used to be entitled. and just overall immature. I think at 22 when I walked into marriage I was ready for the fairytale and somehow missed the part about God using marriage to point out your sin, change you, mold you- the whole dying to self thing. There have been so […]

If you remember this post, Chris and I went to El Paso for the Noonday Lookbook photoshoot in the fall and the new line was released this week! I am SO proud of Chris, he did such a beautiful job of capturing their amazing mission and their beautiful items. Here are a few screenshots from […]

“so uncertain is life that any leavetaking maybe forever. we are never sure that we shall have an opportunity to unsay the angry word and have it forgiven. the only safe way is to make every hours fellowship in the household so sweet that if it should be the last it would be a memory […]

Ainsleigh & Apple pjs c/o: Skylar Luna // Heart Blanket c/o: Crochet Savy  Apple headband c/o: Sadie Sky Boutique //  Ainsleigh headband c/o: Tess Made

Today was such a special, precious day for our family. Truly there were happy tears all morning! We got to meet our first nephew and he is literally perfection. The kiddos are so excited to have a cousin in the family! Aiden and Ainsleigh talked about it the entire day! It was so special and […]

Our dear friend Tim Halperin who is not only known for his amazing voice on American Idol, he is also so graciously going to be putting on a concert for HopeSpoken! A few months ago he came over to our home for a cookout and it was so incredible to hear about his new work […]

collab via: Pouf Blowout STEP ONE// Since baby/toddler hair is so soft and fine, you may need to start by running a bit of pomade or hair cream through the hair so it has a bit more grip.  We used Kevin Murphy Undressed because it’s free of harsh chemicals, parabens, sulfates, etc.   STEP TWO// […]