** comments off this week, we are out of town! xoxo!

All About Your Heart by Mindy Gledhill on Grooveshark Through the sleepless nights and the tired days recently I was presented a question that made me pause. You focus so much on wanting to be a good mom and talk about it so often…but what about your marriage? Do you put the same amount of […]

We have passes to the Dallas Zoo and absolutely LOVE spending the day there. Ains wakes up every morning and the first thing she asks is if she can go to the zoo. We have taught Aiden and Ains if they want something to say, “May I ________ please?” So every morning it is… “May […]

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”  — Elizabeth Stone I am over at Babble talking about 7 ways to Keep Calm as a New Mama  here!

Two nights ago Aiden and Apple were sound asleep and Ainsleigh comes tiptoeing in. With her Ainsleigh grin. Ainsleigh used to be our best sleeper and right after Apple was born she discovered that she got some one on one time with me (or me and Chris) if she woke up when the other two […]

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Daughters by John Mayer on Grooveshark  Oh Apple.  My Appie.  Happy Birthday sweet baby girl. I love you so so much, there aren’t the words. I would be crazy in love with this sweet girl regardless of her personality but just to tell you a bit about her… she is absolutely precious. She is easy-going, […]

You might recognize Simply Nesting from the photo below! Aiden’s dino party!! I fell in love Simply Nesting then and cannot explain my excitement that she will be doing a good majority of the decorations for HopeSpoken!!! LOOK AT THIS! Amazing right?!? That is what will be happening at our event! Eeeep! So so so […]

This is My Song by Mindy Gledhill on Grooveshark  Over the past two months I have slowed down. I have said no more to others and yes more to my babies. The other day I put Apple down for a nap, I put on my swimsuit and had Aiden & Ains do the same. We sat […]

The following film was made for a contest (the 168 film festival).  ** Film is 10 minutes long** The Rules: 1. Each team is assigned a bible verse. You must then write a short film based on the verse assigned.  2. Each team has 168 hours to write, film & edit their film.  An orphan’s […]

We had so much fun in LA this past weekend for the 168 film festival! I will post Chris’ film this week ( he had 7 nominations and took home the win for best cinematography)! Chris and I went with Chris’ brother (Philip) his wife (Melissa) and our good friend Jordan Critz. Jordan is husband […]

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz on Grooveshark Stickygram c/o Stickygram for Chris’ trip!!!  I am off to LA for the weekend for the 168 film festival and will be back Sunday!!! Comments off for the weekend but I will be back to posting Monday! Have a beautiful weekend! xoxo!!!