Once I became pregnant I had a vision of what the birth would look like. This vision involved no drugs of any kind, a tub to relax in, a midwife and supportive husband to coach me through the birth, immediate skin to skin, and so much more. And then I found out my little one was […]
Last Friday was all about skyscrapers and the quick pace of the city. On Sunday I swapped downtown for the suburbs. The village of Long Grove is a quaint town tucked away in between nature preserves in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. They have several events throughout the year and over this past weekend they […]
I know it has been a while since my last post but I have been on vacation in a far away place that didn’t have WiFi…South Carolina. Ha! I have not been back to visit since we moved out to Washington so it was so much fun to go back and visit with everyone. I […]
As I enter more of the “grown-up” world where a lot of my friends and people I meet are getting married or already there, I hear a lot of bitterness towards the word submit in reference to a marriage. A few years ago, before I became a Christian, I would have never ever ever ever […]
After a short 2 hour trip we arrived in the city of roses on Friday afternoon. The city views with the fast paced cars, green trees, and the aroma of a smorgasbord of food were enjoyed the whole weekend. Our Friday consisted of consuming an unhealthy (but oh so good) amount of food! We sat […]
On Saturday I woke up early and ready to go, excited to fly down to Phoenix. And then when I got to the airport, I saw this: Prop-plane?? Really?! So tiny!! Thankfully, this was just the plane from Seattle to Portland. The flight from Portland to Phoenix had 3 seats on either side of the […]
Happy Leap Day!! Can I just say the weather here is so incredibly quirky. It was sleeting this morning when I woke up. Then after it stopped it was sunny. And now it is snowing with the outside temp is 43 degrees. So weird! On the plus side, I get to enjoy the warm weather […]
A House on the Rock 