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Continue reading →: 2022 in review
2022 was one for the books… while having many “highs,” we also had MANY “lows.” At the beginning of each year, I pray over my word for the year, and this year the Lord led me repeatedly to a phrase- “stand firm.” I should have known then how foreboding it…
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Continue reading →: Eliza Grace- a photographic birth story
Eliza’s birth was quite a whirlwind! You can read the full story of her birth here, but this is the story in photographs. A special thank you to Joy Crampton at San Antonio Birth Photography and to my best friend, Catherine Esser, for these special photos of our sweet Eliza’s…
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Continue reading →: 2020- Looking back
Well, I know that 2020 really threw most people a curveball, and we were no exception, but amidst all of the chaos and unknown, this year allowed us to slow down, BE together and focus on our many, many blessings! We rang in this year in Austin with our best…
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Continue reading →: Eliza Grace- A birth story
Here we go again- another baby, another birth story! Everyone told me that baby #3 was a “wild card,” meaning you couldn’t really guess how things would go based on past pregnancies. It could go slow, it could go fast. So I really tried to enter into my labor…
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Continue reading →: Doing it up- dino style!
Well, our little Levi just turned one! And of course, we had to plan a birthday party. It came after a VERY busy season of life and I was out of ideas and had no time to peruse Pinterest in the time leading up to his birthday. So my friend…
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Continue reading →: Looking back… My birth team
As most of you know, baby Levi was born at home. This was our first home birth, as Jedidiah had been born at a birth center. What do you expect when doing a home birth? Let me introduce you to my team of superstars! First of all, my midwives- Nikki…
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Continue reading →: House of Mephibosheth- Da Dian, China
So we came to China, as we go everywhere, with a purpose: we came with the desire to love people, to help where we can, and to leave it a better place than when we arrived. However, even with our best intentions, when you can’t speak Chinese, it is extremely…
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Continue reading →: Jedi’s third birthday party!
Gosh, y’all, Jedi’s birthday just crept up on us this year! It was like 2 weeks before his birthday before I realized that we hadn’t even THOUGHT about what we were going to do! Maybe it’s having a new baby, maybe it’s just our busy schedules, but it came fast…
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Continue reading →: On to new(ish) adventures!
Oh, y’all… I type blogs and don’t ever get around to finishing them… and then they sit here until I come in again and realize that I never finished/posted them. This is one of many that are/were half-written. Sooooo… as you can see, I penned this MONTHS ago, but here…



