Happy 5th Birthday Zoey!! You are the perfect combo of sweet & feisty. You have such a thoughtful heart towards others and you’re so clever! I’m so grateful to get to be your mama! 🖤🥳
Happy Birthday to Me: Our Trip to Waco, TX
My amazing husband planned a last minute trip to Waco for my 31st Birthday weekend! We were able to enjoying some exploring, shopping and kid-free relaxation… Just the break we needed from the chaos this year has been! 🖤 We spent the first and the last days making the 12+ hour drive each way….
An Omaha Wedding + Iowa State Fair
This weekend Wes’s cousin got married in Omaha. Since we decided to go & make the drive anyways, we thought we would turn it into a mini vacation! We headed down a day early and spent the morning at the Omaha Children’s Museum. We had been there with the kiddos once before, when Wes graduated…
We’re Building!!
It’s official: WE’RE BUILDING!! Building our own home is not something I thought would likely ever be in the cards for us, but God has worked out all the details and circumstances in such an amazing way! The initial process has been longer than I hoped for, but if all goes well (and the…
Exploring Iowa
Wes has been getting good at finding us new places to explore… This weekend we drove to a little state park about 45 minutes away and had a fun time exploring the beautiful trails! It’s possible that we spend just as much time getting ready and loading these kids up as we do on our…
4th of July ’19
Grateful for my family and proud to be an American! 🇺🇸 . Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing holiday weekend!! 🙌🏼✨❤️💙
Sunshine & Banana Leaf Prints!
In typical Spring fashion, we’ve had a wonderful mix of sunshine and rainy days: and you had better believe we’ve been taking advantage of the nice days! Growing kiddos means a new round of swimsuits as well, and this year we found the most adorable matching banana leaf suits for our family from PatPat! …
A Day in Pella
Maybe it’s because we live in Iowa, but I’ve found most people are very sweet in response to seeing us out with all our kiddos. 💗 I know many other “big” families often face snide remarks when they go out together, but thankfully for us that rarely happens! This past weekend we spent the day…
A Peaceful Walk in the Bluebells
These past few days have been so busy and full of emotions! Saturday we found out that Wes’s grandfather had passed away. Tuesday morning we were able to take a peaceful walk amongst the bluebells with the kids before Wes’s out of town family arrived to stay with us. Yesterday was spent remembering the amazing…
Be BOLD: National Foster Care Day
May is National Foster Care Month. With over 400,000 children in the foster care system at any given time, and a new child placed into care every 2 minutes, the need for foster parents and support services is immense. The statistics are heartbreaking: foster children suffer PTSD at more than twice the rate of US…