A month before our girl would start kindergarten, I worked diligently to teach the tiny little thing to recognize the letters “A,” “B,” and “C.” I was a licensed teacher and couldn’t do it. She could barely hold a pencil, was adamant that her name was spelled “S-O-Y-A,” and couldn’t use the bathroom on her […]

I wish that you knew I’m not like the other kids. I wasn’t held as a baby. I don’t even remember where I lived. I just remember all the people who hurt me. I lived in over five houses in five years, and because of that my brain responds differently when I’m away from my […]

We have had the cutest Little Man in our home for almost a month now. We picked him up from the hospital, so clueless and afraid… I was embarrassed to hold him with the nurse watching, afraid that she would see that because I wasn’t his mother and in fact had never been a mother […]

October 12, 2018, we started our family “officially.” We truly believe God rescued this precious child from hardships she did not deserve, and that he prepared our home and our hearts to bring her into our family. We started the day with Sonya’s first trip to the salon. She got light pink highlights and her […]

Dear Sonya love, Oh, how we have prayed for you, little one! We have prayed for you since the first time we heard your name. Our prayers have changed so much over the past year, but I can assure you they never stopped. The first phone call we got from our sweet home-finder led us […]

Will had practically just become my husband when we hit a few road bumps. I hate to even admit this online because of course, we like to seem like we have it all together. Who doesn’t? I’m not going to go into too much detail, because while I believe in being open, I also think some […]

Less than two years ago, my husband splurged and bought me my first DSLR camera. I had wanted one for years but never made the investment. Now here I am, less than two years later with a full-time career in wedding photography. How crazy is that?? Other small business owners and friends think I have […]

“Oh, honey, I could never do what you do. I couldn’t get attached and then have to say goodbye.” “Why would you want to adopt? You have no idea what kind of issues they’re going to have.” “I want to figure out a more stable job before I have kids, I would hate to not […]

Dear Will, Two years… To some people, that might seem like such a short amount of time. I’m sure when we are 90 years old cracking jokes in a nursing home (if that’s how our lives pan out) that will seem so miniscule. But how can such an insignificant amount of time feel like a […]

Oh, friends, how quickly life changes! I know that many of you follow our journey on here and I try to keep you updated, but goodness, if I shared everything happening in our lives weekly, your head would be spinning! Just two year ago, Will and I were just finishing our honeymoon in Jamaica, without […]