We don’t make a huge deal out of Valentine’s Day, but any excuse to demonstrate love and appreciation is a good one if you ask me! This year, I made a tasty three course meal and invited Riley’s mom over to enjoy it with us. (More about that in the vlog!) We feasted and enjoyed [Continue Reading…]
1.5 Years Into Marriage: Adventuring Forward
Previous installments were 3 Months Into Marriage: Finding Our Rhythm as a Couple, 6 Months Into Marriage: Creating Overlap, 9 Months Into Marriage: Cultivating Laughter, and 1 Year Into Marriage: Messy But Beautiful. On January 31st, we celebrated one and a half years of marriage. By celebrated I mean that on February 1st I thought, “Wow! We’ve [Continue Reading…]
Simplifying Love Languages + Giveaway | EP27 Simplify Everything
I’ve read The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman (affiliate link) countless times and have gleaned lots of wisdom and information from learning about how I express and receive love, as well as how the people around me do. Today’s episode outlines the five love languages, what they mean, and how you can leverage them to make [Continue Reading…]
The Secret to Stress-Free Wedding Planning
Here’s something that I was told when I was engaged that changed the way I thought about wedding planning: your wedding is just a moment in time. Those eight hours in a white dress are but a blip on your life’s radar and the decisions you make with regards to your wedding are only a [Continue Reading…]
5 Things to Consider When You’re Deciding Where to Spend Holidays With Your Spouse
With the first day of September coming up this Thursday (what?), it’s time to start thinking about holiday travel and solidifying plans, flights, and reservations. The longer you wait, the more stressful and expensive holiday travel gets! Take it from me, I’ve lived away from my nuclear family for over seven years now and have done my [Continue Reading…]
Go to Ikea for a Better Marriage
A theme central to marriage is refinement–learning to love selflessly through triumphant joy and hard challenges, resulting in becoming a “better person,” which in my world translates to becoming more like Jesus. This process is traditionally thought of as long-winded; over years of time, slow change, transformation, and refinement occurs as married couples learn to communicate, [Continue Reading…]
Why I Decided To Be A Stay-At-Home-Wife (With No Kids!)
This is a repost from the archives. Original posting date: August 14, 2015. I’m reposting this post because the decision explained here, however “weird” or unpopular, has singlehandedly shaped my husband and my lifestyle, marriage, and routine more than anything else in our life. Me not working in the traditional sense allows us freedom and simplicity that we [Continue Reading…]
Our Very Unglamorous (But Also Fun!) First Anniversary Weekend
If you’re looking for glamour, keep looking. Our anniversary weekend had three hours of glamour–the rest of the time was about as sweaty and unglamorous as possible. 😉 Here’s the story: We ordered a bedroom set on the fourth of July–everything (two nightstands, a dresser, a book shelf, and a bed) was meant to arrive [Continue Reading…]
1 Year Into Marriage: Messy But Beautiful
This is the last installment of my quarterly first-year-of-marriage updates. Previous installments were 3 Months Into Marriage: Finding Our Rhythm as a Couple, 6 Months Into Marriage: Creating Overlap, and 9 Months Into Marriage: Cultivating Laughter. You can also watch our One Year of Marriage video I published yesterday if you’re interested. From here on out, I will update every [Continue Reading…]
One Year of Marriage Video!
This Sunday is our first wedding anniversary! We are both feeling all kinds of nostalgic this week and have enjoyed thinking back on our love story and wedding day as we celebrate our first year as a married couple. What a year it’s been! We created a one year of marriage video as a way to [Continue Reading…]
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