Last month was our 10-year wedding anniversary. Woohoo! Most of our "how to be awesome at marriage" advice is about preparation and conversations to have before getting married. One thing we do work on though is emotional upkeep, something that's important in any marriage but especially when there's pre-marriage trauma and the kind of stress that … Continue reading How to be “Good at Therapy”
Two Babies cases are wrapping up. We will be adopting baby boy next month. 🙂 And baby girl will be going to another adoptive home. We found out at the beginning of June that baby girl wouldn't be able to go home. I had decided early on in her case that if for some reason … Continue reading The final chapter of Two Babies
This post is from a series I wrote between January and July of this year. You can click HERE to start from the first post of the series.Now What?Neither one of us really knew what to do next. Alright, so she had picked us…so what happens between now and baby’s birth 5 months from now?Alice had a … Continue reading Gender Ultrasound
I loved this little video of a snippet from Elder D. Todd Christofferson's talk.I thought about this little clip while I was pruning an overgrown shrub on our neighbors property a few months ago. The man living there passed away unexpectedly in the fall but for years before his passing the huge property had been … Continue reading Little Currant Bush
Being smart with finances was something that was super important to both Daniel and I before we married. How you handle money is a hugely important part of marriage and thankfully, both of us recognized that before we married and made sure we were on the same page and had the same goals.I always love … Continue reading How We Save Money
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