Family

  • Someone Else’s Holiday

    I think one of the hardest parts of being a newlywed is learning how to navigate the holidays as a married couple. It took Chris and I a few years to get the…

  • Voting Results and A List

    1. Thanks to everyone who voted on which “Gift of Happiness” trip Chris and I should take. We are so happy that you all chose the ADVENTURE PACKAGE!! Yay! Chris says I messed…

  • Amazing Grace

    Costa Rica update: Voting will continue until 8:00pm EST on Thursday, so if you haven’t voted yet, click here! ****** This past weekend we had Gracie baptized. Finally. When I called our minister…

  • Jenn Hopkins Strikes Again

    When we first moved to Florida, we were contacted by one of my sister’s sorority sisters. She had been following my blog for a while and wanted to take family photographs of us…

  • Santy Claus is Coming!

    Christmas in my family is legendary. My mom famously starts shopping in, like, February and finishes by Memorial Day. We don’t do a whole lot of random presents throughout the year (well, we…

  • Dinosaurs and Flowers

    Halloween gets mixed reviews around our house. I happen to really like Halloween. I didn’t like it in college, when everyone else my age loved it. But I have found a new love…

  • Part One: MC in the ATL

    This past weekend, Chris and I took the kids up to my sister and brother-in-law’s house in Atlanta to spend some time with them. We had this great idea that we would leave…

  • Grateful for the Boring

    It’s been tough to find things to blog about lately. The kids are always easy to blog about because I think they get more awesome-er every day. But my own life and marriage…