Winona Lake Tag

Corban and I have some really great friends. It's so refreshing to all hang out together, our mini body of toiling, believing mothers and kids. Just today we were discussing methods of discipline--those we respect, those who point us in other directions by their poor results. Even...

father & son ::man talk outside:: mom & daughter ::oh sweetheart, we can't wait to meet you!:: mom & son & daughter ::this is as cooperative as he would be:: mom & son & daughter: take II ::you can't tell I forced that hug, can you?:: ...

I don't know if you remember last year around this time a post we wrote about a big storm in our area. Well, we just survived another one! The National Weather Service says we had a "derecho storm" on June 30, 2012.  I had just finished...

It's been blazing hot here lately. So we've been playing in the pool. Cheesy grins. Learning to share our kitchen pool "toys." Lots of splashing and falling...

Last week, I hosted my very first home party. You know, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, etc. Only this one was for Thirty-One (a faith-based company celebrating the Proverbs 31 woman in each of us). One of the dilemmas when hosting a party is all the free products you...

We took a refreshing babymoon in Holland, MI, a couple months before Corban arrived to spend some dedicated time reflecting on our current lives, the pending changes, praying for our new child, and sleeping. (Haha!) Well, this weekend, we did it again, only we did it...

We had a small group of friends over for some summer barbecue, corn hole, and pool time. It's so interesting how these times revolve more around kids and kid-topics than in our pre-kid days. We borrowed the Evans' pool for the day (although they said we can have it...

We didn't expect to love the house as much as we did. We didn't expect it to scream our names in its design as loudly as it did. We didn't expect that meeting the home owners themselves could be so enjoyable. And we certainly didn't expect that Corban...

This year's Art Gala was held in support of Jared & Megan Hood, going to Tanzania, Africa and Jordan & Tirza Cone, going to Cameroon, Africa. Carrie and I set up art stations to corral the kids while their parents bid on art. Enter the chaos: Do you feel stressed? Almost 50 kids! There...