Ethan turns four this month; crazy to think how big he’s getting.  He’s such a cool kid 🙂  I really can’t imagine us without him, seriously!  He’s at this age right now, where he’s becoming independent but also wants to be with us all the time.  He would rather help me in the kitchen than watch TV if it means he gets to hang out!  I’m trying to slow these…

A couple weeks ago I posted about Branden and I going to a leadership conference in Tucson, AZ.  It was such a huge blessing to go and learn about the book of Joshua and godly leadership!  Here was our group, all 27 of us! Right before we left, a photographer friend of mine had told me about something called “free lensing.”  I had never tried it before, but it basically…

So, I stopped working last November (and I say that loosely 🙂  Since then, there’s been a lot going on around our house.  It seems like we’re in a kind of season where every day brings something new or challenging or amazing or difficult or surprising (and yes, I know that’s a crazy mix.  That seriously where we are right now!) Anyways, I say that because in the last five…

Last week Branden and I were super blessed to be able to go to a leadership conference.  We went with the pastors and staff of our church as well as some (like Branden and me) who get to lead or oversee a ministry.  All in all, there were 27 of us, a pretty big group!  The conference was awesome, going through the book of Joshua in the Bible and teaching…

Have you seen those Resurrection Eggs that people do around Easter?  It’s a collection of 12 plastic eggs, each one with a little trinket inside to help explain part of the Easter story.  We’ve put together a set for the boys the last couple of years, but this year I wanted to do something different.  Thus was created, Easter story stones! I went through the Easter story and divided it…