child of the covenant

we sang Be Thou My Vision right before Frankie's baptism. Rev. Craig Brown married us, and now has baptized all 3 kids. so special! It was great to be amongst family and old friends at City Church. And sweet Frankie did so great and seemed really happy. Such an amazing moment!

my man

my main squeeze completed his first triathlon this past week!!! he is such a stud. his first race and he came in 13th in his age group-hello awesome!!! i'm so proud of my handsome muscley man!

lately

july has been a whirlwind of activity. weddings galore! california sunshine, atlanta heat, a wedding in a river...all good things. its kept us busy for sure. my camera is all wonky so i cant download all the a-mazing photos from california where maggie and abraham were in their Aunts wedding and were sooo cute! photos to come as soon as i figure out technology....

my cousin's rehearsal dinner

20 yrs later...

when kim and i were 13 we met on our high schools cheerleading team. she liked me b/c i had good jumps, and i liked her long blond hair. my jumps arent as good anymore but kim's hair still long. this month our 13 yr. old selves would have been so happy. our children met for the first time. she had twins 3 weeks before Abraham was born. so needless to say, our lives have been too crazy to get our families together. but we had 24 hours together and our kiddos went CRAZY for each other and we hardly saw them as they ran around and played together. it was beautiful! then our two other besties from high school joined us for dinner and late night talking. they are still wild and crazy but oh so good as aunties.

college girlfriends

once a year, our friend from college, makes a trek back from china where she lives and we all decend upon a city and hang out. friday night we eat in and stay up way too late talking. then we usually stay in our pjs all day on saturday until we get ready to go out to eat Saturday night. this time, three babies were present (although only Frankie is in the picture). we dont do much except eat and talk. its perfect.

The Graduate

(this is sam, they were interns together at Memorial Pres.)

(this is Andy, you'll see more of him in the future. we are starting the church in denver with him and his family)

 (this is jimmy, mojo's basketball and settlers buddy)

(this is josh (another basketball buddy) and bryan (next door neighbor and mya's daddy)

 (and their cute wives)

 (sorry for the funky red eye reduction....this is Dr. Byers and his sweet Texas wife)

no title

i titled this entry "no title" because nothing really sums up how i feel. chapter ending? sadness and tears? new chapter? lonely?
we moved out of our apartment in St. Louis yesterday and into my parents house in nashville. we are on a temporary layover until we get to our final destination, Denver. we arent exactly sure when that will be, but hopefully by the beginning of fall.
packing up last week was a whirlwind and not a whole lot of time to be reflective. we had a few "lasts" with friends. last dinners, last tv watching together, last prayer group, last dinner out, last playdate (you get the idea).
I wrote this post right before we moved to st.louis. and this sentence is exactly how i feel again.
"but because we havent gotten to {denver} yet and experienced the joys there, all we are left with today is the sense of loss. tomorrow, i know we will feel different and the sense of loss will be slowly replaced with excitement and love for a new city."


there isnt much i can say again about this chapter closing in our lives that i havent said before. it was a wonderful season. a season of protection. a season of focusing in our family and watching our children grow. i mean, maggie was still sleeping in a crib when we moved. i just think its hard when you love a place so much, people so much, but know there is more ahead that you are called to. 


we are so happy to have this time in Nashville. time that the cousins can be together. cousin ellie has already spent the night twice. and man, she is such a helper! instead of US getting up at 5:45, she does! love it! we are so thankful that God saw fit to allow us such great friends and this season.

12 weeks

time flies when you are bouncy a cute baby on your hip! (her hair naturally goes that way!)

6 weeks

ballerina girl

my shy one was amazing!!!! i am so very proud of her-she was in the front row and didnt miss a beat!!!