Category Archives: Personal

always dreaming of africa…

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If you have been following our blog for awhile, you may already know about my husband, Chris’ and my journey to adopt an infant girl from Ethiopia. We are currently waiting to be matched with our daughter. The adoption process in Ethiopia has slowed significantly. While waiting, we’ve wanted to visit Africa, our daughter’s homeland....

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happy 30th birthday Chris!

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My sweet husband, Chris, turned 30 last Friday. We had our family and friends over to celebrate. I may or may not have gone a little overboard creating things that I’ve discovered on Pinterest. It turned out great and we had such a great evening. Once again, my Mom came through by helping me complete...

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my summer projects! {before and afters}

If you’re a regular blog reader, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we haven’t posted many wedding blogs lately. That’s because we had lots of time off in August (people don’t like to get married in 100-degree heat, go figure!) :-) Our busy season is starting up again, so get ready for lots of wedding goodness...

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i’m going to Africa!

My husband, Chris, and I have recently joined a trip that will be visiting Ethiopia and Rwanda! The only way we could be more excited would be if this were the trip to meet our daughter. We do not know when we will be matched with our daughter, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t...

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our new website video!

We are beyond excited to show everyone our new website video! We’ve always wanted a little video on our website to introduce ourselves and give our brides/grooms a feel for who we are. After putting it off for several years, we fiiiiinally did it! So, without further ado, here’s everything you ever wanted to know...

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