I turned 30 this year. Looking back on the past decade, I’ve learned so much and grown so much. It didn’t always come easily. Your 20’s are a decade of becoming, of learning who you are, what you want, and more significantly, what you don’t. You’re laying the foundation of your life during these years, and your daily choices, habits,…
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There’s a story I haven’t been writing. We’ve kept quiet, distant, instead choosing the high road. We’re surrounding ourselves with people that bring positivity, support, and love. There’s no room the alternative, and there never will be. I came into our relationship with deep abandonment issues from a decade long on-off relationship and Cody came in with significant financial stress,…
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The blog has been silent for a while, but things are as busy as ever in our life. I shared the news in November that we sold our first home and purchased a fixer upper. We closed the week of Thanksgiving and have been working on the transformation for the past two months. Our new home is just a few…
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Happy New Year! We just got back from our holiday vacation in California! I’ve been talking about doing Hwy 1 and exploring all of California along the coast for the better part of a decade, and it was even better than I imagined! There are a bunch of different ways you could do a California road trip, so I would…
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A year ago, on a chilly November night, at 12:20 am, my water broke. They say labor isn’t like the movies-water breaking without prior contractions, a quick, speedy labor with lots of screaming, but mine was exactly that. At 3:56 am, we welcomed the most beautiful boy, Leo Emerson. Leo. Short and sweet, strong and steady. Latin for lion, the…
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