Batir We Go

Time for a family update. On the 18th, Jake will be 6 months old… which is kind of crazy when I take the time to think about it. A lot has happened in his little life. When Jake was born, he was 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long.…

I don’t brag about him enough but I won the marriage lottery when I married Joe. He is funny and caring and godly and not to mention a stone cold fox ;)! Lately, I have been super impressed by how he has stepped up in his role as father. Since…

Every since Joe and I met, he has been a student working on his Phd is Geophysics. The past five years have been quite an adventure to say the least. An internship in Midland which meant 3 months long distance….Multiple trips to Alaska to collect data…Hours spent writing and submitting…

Lately, I’ve been struggling with people pleasing and negative interpretation. If you also struggle with these things, then you will understand having to battle all the lies that your brain tells you throughout the day. I have never been very good at capturing these intrusive thoughts and turning them over…

  I’m coming up on 2 years of marriage (crazy!) but the majority of my friends are still single. I have been so impressed and encouraged with how they have handled their undesired singleness. They have decided to take this season of waiting and turn it into a season of serving…

People are hurting on both sides of the political spectrum. People feel like they are not represented. That no one is listening to them. So much so that some cast their vote for a candidate widely seen as unfit for office. Those people did that because they want to be…

When we couldn’t see eye to eye growing up, my mom always used to say, “We will just have to agree to disagree”. At the time, it didn’t really make sense. However, as I’ve gotten older, not only have I come to understand it but I’ve learned to appreciate this little…

Still reading Washington, by Ron Chernov. I just hit the halfway mark and finished a chapter that focused on Washington’s missed opportunity to bring emancipation to the America 100 years before the Civil War. His opportunity was this: give southern states’ slaves the option to enlist in the Continental Army. The…

I’m kinda a history buff. I’ve always loved all things history. I loved my history classes in school, I love the History Channel (the good shows), and I love researching genealogy. Recently, I’ve started reading Washington by Ron Chernow. Some of you may recognize Chernow’s name from the currently sold-out-for-6-months…

Entering a new life stage is fun, exciting, kinda scary – and totally worth it. But entering a new stage of life means you’re leaving an old one and that transition, though beautiful, is harder than it seems. I have never been one for change. So I spent my engagement preparing for…