In April 2009, I co-lead my first youth group trip (ever) to Dare2Share along with Pastor Dale. We took 7 kids all the way to Chicago. February 2010, Kevin and I lead our second group to D2S, this time in Columbus, OH. And in February 2011, we took our largest group ever (21 teens and […]
Sister Shoot | Sammie & Allie
One of my hopes for the time I had in Florida watching my cousins (for some reason, I keep wanting to call them my nieces), was a photo shoot. I love any opportunity to practice my photography skills and I think it’s fun to work with low-key family shoots like this one would be. While […]
Contentment with Infertility (?!)
I left you hanging back in January when I wrote a post about the first and only round of infertility testing I have undergone. After many writing detours, I will return to the subject which stands in forefront of my mind and, because of your friendships, many of yours. It has been another 4 months […]
Florida Instagrams
If you were following me on Instagram last week, you may have noticed I most definitely was not in Western New York. There was no snow to be found and temperatures dipped only as low as 65 degrees. Yes, my friends, I was in sunny Orlando, Florida! It wasn’t quite a vacation, but it certainly was […]
Being a Fish Doesn’t Make Me a Swimmer
I finally got around to doing what I’ve been thinking about doing for at least a year — swimming laps. credit Apparently the Lord knew it was time for a good humbling, because man ‘o man I am not good at swimming. Being in the pool is never something I crave. I don’t seek out hotels […]