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Last night, Chad and I celebrated a Redskins win over the Cowboys by driving to Williamsburg, going to our new gym, and getting dinner. Actually, we drove to Williamsburg because Chad starts his new job today!!! The job that is taking us to Hampton Roads! I’m excited for this new chapter in our lives! We’ve done an average […]

Well, as of Saturday, we’ve been married FIVE YEARS. Reading that back to myself sounds crazy. I think about how much has changed since we recessed down the aisle hand in hand. We’ve moved a few times, Chad has had a few job changes, we bought a house, gained new friends, made new best friends, […]

Y’all, I have a huge treat for you today! One of last year’s couples is sharing their very own Marriage Monday today! KJ and Emma are two of my dear friends here in Richmond, and I was so excited when they agreed to write something for the blog. KJ is a youth pastor at a […]

The Lord blessed me when he gave me a husband with the birthday of 8-8-88. As all of my friends can attest, I am the worst a remembering birthdays. I’m humbled every year on mine when I receive text messages from people who I haven’t talked to in forever wishing me a happy birthday. So, […]

Here’s the crazy thing about my job as a photographer. It’s also my hobby. I love photography, and will continue to photograph life if my business is taken away from me. I was the girl with the camera in college, so I know that this is just the reality. I’ve spent the past two years […]

“I need to love you better.” This statement is something Chad and I say to each other a lot. Love, sacrificial love, needs to be stated, but mostly it needs to be displayed. I’ve been thinking about this a lot because most of the time, I don’t really know what I mean “love you better.” How […]

I’ve been thinking about this word a lot recently. Remember. Isn’t it just such a cool feature of our minds to be able to look back and picture our past so vividly? We are able conjure up feelings of joy in seconds. I know that everyone has things in their life they’d rather NOT remember, […]

Chad met his “niece” this past week. I was sure he’d cry because we’re both so emotional when it comes to little babies… He didn’t, but it was still so cute to see my husband holding a newborn. She smiled at him and everyone in the room I melted… Rachel [Ellie’s momma] and Chad have been friends since they […]

** How We Met** **How We Started Dating** On to the great question”How did he propose?” I ask every one of my couples this because it really tells you something about them! It shares a ton of about what kinds of things they like, how they love, and what they hold dear. I love the […]

“So how did y’all meet?” Every one asks this question. My “short answer” is that we were both in Invervarsity Christian Fellowship at JMU! Yay! But his is the long story. Part 1 begins where any love story does. When you first laid your eyes upon him… I first remember Chad at a retreat for Intervarsity. […]