• The trees are full of blossoms and bees. Spring is my favorite season by far. The world is dappled in flowers and becomes green again. It’s all just so beautiful and fills me with hope and gratitude:⁣ ⁣ Today I’m thankful for:⁣ 1️⃣ All the doctors nurses out there, on the front lines. Especially my cousin @rachelhetu who is a ER nurse at Boston Medical. Thank you for all you do to serve those who are sick and suffering.⁣ 2️⃣ Spray bottles from the dollar store that entertain my kids in the backyard! They adore spraying everything, including each other. 😂⁣ 3️⃣ Spring weather, sunshine and the ability to go for walks with my family. I can not imagine going through this pandemic in the dead of winter 😳⁣ 4️⃣ Cozy cardigans and cups of tea. ⁣ 5️⃣ The phrase “I love you Mommy”. John tells me that often and it just melts me, every time. 🥰⁣ ⁣ What are you thankful for today?⁣ ⁣ Image taken while second shooting with @arakawalker
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    The trees are full of blossoms and bees. Spring is my favorite season by far. The world is dappled in flowers and becomes green again. It’s all just so beautiful and fills me with hope and gratitude:⁣ ⁣ Today I’m thankful for:⁣ 1️⃣ All the doctors nurses out there, on the front lines. Especially my cousin @rachelhetu who is a ER nurse at Boston Medical. Thank you for all you do to serve those who are sick and suffering.⁣ 2️⃣ Spray bottles from the dollar store that entertain my kids in the backyard! They adore spraying everything, including each other. 😂⁣ 3️⃣ Spring weather, sunshine and the ability to go for walks with my family. I can not imagine going through this pandemic in the dead of winter 😳⁣ 4️⃣ Cozy cardigans and cups of tea. ⁣ 5️⃣ The phrase “I love you Mommy”. John tells me that often and it just melts me, every time. 🥰⁣ ⁣ What are you thankful for today?⁣ ⁣ Image taken while second shooting with @arakawalker
  • I keep seeing the phrase “You can’t cancel love” and I think it’s not only true in regards to all the weddings that are being rescheduled. It has a much deeper and profound meaning. ⁣ ⁣ We know from 1 John that God IS love. He is literally love incarnate. He created us, our world, everything, out of love. The Holy Trinity is a communion of persons, a communion of LOVE! So yes, because God is love, you most definitely can’t cancel love. ❤️⁣ ⁣ As we approach Good Friday, I am reminded that true love requires sacrifice. True love isn’t a good, fuzzy, warm feeling. Love isn’t just for the sunny days, when the kids behave, the laundry is done and there’s a nice home cooked meal. True love is a daily choice to sacrifice and serve those around us. ⁣ ⁣ I had a rough week last week so I decided on Monday to start again, to ask God for the grace to sacrifice and serve my family out of love, with minimal complaining (because I’m human and it happens 😉). And praise God for His grace! His mercy is new every morning and though this week isn’t any different than last week, my kids are still fighting, there’s still work to be done (as I type this I’m starring at a mountain of laundry), my attitude has changed because of His grace. Love comes alive in the hard things, in the struggle. I am choosing each day to love my family more and more deeply. It’s definitely not easy but as the scripture says “love never fails”. ⁣ ⁣ This Holy Week, as we approach the holiest days of the year, let’s remember: you can’t cancel love……Jesus conquered death and after Good Friday comes Easter Sunday! ✝️
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    I keep seeing the phrase “You can’t cancel love” and I think it’s not only true in regards to all the weddings that are being rescheduled. It has a much deeper and profound meaning. ⁣ ⁣ We know from 1 John that God IS love. He is literally love incarnate. He created us, our world, everything, out of love. The Holy Trinity is a communion of persons, a communion of LOVE! So yes, because God is love, you most definitely can’t cancel love. ❤️⁣ ⁣ As we approach Good Friday, I am reminded that true love requires sacrifice. True love isn’t a good, fuzzy, warm feeling. Love isn’t just for the sunny days, when the kids behave, the laundry is done and there’s a nice home cooked meal. True love is a daily choice to sacrifice and serve those around us. ⁣ ⁣ I had a rough week last week so I decided on Monday to start again, to ask God for the grace to sacrifice and serve my family out of love, with minimal complaining (because I’m human and it happens 😉). And praise God for His grace! His mercy is new every morning and though this week isn’t any different than last week, my kids are still fighting, there’s still work to be done (as I type this I’m starring at a mountain of laundry), my attitude has changed because of His grace. Love comes alive in the hard things, in the struggle. I am choosing each day to love my family more and more deeply. It’s definitely not easy but as the scripture says “love never fails”. ⁣ ⁣ This Holy Week, as we approach the holiest days of the year, let’s remember: you can’t cancel love……Jesus conquered death and after Good Friday comes Easter Sunday! ✝️
  • It’s Friday.....I think .... 😂 it feels like we are stuck in our own version of the movie Groundhog Day. 🗓 But because it’s Friday I thought I’d do a little #fridayintroductions since it’s been a bit. Since we are stuck at home, today’s post will be about traveling. Where we’ve been and where we want to go! ⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣ This image is from last year’s trip to Alaska. It was so much fun and filled with incredible beauty, highly recommend checking out our country’s largest state! We definitely want to go back 👍🏼⁣ ⁣ 2️⃣For our honeymoon we spent 3 weeks in Europe traveling to: Scotland, England, France, Italy, Greece and Montenegro. I CANNOT believe that was almost 5 years ago. It was an incredible trip. We aren’t really “sit on the beach for a week” kind of people so this was the perfect honeymoon for us! ⁣ ⁣ 3️⃣ We had planned originally to go to Hawaii this summer but plans are a bit up in the air at this point. So we will see where we end up going for our 2020 family vacation. ⁣ ⁣ 4️⃣ When we travel, we utilize credit card points and that way we can travel to amazing places while not breaking the bank #ballingonabudget This is Matthew’s area of expertise so if you have any questions, he would be happy to answer them! ⁣ ⁣ 5️⃣ Some bucket list locations for us are: pilgrimage to the Holy Land, visit all the Disney Parks in the world, stay in an overwater bungalow in Fuji, visit all 50 states, go on a safari in Africa and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, take in the beauty of Patagonia and travel to all the US National Parks. And that’s just some of the ideas for future travel 😉⁣ ⁣ Where are you dreaming of going? Comment below and let me know! I love hearing about people’s bucket list locations!!
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    It’s Friday.....I think .... 😂 it feels like we are stuck in our own version of the movie Groundhog Day. 🗓 But because it’s Friday I thought I’d do a little #fridayintroductions since it’s been a bit. Since we are stuck at home, today’s post will be about traveling. Where we’ve been and where we want to go! ⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣ This image is from last year’s trip to Alaska. It was so much fun and filled with incredible beauty, highly recommend checking out our country’s largest state! We definitely want to go back 👍🏼⁣ ⁣ 2️⃣For our honeymoon we spent 3 weeks in Europe traveling to: Scotland, England, France, Italy, Greece and Montenegro. I CANNOT believe that was almost 5 years ago. It was an incredible trip. We aren’t really “sit on the beach for a week” kind of people so this was the perfect honeymoon for us! ⁣ ⁣ 3️⃣ We had planned originally to go to Hawaii this summer but plans are a bit up in the air at this point. So we will see where we end up going for our 2020 family vacation. ⁣ ⁣ 4️⃣ When we travel, we utilize credit card points and that way we can travel to amazing places while not breaking the bank #ballingonabudget This is Matthew’s area of expertise so if you have any questions, he would be happy to answer them! ⁣ ⁣ 5️⃣ Some bucket list locations for us are: pilgrimage to the Holy Land, visit all the Disney Parks in the world, stay in an overwater bungalow in Fuji, visit all 50 states, go on a safari in Africa and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, take in the beauty of Patagonia and travel to all the US National Parks. And that’s just some of the ideas for future travel 😉⁣ ⁣ Where are you dreaming of going? Comment below and let me know! I love hearing about people’s bucket list locations!!