• BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THIS... ‼️✨ Here's 5 fun + random facts you probably don’t know about me..... 1️⃣ I was a theatre nerd growing up. In high school I was playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. While rehearsing the dinner table scene the girl that played Annie slapped me so hard that my ear drum ruptured. I had to get 2 surgeries to fix it. So that experience = not fun. But what is fun = telling people I literally became half deaf while being Helen Keller. #methodacting 😂 2️⃣ I studied abroad for a semester in college in Canterbury, England, & it was one of the best experiences of my life. I spent about 2 minutes studying and 6 months traveling...so priorities. 🤷🏼‍♀️😝✈️ 3️⃣ I’m obsessed with spicy food. Literally ANYONE who’s ever eaten a meal with me will tell you. I put red pepper flakes, black pepper, & hot sauce on EVERYthing. My spice tolerance is higher than a kite.🌶🔥 4️⃣ I’m super short (5'0 to be exact!), and I compensate for my height by being freakishly loud and energetic. I don’t even notice I’m loud, but people tell me so.....guess it’s true. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It probably stems from being involved in both Theatre and cheerleading growing up. BE 👏🏻 AGGRESSIVE 👏🏻 B - E - AGGRESSIVE. 👏🏻 5️⃣ My husband and I got married on a Monday. We were told it wasn’t smart & that no one would come. But I think the 250 people that showed up to party with us on that weeknight maybe thought differently. 😉😘 There you have it friends! Hopefully you got to know a little more about the person behind the feed you chose to follow (THANKS FOR DOING THAT BTW!). Tell me below, do we have anything in common? Are we vastly different!? LEMME know! 👇🏼🤍
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    BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THIS... ‼️✨ Here's 5 fun + random facts you probably don’t know about me..... 1️⃣ I was a theatre nerd growing up. In high school I was playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. While rehearsing the dinner table scene the girl that played Annie slapped me so hard that my ear drum ruptured. I had to get 2 surgeries to fix it. So that experience = not fun. But what is fun = telling people I literally became half deaf while being Helen Keller. #methodacting 😂 2️⃣ I studied abroad for a semester in college in Canterbury, England, & it was one of the best experiences of my life. I spent about 2 minutes studying and 6 months traveling...so priorities. 🤷🏼‍♀️😝✈️ 3️⃣ I’m obsessed with spicy food. Literally ANYONE who’s ever eaten a meal with me will tell you. I put red pepper flakes, black pepper, & hot sauce on EVERYthing. My spice tolerance is higher than a kite.🌶🔥 4️⃣ I’m super short (5'0" to be exact!), and I compensate for my height by being freakishly loud and energetic. I don’t even notice I’m loud, but people tell me so.....guess it’s true. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It probably stems from being involved in both Theatre and cheerleading growing up. BE 👏🏻 AGGRESSIVE 👏🏻 B - E - AGGRESSIVE. 👏🏻 5️⃣ My husband and I got married on a Monday. We were told it wasn’t smart & that no one would come. But I think the 250 people that showed up to party with us on that weeknight maybe thought differently. 😉😘 There you have it friends! Hopefully you got to know a little more about the person behind the feed you chose to follow (THANKS FOR DOING THAT BTW!). Tell me below, do we have anything in common? Are we vastly different!? LEMME know! 👇🏼🤍
  • FRIENDLY WAKE UP CALL.‼️⚠️ Social media is a highlight reel & my life right now looks FAR from this photo I took in Mexico on our retreat a few months ago. The second photo is my current reality. Staying with family while our house gets finished, suitcases & clothing & laundry baskets & STUFF everywhere. It feels very much like my season of life right now: chaotic. Third photo was my first attempt at taking this behind the scenes photo just now & I didn't know my flash was on. 🤣🙈👍🏼 I included it cause I felt like ya might need a good laugh. LOLZ. So just in case you were scrolling today - seeing perfect people with perfect houses, perfect outfits, & perfect lives - feeling the comparison weigh heavy in your heart, here's a lil reality check. You're doing JUST fine. No one has their ish together. We're all just doing the best we can with what we have where we're at. Also feel free to save this & come back to that gem of a 3rd photo when you need a lil confidence boost. You're welcome. 🤣👋🏼
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    FRIENDLY WAKE UP CALL.‼️⚠️ Social media is a highlight reel & my life right now looks FAR from this photo I took in Mexico on our retreat a few months ago. The second photo is my current reality. Staying with family while our house gets finished, suitcases & clothing & laundry baskets & STUFF everywhere. It feels very much like my season of life right now: chaotic. Third photo was my first attempt at taking this behind the scenes photo just now & I didn't know my flash was on. 🤣🙈👍🏼 I included it cause I felt like ya might need a good laugh. LOLZ. So just in case you were scrolling today - seeing perfect people with perfect houses, perfect outfits, & perfect lives - feeling the comparison weigh heavy in your heart, here's a lil reality check. You're doing JUST fine. No one has their ish together. We're all just doing the best we can with what we have where we're at. Also feel free to save this & come back to that gem of a 3rd photo when you need a lil confidence boost. You're welcome. 🤣👋🏼
  • I've cried every night for the past week. I'm at my breaking point. We expected this season of transition from Hawaii to Kansas to be a month long. It's now been 6+ months with no end in sight. We haven't had a home of our own since Christmas. And while it's been SO much fun traveling & visiting friends along our move (God has done some incredible things along the way!), this season of no structure or home of our own is finally hitting me. I'm nearing the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy & have spent every ounce of it without a home. We found out we were pregnant in February while on the road trip back to Kansas. We expected our Kansas home to be done early March, & now I'm praying it will even be done before August. We've stayed with friends & family since Christmas, often Andrew, Eloise & I all in one room with not much space at all. I've cried to God asking, Why? more times than I can count. I've felt so much guilt for even complaining about my circumstances, when I'm SO freaking blessed. So so so many people have it worse than I do. Yesterday I was chatting with a friend who said something that shook me. You have permission to be upset. Your circumstances suck. Tell God about how you're feeling. Give it to Him. He cares. I realized in that moment that we can still acknowledge our blessings AND our frustrations of discontentment. They aren't mutually exclusive. As this season has dragged on & on, I've been trying to shove down & my anger and frustrations by ignoring them in pursuit of being thankful. But shoving down & ignoring very real feelings doesn't bring peace. It only causes more resentment and bitterness. This season is freaking hard. Being pregnant while constantly staying with others without a house of your own SUCKS. And it's okay to admit that. If you're going through a season that isn't what you thought it would be, or a season of hardship, know that you're not alone. And that it's okay to cry. It's okay to give your frustrations to the Lord and ask Him to give you peace in return. 🤍 Anyone else feel me on this? Anyone else in a hard season that feels like it will never end?
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    I've cried every night for the past week. I'm at my breaking point. We expected this season of transition from Hawaii to Kansas to be a month long. It's now been 6+ months with no end in sight. We haven't had a home of our own since Christmas. And while it's been SO much fun traveling & visiting friends along our move (God has done some incredible things along the way!), this season of no structure or home of our own is finally hitting me. I'm nearing the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy & have spent every ounce of it without a home. We found out we were pregnant in February while on the road trip back to Kansas. We expected our Kansas home to be done early March, & now I'm praying it will even be done before August. We've stayed with friends & family since Christmas, often Andrew, Eloise & I all in one room with not much space at all. I've cried to God asking, "Why?" more times than I can count. I've felt so much guilt for even complaining about my circumstances, when I'm SO freaking blessed. So so so many people have it worse than I do. Yesterday I was chatting with a friend who said something that shook me. "You have permission to be upset. Your circumstances suck. Tell God about how you're feeling. Give it to Him. He cares." I realized in that moment that we can still acknowledge our blessings AND our frustrations of discontentment. They aren't mutually exclusive. As this season has dragged on & on, I've been trying to shove down & my anger and frustrations by ignoring them in pursuit of being thankful. But shoving down & ignoring very real feelings doesn't bring peace. It only causes more resentment and bitterness. This season is freaking hard. Being pregnant while constantly staying with others without a house of your own SUCKS. And it's okay to admit that. If you're going through a season that isn't what you thought it would be, or a season of hardship, know that you're not alone. And that it's okay to cry. It's okay to give your frustrations to the Lord and ask Him to give you peace in return. 🤍 Anyone else feel me on this? Anyone else in a hard season that feels like it will never end?
  • In case no one's ever told you this before.... You are WILDLY CAPABLE of more than you give yourself credit for. So often in the hustling & striving to achieve and do more, we forget to look back at how far we've ALREADY come. Had anyone else ever experienced this? Accomplishing a goal you set for yourself and by the time you hit it you're like, yay cool, I did it... but now I gotta hit THAT and I'll be proud. It's like we completely throw our previous goal out the window. We forget to celebrate the wins we achieve because we're too busy looking forward to the next big thing on our goal list. I'm the biggest perpetrator of this crime. I have insanely big goals for my life, and as a typical enneagram 3 I often spend soooo much time focusing on what I've yet to accomplish that I lose sight of everything I've done that's brought me here. I successfully built a 6 figure photography business that served sooo many couples with memories they'll have forever. I built a 7 figure education company that serves entrepreneurs daily. I co-host a podcast that's currently sitting at number 9 on the business marketing charts. 🤯 I've built a following online being 100% myself, not being afraid of what people think, and showing up willing to empower other women & mamas that they can do it too. It's so important to remember everything you've accomplished thus far. Every moment God's taken you through. Every goal you so desperately wished for one day that has already happened. Because we are wildly capable of so much more than we actually think. ✨ Challenge for you. 👇🏼👇🏼 It's time to be a lil braggadocious below. Tell me one achievement you've done that past you would DIE to have accomplished. And clap for your dang self cause you've already DONE IT. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #TheHeartUniversity
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    In case no one's ever told you this before.... You are WILDLY CAPABLE of more than you give yourself credit for. So often in the hustling & striving to achieve and do more, we forget to look back at how far we've ALREADY come. Had anyone else ever experienced this? Accomplishing a goal you set for yourself and by the time you hit it you're like, "yay cool, I did it... but now I gotta hit THAT and I'll be proud." It's like we completely throw our previous goal out the window. We forget to celebrate the wins we achieve because we're too busy looking forward to the next big thing on our goal list. I'm the biggest perpetrator of this crime. I have insanely big goals for my life, and as a typical enneagram 3 I often spend soooo much time focusing on what I've yet to accomplish that I lose sight of everything I've done that's brought me here. I successfully built a 6 figure photography business that served sooo many couples with memories they'll have forever. I built a 7 figure education company that serves entrepreneurs daily. I co-host a podcast that's currently sitting at number 9 on the business marketing charts. 🤯 I've built a following online being 100% myself, not being afraid of what people think, and showing up willing to empower other women & mamas that they can do it too. It's so important to remember everything you've accomplished thus far. Every moment God's taken you through. Every goal you so desperately wished for one day that has already happened. Because we are wildly capable of so much more than we actually think. ✨ Challenge for you. 👇🏼👇🏼 It's time to be a lil braggadocious below. Tell me one achievement you've done that past you would DIE to have accomplished. And clap for your dang self cause you've already DONE IT. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #TheHeartUniversity