Ok, ok… you caught me.  I’m kind of cheating on the blog post today because I posted this one last year.  BUT!  In my defense, it’s a good one so I really don’t think you’ll complain if I bring it up again. I actually only just made our own jar yesterday but it’s been simmering […]

As the holiday schedules start to get a little crazy and seemingly out of hand, my hope is that I will remember that the reason we’re doing all of this… the decorating, the celebrating, the parties, the meals, the gifts… was actually for our benefit.  The reason Jesus came and was born to Joseph and […]

My hope is that your Christmas is full of joy, love, peace and wonder.  My hope is that you know or meet Emmanuel this week… God with us.  God sent His Son from heaven (from paradise!), to be born, grow, and live among us.  His greatest love though was shown when they did the unthinkable […]

There are SO MANY THINGS I love about Christmas but as I was putting this board together, I realized that most of what I love is the sights and sounds and smells that only come around once a year.  And while part of me wishes it was Christmas all the time, it just wouldn’t be […]

You may remember these two from a few months ago – you know, the proposal where Ben and I were SURE Leigh saw us before Phillip popped the question??  Turns out, she didn’t see us at all!  Whew! Well, even though we did a mini engagement session for them that day, we wanted to do […]