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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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It’s been a few weeks since I’ve published a Marriage Monday blog post, but I really love and am still committed to this series, so I figured I’d liven things up a bit. First, by creating a sweet “pinable” banner for the series. Click on the image and be taken to the entire series. Feel […]

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For our first anniversary, I had our vows designed and printed by Ashlee Proffitt. Upon framing them, I wanted to hang them in our home as a reminder of the words we’d promised on our wedding day. I hear so many version of vows at weddings and they are so similar, yet so different at […]

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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 […]

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A few weeks ago, I decided to watch the Golden Globes. I am in no way a film aficionado, but I do love seeing the dresses and hearing who is to thank for the success of all of the actors. What I didn’t expect was to hear a hauntingly true statement come out of an […]

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This was the first year, and if we’re honest, probably not the last, where Chad and I spent our anniversary apart. He was invited to attend a golf weekend with a group of guys. Who can turn that down? He works so hard, and I’m glad he got to have a weekend to spend time […]

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“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 […]

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