life. and everything in between

 Turning 30 didn't feel like this big deal birthday to me. I didn't want any huge celebrations. I honestly was excited to turn the big 3-0.  I was told it is because how I feel and act is getting closer to my actual age. So as I get older going to bed at 830pm will match my age.  The last 10 years have been big growing seasons for me. I can truly say I am not the same person I was when I turned 20.  At 20 we had just moved to California. I was working in food and beverage. I was experiencing people in a whole new way. I was by far one of the youngest people in our department. We were working late nights and earlier mornings. I couldn't see passed tomorrow. Levi and I were still figuring out this marriage thing (cause you know we now have it figured out....kidding). We found a church and our framily in Truckee. We had a group of people surround us and guide us through the first 5 years of marriage. The first 5 years of our life post high school. By the time we moved t...

This summer has been busy yet not. We go through flows of stillness to running around like crazy. Which pretty much describes my personality.  I have been looking forward to camping trips as a family since we had Addison. Summer of 2017 did not go as planned. Neither did 2018. Or 2019 as Elias was not allowed to be around smoke. Plus is feeding tube made being out in the wilderness slightly impossible. So we finally did it. This summer we squeezed in a total of 4 camping trips with the kids. It was the best time of our life ....okay. Haha!  Nothing bad happened. But camping with toddlers is hard. Especially when one of them fears nothing and wants to play with fire. We had zero expectations. We expected our kids to have a hard time sleeping in a tent. We expected fits. We expected dirt everywhere. we expected accidents. All happened. Which is okay!  The kids actually did pretty well considering. The only thing that was hard about bed time was they were having too much fun...