down the road again

Jesus is kind. (understatement much?)

He is beyond generous and he has outdone himself this time!

We are ridiculously blessed with this sweet little number and so many great things happened to orchestrate this move! I's an amazing location, just minutes from mom's wonderful home and we are very grateful for this season, to nestle in and host our wonderful family and friends. SO, come visit - we can't wait to see you... J+M

anniversary year three :: beachside

Jason the {baptized}

Seriously cannot tell you enough good stuff about this day as it was simply chalked FULL of goodness... God's goodness + grace. This was the day my beautifully souled man got baptized. He and Jesus are pretty tight and fully in love, so it was a remarkable celebration of this posture. I am such an admiring and fortunate wife and I couldn't have been prouder to be there, in the goodness!

Imma' ask him to write more here too, but suffice it to say, it was heavenly!

{photo credit: the amazing ALLISON JEAN PHOTOGRAPHY}

Hot Springing...

Two years running now we've had the privilege of luxuriating at Belknap Hot Springs, along side the McKenzie River. It is always a treat to be away with my best. We love being together period, particularly in nature, which is basically our Disneyland...

fun times in {southern} oregon

SUCH fun we had with these two boys... great goofiness at the Fun Center. It was a short but sweet visit and these sweet kids were almost as happy to see us as we were to see them, which was a lot!

Not too many pictures were captured, but we also enjoyed a fabulous time with J's family, The Knutson's side of the family is prolific to say the least. You could smell the family history in that well worn house on Holly Street. Abounding with wainscoting, vintage push light outlets and multi-generation love, celebration of Great Uncle Tup's birthday was in full swing.

Another crazy surprise was to find out that this lovely lady here, being loved on by J's mom, Aunt Pat and I are related not just through our marriage, but we have been related for lots longer, via my moms side of the family, The Varner's! Her Aunt and my mom's Aunt are the same lady, another wonderful woman, named Marjorie. Pretty nutty.

Jason's uncle Tup (Emil) is an incredibly talented artist who has shared his artistic {gene}ious with my equally skilled artist husband!

We got to spend some great time with our wonderful friends, the Lazz's, who were beyond hospitable to us during our short, but wonder{full} visit!

pacific city :: {beach} time

A last minute invitation from our bro + sis came to us just in time for an amazing weekend getaway.

We got to spend time chilling at the house and a plentiful amount of ridiculously fun memories were made along the sandy shores of the crisp Oregon coast.

This same spot is where we've honeymooned and spent our first year anniversary at so it obviously holds a sweet sentiment for us.

Additionally, we spent this weekend launching into what will be the most amazing journey yet... we found out that we are expecting a baby, arriving in November!

Needless to say, we are beyond thrilled and have another family blog that many of you will get to join along with as we progress through our pregnancy and plow into the depths of parenting!

We are so grateful to our loving Father for gracing us with this remarkable and miraculous gift and only hope to faithfully serve and steward this life of this precious little one as they grow, prayerfully into the likeness of Jesus, being loved by Him, us, and so many others. To God be all glory and gratitude!

decades of {carving}

Jason was recently asked to carve for The River House Hotel and a 10 year anniversary celebration they hosted this last week.

The results - simple and elegant. =)