My sweet friend Marquis tagged me in a fun blogging edition of 21 questions awhile ago. I am ashamed to tell you how long, but it was FOR-EVER ago and I just kept forgetting to come and join the fun. But don’t worry, the time has finally come to answer 21 random questions about the girl behind the blog just in case you wanted to know a little more about me.

1. Where were you born? California girl all the way! Bare feet, the beach, sunshine, a cool breeze oh how I miss California.

2. How do you take your coffee? Maybe this should be number 21 because you might stop being my friend after this..I don’t. I don’t really like coffee. *gasp* But wait! Don’t go away yet! I have started to drink a few specialty drinks from Starbucks just because I am that desperate…two kids, need I say more?

3. Where do you want to travel? Well my hubby and I have always had an all inclusive trip on our bucket list and we actually won an all expenses paid trip to Mexico last Christmas! We will be going at the end of September/early October so I can’t wait. But next on our bucket list is a family vacation to Disney world. I have never been!

4. Favorite guilty pleasure? This is a good one. How about raspberry cheesecake frozen custard. Goodness it is so good. But…when I can’t have that a chocolate brownie, with vanilla ice cream, and caramel. It is so good…for your mama hips.

5. Are you afraid of anything? Heights. Oh dear Jesus, no thank you.

6. What did you want to be when you grew up? Well first I wanted to be a teacher, then I wanted to be a dancer on Broadway, then I wanted to be a dance teacher, and then I wanted to be a mom! I think I made out pretty well.

7. Where did you meet your husband? In college! We went to a Discipleship Program at a church in Springfield, MO and met there. Everyone called us together and I said it would never happen! Ha! How mean was I? I am so glad it did though, he is pretty amazing. If you like mushy love stories you can read ours here.

8. What’s your favorite scent? Anything beachy! Bath & Body works summer scents are my absolute favorite!

9. What is your favorite verse? This changes constantly. Depending on what season of life I am in or what I may personally be going through, the verses that I love change. Some of my all time favorites are Proverbs 31:25 and Isaiah 41. Right now I am really loving Psalms 46 it’s extremely encouraging to me so much I have it in my living room right now.

10. How do you like to spend time with family? I just love when the weather starts to warm up because we love going on bike rides together, hanging out at the park, sitting outside, and going for walks. Basically spending time outside together! When it’s colder we love to curl up and watch some of our favorite Disney movies.

11. What is one thing you couldn’t live without in your house? PHOTOS!! I am absolutely in love with photography. I make the investment at least once a year to get family photos done. We have a tradition of taking photos around our anniversary to see how our family grows each year. It is super special to me.

12. What is your favorite Restaurant? Red Robin! YUMMMMM!

13. Favorite Season? I used to love summer, but it’s kind of hot in the Midwest. That humidity kills me and I just don’t want to be outside. So let’s say spring!

14. How many States have you lived in? A LOT! I grew up in a military family so I have been all over the place…California, Colorado, Texas, Hawaii, California, Virginia, North Carolina, California, North Carolina, Missouri. That is the order of where I have lived!

15. What is your favorite song? I could never pick a favorite, I just love music. I love blasting the music as loud as my husband will allow me to and dancing my way through life. We often have Hillsong Young & Free playing at the house. And we love to go crazy with Taylor Swift in the car.

16. What is one thing you think people notice about you first? I’ve been told people notice my outgoing personality. I love making new friends and there are no such thing as strangers to me.

17. What is one piece of advice you would give to someone? Be yourself. Don’t compare. I am working on remembering this every day of my life. There may be a hundred people out there doing something that could be similar to me, but no one is going to do it exactly like me. I need to be myself, not compare, and move forward in the dreams God has laid on my heart. Free to be me!

18. Do you think you’re funny? I laugh at my own jokes a lot…

19. Have you always wanted to work with kids? I have always worked with kids my whole life. I was seven years older than my siblings and therefore was always the oldest one around. I was pretty much the designated babysitter between my siblings and all my mom’s friends. I never hated it though. I have loved kids for as long as I could remember and I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my life. I am just glad that I get to be a part of seeing kids discover who God is. There couldn’t be a better “job.”

20. What made you start a blog? I have always loved to write. I used to just write in a journal and occasionally on Xanga (HAHA!) or in notes on Facebook. So I jumped out and started a blog and fell in love with the community. Since becoming a mom, blogging has become my escape, something for me. Something I can do that makes me feel like I haven’t lost myself. It has grown so much from where it started and I love that it is a huge part of my life now.

21. What is your favorite thing to watch on TV? HGTV is my addiction. We are also a huge Disney family over here. And then our guilty pleasure is crime shows…all the crime shows.


That’s it! Thanks for sticking around to get to know a little bit about me. I am going to tag Abbie at The Grumbling Grace, Shirri at Stringfellow + Co, and Jamie at The Celebrating Momma