Family Memories

Family Dinner Season 3 Episode 6: A Night of Heartwarming Moments

Collaborations· Family Memories· Featured

"I didn't see that coming," so many of you have said and I will be honest, I didn't see it coming either. When I opened my email last May (2021), I was shocked to find an email from a casting director wanting to know if my family would be interested in appearing on the show Family Dinner that

China Adoption Trip | Gotcha Day

Adoption· Family Memories

Our train pulled into Hefei and we were struck with miles after miles of apartment buildings. Not just 5 story buildings, skyscrapers. Miles of them. Quincy's town was larger than we could have imagined and the smog haze prevented us from seeing the sun. It's known as the "smog city" and located

China Adoption Trip | Beijing

Adoption· Family Memories

Many of you followed our adoption trip on Instagram (follow Simple Purposeful Living here) but I thought I would share more of the details of our trip here! So let me begin with our 3-week adoption trip with the first week spent in Beijing, China! If you are just getting caught up on our

10 Favorite Pictures of 2018

Family Memories

Today I am sharing my 10 favorite photos from 2018 which is always so much harder than I think it will be. I loved scrolling back through the previous 12 months of photographs and reliving all of the sweet memories we made as a family. Not only with each other but with our extended family and

Life Lately Volume 10 November 2018

Family Memories

November was a big month in the life of Simple Purposeful Living. We launched our first line of products! Because of all of you, it has been a huge success and I am so grateful for each and every one of you for purchasing and gifting simple & purposeful living. I can't wait to see what 2019

Life Lately Volume 9 October 2018

Family Memories

Happy Halloween! Today is the last day of October. There are just two months left in 2018! I can't believe it. Time is flying, I won't lie I hope that means we are that much closer to bringing our little boy home. Thanks for the continued prayers. October was a really FULL month. We

Life Lately Volume 8 September 2018

Family Memories

It's been a hot second since I updated you all on what we have been up to lately. Somehow, it's the end of September and my last life lately post was in August. We are now in full on fall mode around here and the weather matches which makes me do the happy dance, put on all the layers and snuggle

Happy 7th Birthday Vera

Family Memories

Today, is Vera's 7th Birthday! It seems like yesterday she was born! Now she is growing up and is a beautiful young lady. She is full of life and is our social butterfly. She meets a friend everywhere she goes and she is always smiling and creating! She is a ray of sunshine. She is certainly

Life Lately Volume 7 August 2018

Family Memories

School has officially started and I am back at my computer during Lucy's nap after a little pause to finish the summer well with my people. We did finish well and I am glad to be back in a good routine. A lot of life has happened since my last life lately update (read here) so I picked a few