The other night Chas and I were reflecting on the past three years and it is crazy to think that we have spent the majority of our marriage in Chicago! It often still feels like a dream to me and that I'll just wake up one day living next door to my parents, but this beautiful city has stretched me to bloom + grow in more ways than one...

Although I prefer dresses to jeans, we are still having some chilly days here in Chicago so I wanted to refresh my spring jeans. Not wanting to spend too much, I browsed Zara's denim selection and added 4 pairs to my cart. This is the first time I have purchased denim from...

30 years ago today my precious parents said, "I do!" My family has always been extremely close and there are so many things I admire in both my mom and my dad. I thought it would be special to dedicate a post celebrating them and their wonderful marriage...

2020. What a year. I love to reflect on the previous year by scrolling back through all my photos and videos on my phone remembering the memories made as well as read through journal entries seeing how the Lord has remained faithful and true in my life...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! I convinced Chas to let me put up our skinny flocked Christmas tree on Halloween this year (gasp!) and it's made the start to the holiday season so sweet...

Apple picking has been on my Chicago bucket list ever since we moved here and experienced our first Windy City fall. One of my sweet readers mentioned she visited Edward's Apple Orchard here in Illinois so after a little research we decided to take a spontaneous road trip...

Ever since we moved to Chicago (2 years ago in September!) I've had a bucket list of things I wanted us to get to do while living in this beautiful city. Because of the state of the world since March...