Travel
Whitakers Head West 2016: Part One
You can read all about our journey from Texas to California, and back, in parts one, two, three, four, five and six! Remember that time when we went on an epic road trip, like 3,600 miles epic, and I forgot to tell you all about it? I’m here to rectify that. I finally went through all 1,467…
Read MoreOur Week in the Holyland
It’s true. We really went. Any Aggie Catholic you talk to will almost always refer to Aggieland as the Holyland. Brilliant, isn’t it? Texas 4-H hosts its week-long state competition at Texas A&M every June and about 4,000 teenagers descend upon campus. It’s a beautiful sight. Loud, but awesome. For many of the competitions you…
Read MoreMagnolia Market: 5 Things You Need to Know
#shiplap If you don’t know what that is, then you haven’t been watching HGTV lately. I’ll admit, I just watched my first episode of Fixer Upper about 6 weeks ago. I’d heard about Chip and Joanna long before then, but when you don’t have cable, you rely on Netflix. HA! Since then, there may have been…
Read More2015: A Year in Review
2015. What a year. There were way too many broken things, hearts included, but an incredible amount of joy through time with family and celebrating milestones and sacraments. That sounds like most years. None of them are void of pain or of joy, we just have to pray through the suffering and lean into the…
Read More‘Merica Vacation: Part Three, The Long Road Home
We took an epic, 10-state, 2,900-mile, 8-day vacation this summer and I’m dishing on all the details. Read more in part one and part two! STATE #7: KENTUCKY Our trip in Indy was full of love, hugs and lots of memories for us, and the kids. Then, we hit I-65 and it was not so…
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