The news has already leaked on FB and Insta! Black Friday Sale Leaked! I don’t know about you, but I LOVE Black Friday shopping! I’m that crazy person who goes at midnight and waits in line… at least I used to. The last few years have seen quite a trend shift in the way people do their Christmas shopping. There are now as many online sales as there are in-store! Can you blame people!? Christmas shopping is now made easier than ever so you can sit back and enjoy your coffee an

Devin and Maggie have a shared faith in Jesus that is evident in their marriage. The way these two honor and respect each other is inspiring and is another testament to what our marriage mentors have done in their own family’s legacy. You can see more about the entire family’s story HERE and HERE. But this post is all about these two love birds.. When and where did you meet? “We met during college at our Church’s college group. We can’t remember the exact time we met but Magg

Cristin and Kevin have become some of our very best friends over the past few short years we have known each other. Cristin and I have so much in common, other people have actually mistaken one of us for the other! What I love about these two and their family is their commitment to grow and learn. They both wear their hearts on their sleeves and I don’t know about you, but I am certainly attracted to that. People who know how to be vulnerable, loyal and passionately playful a

Don’t you just love it when God blesses the second time around? Here’s the thing about blended families… God truly can take our hurts and mistakes from the past and bless them in the future if we let Him. This family has been blended together for 10 years now. Knowing Rob and Michelle personally, the hardships and celebrations and everything in between, I can tell you that there is hope and expectation in second chances. What do now know about marriage that you didn’t when yo

When did your spouse make you feel the most loved this past year? “Ruth:  He went with me to a melodrama, and later said it made him so happy to see me laughing and having so much fun at the play. Marv:  I don’t think of individual incidents, but I feel the joy Ruth has brought to me over our lifetime.” What has been the biggest obstacle in your marriage to date? “Ruth:  Differing discipline styles when the kids were young. Marv:  Getting established financially in the early

It looks like knowing where the other wants to eat on date night. It looks like knowing their spouse so well they can just sit in the peace of life for a few hours. It looks like raising babies and raising wages. Two sons graduated and then married off. Five grandchildren, all so similar because of their roots yet, oh, so different in personalities. It looks like knowing the stories of each other’s past as if they were their own. Being present and aware and compassionate thro