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National Night Out
In an attempt to “put down roots” this year, Matt and I have attended monthly church potlucks, invited new friends over for dinner, and gone out of our way to meet neighbors. However, I’m eager to do more.
Enter National Night Out. In Texas, we have National Night Out on October 1st because the thought is that it’s too hot to have block parties in the summer. Our neighborhood is having an event at the local park later in the evening, so Matt and I are planning to host a potluck earlier in the evening. We invited all the neighbors on our cul-de-sac, as well as a couple neighbors… Read More -
Anniversary Traditions
I love how traditions create a rhythm to the year.Matt and I celebrated our 5th anniversary on Friday (half a decade!), and we’re still implementing the tradition we started on our 1st anniversary. Every year, we take turns–one person writes a letter to the other person about our year together, and the other person plans an experience.We opted for a ritual devoid of presents because, frankly, we already feel enough pressure to buy each other creative and interesting presents year after year for birthdays and Christmases.This year, it was my turn to plan the experience. Before Tate’s arrival, I spent some time brainstorming ideas.… Read More -
Strengthening Our Support Network
The most recent round of Purposeful Conception: Preparing Your Mind, Body and Life for Pregnancy started this week. The first lesson is a holistic life assessment. I love working through the exercise every couple months with each new class. It’s interesting to me how much our family’s strengths and areas for growth can change in such a relatively short amount of time.Right now, our biggest area for growth is our Support Network. It’s definitely grown tremendously since we moved to Austin 1.5 years ago (has it really been that long?). My dear friend Sarah (author of Monday’s post about living car-free) set up a Meal Train for… Read More
