While studying Sociology at Clemson University, Nick joined with long time friends and became a part of Needtobreathe. He toured with them from 2002-2006. LOOK AT THAT HAIR!

I studied Classical Voice Performance and Music Education at Furman University. This is a picture of one of my very best friends at school, Mivvi, after my Senior Voice Recital. We were both just glad I made it through.

I knew who Nick was in high school. Before my family moved away my freshman year I remember (and can prove) circling and starring all of Nick’s pictures in the year book.

We starting hanging out after riding dirt bikes with some of the boys in the band. I immediately fell head over heals, though Nick was slower to come around. After breaking up a few times, we finally got engaged in the spring of 2007.

We were babies!

Our first real house. House number 4. We got to buy this house while living here as renters. One day a cop showed up with foreclosure papers for the owners. We were so lucky. 6 months later we were the proud owners of this 1300 sq ft house. We brought Everly and Smith home here..

Nick’s job took us to many places including this awards dinner in New Orleans. He worked insurance from 2008 until now. Working for 2 well known companies and moving from sales to corporate he worked hard to move us toward the goals we had set.

After 2 miscarriages and a surgery, we got our strong, beautiful girl.

18 months after Everly came our sweet Smith.

This picture marks a season of struggle. Addiction.

Before Rehab.

A beautiful picture of the beginning of recovery. A life long journey for all of us.

House # 6. This house represented a time of healing and rest for our family. We chose to redo the kitchen but didn’t need many renovations other than that. We brought Lennon home to this house.

After deciding on a family of 4, Lennon came rushing in bringing healing, joy and lots of fun!

We moved to house number 7 to get into a new school district and because after a random call from a realtor (our house was not for sale) we sold house 6. This house required extensive renovations (which we are still doing). With this house came amazing neighbors, and a great school district—all a part of the plan.

Redneck Sledding and the beginning of questions.

In fall of 2020 we made the decision to pull our kids out of public school and begin homeschooling.

Beginning to travel.

Trip to New York in November 2020. We drove 11 hours and learned how to travel longer, more uncomfortable distances as a family.

In the fall of 2021 we traveled to Portugal for a month. More on this in the blog.

Family trip to Mexico