THE DE PENNING FAMILY

Last year I wrote a whopping THREE blog posts. I have big aspirations this year to write at minimum one blog a month. Think I can do it? Me neither—but here's to trying new things. As I type this out, the three little kids are sleeping and Hezzy and Nathan are out in the shop [...]

I made an instagram post earlier about how I wanted to make a heartfelt post about nurses week but I was too busy working to write one...well now I have some free time, a warm cup of coffee & a chocolate cookie so let's begin. I never thought about being a nurse until I was [...]

Earlier this week I walked into work and got my face pelted with ice/snow while my hands turned white because, of course, I had some coldbrew in hand but forgot to wear my winter coat. Tomorrow I think the high is supposed to be in the 60s. Missouri is bizarre, but I'm here for it. [...]

One of my favorite posts to make—a review of all of the books I have read this year. This year I had a goal to read 24 books, I did not reach it, but I also had a baby and am cutting myself some slack. If you're curious about past years, here they are—2023, 2022, [...]

Our sweet boy has been with us for one full week. What a blessing! We have been soaking up his snuggles, his cute little noises and his very fuzzy head. With each child I have tried to type of a quick little blog of their birth story so that I can remember the details of [...]

It truly has been quite some time since I have posted a little update on this blog. The last blog I posted was actually last year, which is a bit embarrassing, but hey, here's to setting new goals and getting back into blogging a little more regularly. So, here's what we've been up to this [...]

It's the end of the year, and you know what that means!! Actually, you probably don't. This is the one time of the year you can count on me writing a blog—my 2023 book updates! I made a goal this year to read 23 books (because last year my goal was 24 and I just [...]

Our sweet ray of sunshine is one year old (actually 14 months, but who's really keeping track). I was looking through old blogs this morning and realized I never wrote a blog celebrating our sweet sunshiney gal turning one! Reya truly is just a bright light in our family. She has the sparkliest eyes and [...]

Hi friends! We just got back from a little impromptu trip to St. Louis (booked the AirBnb the night before kind of impromptu) and I figured I would upload all of the pictures in one place (you’re welcome, mom). I had a week off of work, and so we decided it would be fun to [...]