Four years ago, during the middle of an ice storm, Nathan and I got to make a covenant to love each other for the rest of our lives. We danced, we ate, we drank and we had a dang good time. Our actual anniversary was a few days ago, and we celebrated by having Naomi [...]
Author: Nathan & Ana
A couple of twenty-somethings living in the middle of Missouri raising two kids under the age of two.
January Update!
The month that seems to never end is officially over! Now we're in February which means that March is next month and that means that maybe springtime is near. Right? RIGHT? This month was a bit of a blur. I actually had to look back through my photos to fully remember all that we did. [...]
A Thrill of Hope
...the weary world rejoices! Merry Christmas! Yes, I realize this post is a few weeks late. But better late than never? Also, we were in Iowa for the two weeks after Christmas, and so maybe this blog is right on time. This year for Christmas Nathan and I tried something new, we intentionally started decorating [...]
Happy Birthday Hezzy Boy!
Our sweet Hezekiah is three! We celebrated his birthday by driving four hours home and then unpacking our entire van—maybe not the most exciting of birthdays, but the past two weeks have been jam-packed full of fun. Currently Hez is sitting across the living room from me "reading" a crossword puzzle book, so there's that! [...]
2021 Favorites
It's New Year's Eve and I'm sitting at Panera sans children and a full cup of coffee (and a plateful of blueberry scone crumbs but that kind of ruins the aesthetic, doesn't it?). As I sit here and reflect on the last 365 days, I have so many memories that stick out. Things that I [...]
Books of 2021
Did you really even read if you didn't post a blog about it? I had a goal this year of reading 24 books, the previous year was 12. I actually just counted them up, and I read (drum roll please....) 23. Wah wah. (& technically three of those were in 2020, but I didn't count [...]
A new house, a new job (kind of), and two cute kids.
Okay, so I may have just spend the last forty five minutes re-reading all of my old blogs and maybe tearing up at how much life has changed, but also just how beautiful it all is. I am an absolutely terrible blogger, but I love that I have these memories to look at and scroll [...]
Naomi is one!!
How has it already been one year since Naomi entered this world? She is wild, and she is sweet. We just love her so much! We found out I was pregnant when we were living in Vietnam, right after we began having conversations of moving home. My first trimester with her was full of ordering [...]
Summer Photo Dump
I am refusing to acknowledge the fact that the first half of summer is half over. I refuse. I won't let it happen. However, this first half of summer has been full of so many wonderful and fun things. One of which being me getting a new phone! My (un)trusty old iPhone finally called it [...]
Hezekiah is TWO!
It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant with him. Nathan told me as soon as we found out that if it's a boy, we were going to name him Hezekiah. I told him probably not, but now I can't imagine our Hezzy being anything else. Hezekiah is sweet and gentle while [...]
THE DE PENNING FAMILY 