Last week I shared a blog about our first pregnancy and early miscarriage (you can read that story here). This week we want to share about our second pregnancy, which was ectopic. This story is more complicated in a lot of ways, but I want to try and be as transparent as possible. After losing […]

This month will mark two years since we lost our daughter Elizabeth. A lot of people are familiar with her story because we shared it publicly as it happened, but less people know the details of our previous losses. We have had three completely different pregnancy experiences. Our first was an early miscarriage, the second […]

Elliot and Emily met at Natty Greene’s in downtown Raleigh while out separately with a few friends for Thursday night Pint Night. Elliot and his friends were coming from a concert, and Emily and her friends were coming from a Kappa Delta event. Acting on the suggestion of a random stranger, the two groups started […]

Our wedding day feels simultaneously both so far away and just like yesterday. I can’t believe it’s already been five years! The wait to get married felt like an eternity, and now, five years have zoomed by, and I’m teasing Brandon about how he’s almost 30 and starting to gray! Every year, for our anniversary, […]

Ben and Kaitlin met on August 10, 2014 with help from Match.com.  Their first date was at the Cheesecake Factory at Southpoint Mall in Durham, NC.  They both had a great time on this date and extended it to go see a movie.  Turns out, Ben did not like the movie Kaitlin picked but sat through […]

Adam and Leigh met in their freshman year at NC State. They lived in the same dorm, University Towers, and would occasionally eat together in the dining hall. One day, they were talking and realized that both of their families had beach houses less than a half mile from each other in a small North […]

We love Raleigh! Brandon and I both grew up in Wake County, so we know our way around the Raleigh area (Brandon more so than me, haha). We have gone on a lot of great dates around here, so if you and your boo are looking for something to do, here’s a few suggestions! 1. […]

Date night was Brandon’s idea. Growing up, Brandon’s parents always went on a weekly date night, so when we got married, Brandon insisted that we prioritize having a weekly date night ourselves! I wasn’t as adamant about having a date night as he was, but it sounded good to me, so we did it. Now, […]

Well, we finally did it. We got a pet. Actually, we got two pets. Brandon and I have been married for over four and a half years, and we haven’t had so much as a fish to keep alive! It’s not that we never wanted pets, we just never really had a good opportunity until […]

The vows are the most important part of the wedding, in fact, they ARE the wedding! Your guests are coming to be witnesses to the promises you will make to each other! But what if you want to write your own vows? Where do you even begin? Writing your own vows allows you to add a personal element to your promises. There are no set rules you have to follow when writing your own vows, it’s simply you just telling your spouse what you are committing to. Here are a few tips to help you get started!