life events – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Our Decision To Buy A House /post/2018/08/10/our-decision-to-buy-a-house/ /post/2018/08/10/our-decision-to-buy-a-house/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:36:30 +0000 /?p=8006 Tim and I bought a house this spring, and we closed in June. No one is more shocked by this than me! It was such a whirlwind experience. The housing market (as I mentioned before) is super competitive, and house shopping with … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/08/10/our-decision-to-buy-a-house/feed/ 6 One year later – Isabelle’s birth story. /post/2017/04/25/birth-story/ /post/2017/04/25/birth-story/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:03:06 +0000 /?p=7334 Isabelle was born a year ago this week. Can you believe it?! I never really wanted to write a birth story for Isabelle because it took me a long time to process her birth story and I was pretty sad … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/04/25/birth-story/feed/ 22 It’s official, I’m 31! /post/2017/04/03/31-birthday/ /post/2017/04/03/31-birthday/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:37:36 +0000 /?p=7300 Yesterday was my 31st birthday. Man, I feel old. Wait, that’s not true. I actually feel really young, but writing that I’m 31 years old seems unbelievable to me because the number ’31’ looks old. I swear I just graduated … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/04/03/31-birthday/feed/ 10 One Year in the PNW /post/2017/02/05/one-year-in-the-pnw/ /post/2017/02/05/one-year-in-the-pnw/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2017 11:46:26 +0000 /?p=7212 (I meant to write this post in October for our actual ‘one year anniversary’ of living in the PNW, but alas, somehow time flew by and it’s already February! How does this ‘where did the time go’ thing keep happening?!) … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/02/05/one-year-in-the-pnw/feed/ 8 Preschool. /post/2017/01/12/preschool/ /post/2017/01/12/preschool/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:41:49 +0000 /?p=7162 Preschool, oh preschool, how I love thee. Clara just started going to school last week and let me tell you, signing her up is the best decision I’ve made in quite some time! Let me preface this post by saying … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/01/12/preschool/feed/ 9 Moving on up (2 miles north) /post/2016/10/13/moving-2/ /post/2016/10/13/moving-2/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:58:38 +0000 /?p=6970 On Tuesday the packers came. On Wednesday the movers came. And today we woke up in our new (to us!) house. We had been at our last rental for 11 months and made a fairly quick decision to leave… for … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/10/13/moving-2/feed/ 6 Six Months /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/ /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:09:06 +0000 /?p=6555 We’ve been in Seattle for exactly six months, and I honestly can’t believe it. On one hand I feel like we just left Chicago. On the other hand I feel like we lived in Chicago a lifetime ago. I guess … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/feed/ 4 My Thirties Started Off on Quite the High Note! /post/2016/04/06/birthday-weekend/ /post/2016/04/06/birthday-weekend/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:36:32 +0000 /?p=6537 As I mentioned in my last post, I turned thirty (wow, it still sounds old) over the weekend. I was expecting a nice, laid back birthday weekend with Clara, Tim, and two of our close (married) friends who were (supposedly) coming … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/06/birthday-weekend/feed/ 4 Turning Thirty and Thinking About My Twenties /post/2016/04/04/thirty/ /post/2016/04/04/thirty/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:38:10 +0000 /?p=6533 This past weekend I turned 30. THIRTY! Doesn’t that sound old(ish)?! I feel like if getting married and becoming a mom didn’t make me an adult, turning 30 certainly did. I love looking at my life and seeing how far … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/04/thirty/feed/ 16 How God Has Challenged Me /post/2016/03/14/gods-plan/ /post/2016/03/14/gods-plan/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:53:08 +0000 /?p=6474 We moved to Seattle 5 months ago. Time has really, really flown. In some ways I feel like we just got here, and in some ways I feel like we’ve been here for quite some time. We’ve met some terrific people … Continue reading →

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