Yesterday it was announced that our team is currently #9 in the country for NAIA! We are having an amazing season right now, and to celebrate, I'm teaming up with Pennant Accessories to do a GIVEAWAY! Purse: Pennant Accessories / Headband: The Eclectic Peach Boutique / Shirt: The Uptown Boutique / Jeans: American Eagle / Shoes: DSW We are teaming up to give away a clear, stadium-approved bag and 2 custom straps of your choice (excluding leather). Details for the giveaway: 1. Head on over to Instagram! 2. Follow me @coachwifelife 3. Follow @pennantaccessories 4. Tag 2 friends in the comments (of the picture example below) I'm so excited to share the love of this cute and practical bag with on
While I am no expert in marriage, I tend to get lots of questions from my coach wife friends on social media about marriage and relationships. Recently I noticed I have been referencing the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman a lot lately, so I thought it would be great to go more in depth in that through a blog post, and now a series of blog posts! To start, I chose the love language I know the most about (because it is mine) Quality Time! The things that make me feel the most loved are a good conversation, getting out of the house and doing something together, and what I like to call "side by side fun." Some things we do for "side by side fun" is going on walks, playing golf or te
It happens every year for me- that mid-season funk. That time where you've been "in it" for a few months now, and you are still loving your team and loving the season...but you're also kinda over it at the same time, and just want your husband back. For me, this funk manifests as feeling resentful for the unbalance of time I put in versus what I receive, feeling unappreciated, feeling my tank is just about on empty, or even feeling depressed. I have heard from other coach wives who have been living this life for 20+ years that this still happens to them, so it makes me feel like this is a normal occurrence, and maybe other people feel that way too. Do you? Headband: Amazon / Earrings: Target
When my husband was a Graduate Assistant, he heard from our Defensive Coordinator that his wife made brownies for takeaways, "Because takeaways are sweet." (lol) At that time we decided we LOVED that idea and wanted to take it with us for whenever my husband had his own position group. So four years ago when we came to Evangel, we decided to take it a step further and implement "The Cookie System." My husband coaches Defensive Line, so I make cookies for sacks, tackles for loss (TFL), and Scout Team Player of the Week, and then I make brownies for takeaways! Our players absolutely LOVE it! So much so that it's usually the first thing they mention when they come up from making one of those pl
When it comes to evaluating my life, I like to look at it from all the different aspects of my life. I define those aspects (in no particular order) as: My career, my faith, my family, my health, my friendships, and my marriage. When it comes to working on my life, I don't want to just work on one aspect, such as my health or my leadership skills, but I want to improve it from all aspects. So when it comes to choosing books and personal development, I don't want to neglect one of those areas. This past year I decided to read The Five Love Languages to learn more about how to make my marriage even better. This book has really changed how I see things and how I interact with people, not just m
This post is made possible by Basic Invite, invitations and cards that make it beautiful and easy to send cards to your friends and family to commemorate and celebrate those special moments. I've heard from different single friends of mine that they feel like people only have an excuse to take professional photos when they are engaged, married or have a family to photograph. I have since realized that I think that's how I feel when it comes to making and sending a Christmas card- that I can start sending Christmas cards when we have a bigger family than just the two of us. I LOVE receiving Christmas cards (in fact, I receive many Christmas cards from my coach wife friends I have met online a
