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Welcome.

We are a family of three on the journey of getting to know ourselves and our God. Our life is not neat and tidy. We are learning that it's ok to not always "have it together." Because, in the midst of daily life - the adventures and the mundane, the laughter and the tears, the discipleship and the diapers - God is there. And He is at work. God is lovingly bringing purpose in the chaos and redemption in the struggles. We invite you into our story.  We hope to give you an authentic and honest glimpse of our life as we navigate one day to the next. It is our hope that you can relate to our story, and can better find God and grace everywhere you look. Welcome to Our Beautiful Mess.

 

Author Archives: lindsey

Silas Ethan Buoniconti is Born!

several weeks ago, i had the privilege of photographing another birth!  i was introduced to deanna through our midwife, bj.  who knew we had so much in common: both biola grads, pregnant, and using the same midwife.  deanna and her husband brock have been married for 3 years.  get this, at the same time she...

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the back bay

on wednesday, shelby and i met up with sarah (nugent) sweggles for a walk and then lunch. we trekked in the wild flowers at the back bay and had fun watching shelby explore snails, the dirt, flowers, sticks, etc. and trying to keep up with her as she ran. she told us herself,...

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benjamin cole goodman arrived!

what an incredible experience i has this past tuesday!  on 4.6.10, i was able to witness little benjamin cole goodman make his way into the world!  it was a home birth and was attended by 2009 midwife of the year, bj snell {she’s my midwife too}.  the process was so beautiful and peaceful!  and brooke...

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Brooke Goodman + ?

on sunday, i had the honor of taking some maternity pictures for my good friend brooke!  we knew each other from youth group back in high school, but we became true friends when we were in a couples bible study several years back.  she’s now pregnant with her 3rd.  we went to a beautiful park...

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the sandovals!

So, many of you may know that I come from a family with 7 kids.  Yep, 7!  6 of us are girls and the 2nd to last is a boy.  Well, my one and only bro PJ and his adorably cute wife, Jackie, asked me to take a shot at their family christmas picture.  Well,...

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the mckays!

Suzanne McKay, one of my best friends from high school, just moved back here to Orange County from Texas with her hubby Aron, and kiddos Maggie and Curren.  It is so fun to do daily life together and have play dates and such!  I love this family and was honored when Suzanne asked me to...

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halloween!

For halloween we went to our friends’ (Roger and Shellie Riley) house in San Clemente.  We weren’t planning on being in the States for this holiday, so it kinda snuck up on us. Lindsey and I didn’t have time to get costumes for ourselves, but at least Grandma Nancy came through with the monkey suit...

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laptops, lattes, & the gospel

Ok, do we have a story for you… last Sunday, 1 week ago, Jason and I walked to our new favorite coffee shop – Kean Coffee (click here to see their beautiful latte art!) – to “be productive, but at a leisurely pace” (our weekend motto) in a cool environment. Jason was going to...

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blogging and the gospel

So if you are checking this, you must be a very faithful friend or family member. You might have noticed that our last post was over 6 weeks ago… oops! Do you ever get behind doing something like… calling someone back who left a voice mail, for instance. Well, if you are...

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