My name is Abby and I am a dreamer.

I always have been. I vividly remember being a little girl, trapped inside with a schoolbook, longingly staring out some window and drifting off into an elaborate daydream. At age 9, I had fantastic schemes and plans to own a sandwich shop that served only ham and cheese sandwiches and operated out of the tiny building for sale across the street from my neighborhood. In my tweens, I dreamed about buying land and filling it with those little sheds you can buy at Home Depot. I had a plan to turn those sheds into tiny homes and offer them to homeless families. I dreamed of helping those suffering people that I saw huddled up under highway overpasses every winter. I was obsessed with fiction books and could always be found with a book shoved in my face. Reading encouraged the dreamer in me. I dreamed of being a reporter, a writer, a traveler. I thought about the thrills of being an explorer, an adventurer and a risk taker. I got excited about changing the world and making a difference and doing something AWESOME with my life!

For too long, the subconscious pull of the world and society has convinced dreamers to stop dreaming. It says “grow up”, “get real” or sometimes, “you need to be wise”. Oh, I’m not against growing up and I’m not against wisdom! But I am against losing that precious God-given ability to dream. My imagination is a super cool, totally amazing gift from my Daddy God. I am not willing to lose my childish innocence that thinks I can fix homelessness. And I won’t give up on the little entrepreneur inside of me.. Even if the ham sandwich shop idea wasn’t the best business idea ever.

You know those personality tests where they pen you as some type of animal? Well, I’m the otter. The EXACT description of the otter. I’m excitable, spontaneous, loud and friendly. Im exaggerative and extremist and I enjoy being ridiculous. I’m messy and disorganized and creative and think everything is an adventure.

I talk. A lot. Too much.

And I’m a dreamer! Unfortunately, I’m not much of a doer. But I’m learning!

I have dreams for inventions. I have dreams for businesses. I have dreams of traveling and of flipping houses and of crafting really cool things by hand. I’m a visionary who easily gets swept up in my own visions! I’m my own best cheerleader… Temporarily. I never stay on one thing for too long. Last week, I was designing layouts and jotting down remodeling ideas for a house I found for sale. Today, I’ve spent 6 hours researching every renovated Airstream travel trailer I could find and dreaming of traveling the country in one with my little family.

I’m a wife and I married my high school sweetheart. His name is Riley.

He is a doer! (Side note: Thanks for that, God.) But deep down, he is just as much of a dreamer as I am! He is every bit as stubborn and hardheaded as me but he is always quick to humble himself and has a really sweet side. I am the type of girl who freely gives away my friendship to everyone I meet and Riley is the type of guy that makes you EARN his friendship. Once you earn it, you are in for life. He will always stand by you and stand up for you. If he lets you in, there is a world of surprising things about him! He’s quick witted and funny but you wouldn’t know it right away. He’s loud and excitable about things that he’s passionate about. He might be more of an extremist than I am.. But you’d never know it. And he can break dance. (Told ya. He’s crazy.) I’m still discovering new things about my husband and we’ve been hitched for almost 7 years!

I’m a mommy and I have a little boy named Jaxson.

He is just like me.

It’s fantastic! He’s such an adventure all on his own. I am unbelievably excited about teaching him to love life! (He doesn’t need much help) He is energetic, creative, crazy, hilarious and ridiculous. He’s passionate and happy. He’s dramatic and giggly and full of life. Man, I love him. He might kindof be my best friend.

And I have a perfectly beautiful daughter named Collins.

She is just like her daddy. She doesn’t just give away smiles and laughs..you have to work for them! But when you get them, they are make-your-day amazing and worth so much more. She’s spoiled and mischievous and sweet. She’s stubborn and persistent and doesn’t like to be told no. She’s quirky and cheesy and a little bit of a ham. (I guess the ham part is from me.. not daddy!) I am crazy in love with that little munchkin!

I love all the wonderful adventures we already have together as a little family and I love dreaming about more. Dreaming is SO good for my soul.

My aim is to be really real in this blog and to share my life with you. Let’s go!