How to CHANGE a Life

So we mentioned earlier that we have a lot of exciting things coming up and we just wanted to share with you guys what they are and how they came about...


The honeymoon for us was a time of fun & relaxation, but it was also a time when the world around us was finally quiet long enough for us to hear some really important messages that hadn't quite been getting through the noise. We had gone to St. Lucia exhausted, overwhelmed, and just generally conflicted about where we were going (y'know, in life as opposed to the Caribbean :) and a LOT of things became clear while we were away.

While we were there, I was reading Your Best Life Now and Justin was listening to the 4 Hour Work Week. And at the end of every single day, over dinner we would talk about what we had been reading that day... and time after time, chapter by chapter, we kept coming up with the same overarching themes: take big risks, don't be afraid to ask, enlarge your vision. It was the craziest thing!! This continued on for several days and then about six days into the trip, as we were walking up the hill to dinner, we both got hit at the exact same time with one of the strongest callings that either of us has ever felt: that we should commit ourselves and our whole hearts to making Portrait House a reality. And that's what we're gonna do.

Probably the craziest thing about this whole story was that the very next morning when we went down to the lobby to check our email, we had a message out of the blue from our amazing friend Shyla telling us that she wanted to get involved! If that's not a sign, I seriously don't know what is!

So that's what's in store for us in the road ahead. We came home and got right to work (well after those couple of days of being in denial that we were actually back!) And one of the very first things that we decided was that we're going to return to posting about the PH on this blog instead of just on the official portrait house blog. We just know it's going to become such a big part of who we are in the next year that I can't imagine keeping the two separate anymore. But don't worry, we're not getting rid of the PH blog either...in fact we've made it even better than before by adding the members of our Portrait House Advisory Team (ahem, PHAT!) to the contributors list so that they can all be posting there too! Make sure you add it to your reader so you can keep up with everything going on over there.

Yesterday Justin created the Portrait House Group on facebook and in less than a day we had over 80 members sign up!! Crazy! We've been so blown away by the outpouring of support in emails and messages and phone calls that we've been getting...everyone saying the same thing: whatever it is you need, just ask and it's yours! We know that none of the things we want for PH can happen without you guys, so it really means the world to us! Seriously, thank you!! And if you want to get yourself signed up for the PH group just send us your email and we'll make sure you get an invite!

ok, that's it for now
so much love!
M:)

PS: hey guys! please go check out the comments from Julie & Damion for some information on a really great project that they're starting called Wells of Life.