Beautiful Family · Marriage
Building a life, and a marriage, on purpose.
David and I had one of our first dates in 2009, wandering a flea market. We both loved all things home, and we were already dreaming about designing beautiful spaces.
We have been designing things together ever since: a family, a home, businesses, and a life we are genuinely grateful for.
We have learned that a strong marriage is not something you find. It is something you tend.
What we believe
Your marriage is the foundation of your home.
Children feel the health of their parents' marriage long before they can name it. When we are united, our home is calmer. When we drift, everyone feels it.
So we treat our marriage as a priority, not a leftover. Not perfectly, and not without hard seasons, but on purpose.
What has helped us
Simple rhythms that keep us close
01
Quarterly shareholder meetings
Every quarter, David and I step away and review our life like owners: our marriage, our kids, our finances, our health, our business, our faith. Then we set the vision for the next season.
02
Faith first
We are not the center of our marriage. Surrender to God has carried us through more than our own strength ever could.
03
Building together
Working side by side has its challenges, but it has also given us a shared mission. We are on the same team, aiming at the same future.
04
Clear roles, shared vision
We each lean into our strengths. We don't have to do the same things to want the same things.
05
Honest conversations
We would rather have the hard conversation early than carry quiet resentment for months.
06
Protecting time alone
Even in a full house with six kids, we guard time that is just ours. It rarely happens by accident.
Harmony in a marriage is not about splitting everything fifty-fifty. It is about two people looking in the same direction.
David & Tara
For your marriage
Start with one conversation.
If your marriage feels more like roommates managing logistics, you are not alone. A full life can crowd out connection without anyone meaning for it to.
Try this: set aside one evening this month. Ask each other what is working, what is hard, and what you want the next ninety days to look like. Write it down. Then do it again next quarter.
A tool we use
The Family Meeting Blueprint
The same framework we use to get on the same page as a couple and as a family.
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