10 Things You Need to Know About Me {Allume 2012 edition}

Last year at Allume/Relevant with my Texas blogging buddies

Hello Friends! Kristin here. I am sharing a special post today that is 10 things you need to know about me.  You see, I have the amazing privilege of heading to the Allume Blogging Conference later this month and my roomies and the new friends I’ll make there may need to know of few things about me before we gather and spend 3 days and 3 nights together.  If you are not attending Allume but are simply a reader of The Beautiful Deep then you may find these 10 things interesting to know about me anyway.  Here goes:

1. I am very much an introvert but I love getting to know new people and love deep one-on-one conversations.

2. I have 7 kids. 5 of them are girls, 1 little boy is in heaven and another boy graces us here with all of his boyish presence daily.  My kids range in age from 4-14 {yes, 7 kids in 10 years and yes, we are done.  I know that was your next question}. I love my kids but this time away at Allume is special and needed.

3. I am WAY too young to have this many kids {or at least that is what everyone tells me}.  I am 34.  I got married at 19 and had my first baby a year and 3 months later. Twins then followed after just 15 months…

4. My blog used to be Purposeful Homemaker and I just made the switch to The Beautiful Deep in September.  So far I am loving the new name and the new space.

5. I have another blog called Mommy Kudos which is “All about what moms love.”  It’s a challenge to write for 2 blogs but I enjoy them both in different ways. On the same note: I am looking for more contributors for Mommy Kudos {hint hint}.

6. I am married to prince charming. Seriously.  I think he should have a blog about how to be a great husband.

7. I am on the team that puts on the Mamas Write Blogging Conference in the Dallas, Texas area.  It’s an amazing conference too!  Plus we have some announcements soon about next year that I am really excited about!

8. My hobbies other than blogging are photography, reading, cooking and baking.

9.  I could not be more passionate about women coming to know the truth about who God is, who He says they are and how deeply He loves each of us.  This is why I am here, to share these truths.

10. I am a big blogging geek.  I love everything blogging!  I love social media, design, even the nerdy technical stuff that I never thought I would care about.  It’s all amazingly fun to me {most of the time}.  I am so amazed that God would call me to do something that I am so passionate about and have so much fun with! He’s good like that!

Well, that’s my 10 things. If there’s anything else you’d like to know feel free to ask in the comments.  I look forward to Allume and sharing about my experience here afterwards. If you’d like you can also visit me on Twitter and Facebook.