Happy Anniversary

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Happy Anniversary 
to the Man of My Dreams!

Thank you for being strong, weak, funny, serious, happy, sad and 
down right there every moment of the past 
5 years!

May we continue on this wonderful path together!


Welcome! I'm Lauren Maruki. Life has a way of throwing unusual situations my way. Join my husband and I as we work through infertility, adoption, decreasing debt and living, gluten free. I will sprinkle in some traveling too! Feel free to laugh, cry and agree to disagree!

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