Jenny Marrs

Jenny is a wife and mama who loves all things creative.

She is the co-host of HGTV's Fixer to Fabulous and is a designer, writer and passionate advocate for community transformation, family preservation and orphan care around the globe.

06/05/2026

When your penguin-loving boy gets to celebrate his birthday (week) sleeping inside the penguin exhibit 🙌🤍.

I have so much to share about Pairi Daiza but let’s start with the Penguin room! I happened upon this magical place online last fall and knew that we would be nearby this summer so I joined the online queue on opening day for reservations and, 15 hours later, I booked the Penguin and Polar Bear rooms! SO worth it! Bucket list experience!

I had HIGH expectations and it has exceeded everyone one tenfold. 10/10 recommend!!

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05/29/2026

SIXTEEN! 🤍

I still picture you both as the itty-bitty preemies who fit in the literal palm of your dad’s hand or the rambunctious toddlers who giggled as you emptied every kitchen cabinet while my back was turned loading the dishwasher or the little boys who pretended to be gold miners out by the pond or the bigger kids who loved parkour and practiced ninja warrior techniques off the sofa.

The number of kitchen dance parties and soccer matches and basketball games I’ve watched over the years seems endless and, yet, barely enough. I find myself holding on to every single moment with you knowing these precious days under our roof are fleeting - watching you learn to drive (two new drivers!) or listening to you relay funny stories from school or hearing about girls (my heart hasn’t been ready for that one).

Watching you grow up feels like a long goodbye. A goodbye to the versions of you that I knew and loved so dearly for such a brief moment in time. And, also, a beautiful hello to this new version of who you are becoming. You are now these young men who are generous and kind and hardworking. You’re gentlemen who hold doors and carry heavy packages for me and mow the lawn when you see the grass is too long. You are little entrepreneurs and leaders and (one of you) inherited my sarcastic sense of humor. I love adventuring with you and exploring new places together while watching you gain independence and confidence as you navigate the world around you.

I couldn’t be more proud to be your mom. I love you with my whole heart and I’m immensely grateful that God saw it fit to make me a momma first with the gift of the two of you. Happiest of birthdays to you boys. I love you to the moon and back times a million trillion!! ❤️🥳

05/25/2026

A few summers ago, our family toured the locations of the D-Day invasion. Afterwards, we all sat quietly in the car on the ride home. The magnitude of the hallowed ground where our feet had tread hit us as we processed conflicting feelings of sorrow and gratitude.

We left changed. While we have always been grateful for the men and women who have fought and died to protect our freedoms, we left that place with a renewed perspective. We carried the knowledge of being forever in debt to the young soldiers who valiantly fought for the freedom and liberation of a country far from our own shores.

We freely stand on the soil of our nation as the generations who came behind. The ones they fought to protect. The ones who commit to honor their lives and their service and their sacrifice and all the soldiers who fought before and after them, every day, especially today. 🇺🇸

(Also, I’ll never get over the adorableness of 3 year old Luke proudly reciting the Pledge of Allegiance). ♥️

05/16/2026

✨T W E L V E ✨

There has never been and will never be again another who shines as brightly as you do, Char. You exude love, generosity, joy, laughter and kindness.

I’ll forever thank God for giving me the honor of being your mom and will always count May 16, 2014 as one of the very best days of my life. The first words I whispered to you on that day ring ever true: You are the greatest, most surprisingly wonderful gift I’ve ever been given. I hope you always know how deeply you are loved, my girl. 🤍

Happiest of birthdays, Char-Char! I love you to the moon and back times a billion trillion zillion! 💕🥳

05/03/2026

I’ve shared about my love of the six powerful words tucked within the book of Lamentations before, but I’ll do it again. ☺️ As everything is crumbling around him and grief and destruction are pressing in on every side, Jeremiah resolutely states, “Yet I still dare to hope...” (Lamentations 3:21).

Friday night, we gathered on the very soil where God has shown us time and again how His faithfulness never ceases. We sat around the table with old and new friends and shared stories of hope happening here and across the sea because of this little working farm of ours. We shared the small steps of faith we took years ago when we planted 1,500 tiny blueberry sprigs and prayed for abundance. We shared about conversations that happened around another table across the sea exactly a decade ago that sparked the idea of our farm funding a farm school for vulnerable teens in our dear friend’s rural Zimbabwean community. We talked about dignity and light breaking through the harsh reality of extreme poverty for these kids we care deeply about. We talked about God’s faithfulness and, most of all, we talked about Hope.

I am so grateful for this place and every person who is a part of this story. Because of this shared meal with our 2026 berry farm partners, we have a fully funded farm school in Zimbabwe for another year!! We will be sending more kids to school, providing them a place to live and meals to eat!

And, the work of the farm continues this summer.
Because our commitment has been met for the school, we will be able to donate proceeds to other nonprofit partners here in our community and across the globe. As always, we will share along the way how your generosity is making an impact.

THANK YOU for daring to hope alongside us! 🫶

Our 2026 Berry Farm Partners:
-Bath

Brian Samuels

Photo credit:
Florals:
Catering: Carmelita’s Catering

04/30/2026

My body remembered before I looked at the date on the calendar. It was one year ago, I was getting ready for the day when my phone rang and I saw Jill’s name on the screen. I assumed she was calling about the land they were purchasing in South Africa. I answered expectantly - my voice hopeful and excited for her and Bob. A dream fulfilled after all these years!

The news that he passed peacefully in his sleep brought me to my knees. Dave walked into the room, phone in hand, announcing he was texting Bob to see if they closed on the property. As soon as he glanced up and saw me, he knew something was deeply wrong.

We had to film a walkthrough that day. I’ll never forget stepping into an empty bedroom between takes to sit on the floor and weep. My friend Summer came with me to reapply makeup on my red face and puffy eyes. Our sound guy, Grant, looked at me each time I stepped away and nodded his head, silently letting me know he’d turn my microphone off so I could sob in private.

A few days later, we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. I almost canceled the party. It felt all wrong. Celebrating amidst such sorrow. Yet, isn’t that what this life is all about? Seeking out joy with a stubborn and relentless hope despite circumstances.

We went on to finish Mr. Bob’s cabin as a family later that summer. Appropriately, the rain poured down as we prayed through the cabin, inscribing scripture on the walls.

If you’re reading this and facing something in your life that seems crazy - like buying property in South Africa in your 70’s - can I encourage you to take our beloved Mr. Bob’s advice? He told me countless times, “Jen, my name’s already written in the book. I can’t control my beginning or my end. Only God can. My job in the in-between is to simply live and love well.”

So much is out of our control and that’s okay. The people in our path, the choices we make, the adventures we say “yes” to, the daily faithfulness… that’s all within our grasp and we can choose to do it all with grace, kindness and love. Let’s choose to live and love well today in honor of my unlikely and dearly missed friend. 🤍

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