Couples Co-op: A Marriage and Family Podcast

Pumpkin Pot episodes are an assortment of fun, short stories from our lives. This episode is centered around our daughter, Selina, and some parenting fails we've decided to confess to.

Every single couple should have some solid Christ-centered premarital counseling. Hear about our experience with premarital counseling and how it has affected our marriage in this week's episode.  Also, listen until the end for a special announcement about a future episode.

Byron's childhood dog, Sopo, was a huge part of the first few years of our relationship. In this episode, we share with you her life story and hope that you feel a piece of the love we had for this adorable, quirky, lovable dog.

Between our move to Oklahoma, hopes of buying a house, a new job, and a new BABY we've got a lot to update you on!

If you don't know by now, Batman is Byron's favorite superhero so we have lots to say about the newest stand-alone Batman movie. Beware of spoilers ahead! 

This week we're sharing with you all the details and logistics that went into planning our wedding. 

This week we're talking about all things eating out and all things eating in at home. We discuss our least and most favorite restaurants, how we meal plan, and our specialty food creations. 

As with most things in parenting, you just don't know what you don't know until you're in the thick of it. Hear about our experience of making it to one whole year of exclusively breastfeeding Selina. 

This is our first video game episode! Hear how we finally found a video game that both of us enjoy playing. Overcooked is simple yet can have its challenging times depending upon how into it you get. This game is a great relationship builder as it requires a lot of teamwork, communication, and our favorite: cooperation! Link to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEv_UPmTwYlKQfdTxjOVh3A/...

Happy Valentine's Day! This week we're sharing with you about our time dating long distance and how we made it work. And since it's Valentine's day... we're sharing our cutesy story of getting engaged as well!

Joining us this week are Byron's two younger brothers who are both currently serving in the US Army. Ethan & Cameron share with us their experiences of being an Army Soldier and some childhood memories (including a special guest).

In this episode, hear about the method that worked for us to have a great sleeping baby and toddler. We talk about the basics of the Babywise sleep training method, the pros and cons, and how it practically worked for Selina. 

We moved! Listen to all the details of how we came to the decision to move to Oklahoma, how the moving day went with a toddler, and what we're up to now. 

We know you've been waiting for this one as it was the biggest movie of 2021!! Hear some behind-the-scenes info, comic book tidbits, and of course all our shenanigans as we talk about the latest Spider-Man movie.

Pumpkin Pot episodes are an assortment of fun, short stories from our lives. This Pumpkin Pot is centered around some of Byron & Natalie's misadventures. 

Natalie's parents, also known as Dan & Kim Patterson sat down with us for a fun and heartfelt chat. We talk about their life on the farm, years of infertility, embarrassing moments, and more!

Merry Christmas from the Tahtinens! In this holiday special, we talk about Christmas movies, music, and family traditions along with the "reason for the season". Heads up: we will be taking next week off so stay tuned on January 3rd for our next episode.

This week we are picking up right where we left off in Part One- Natalie's ready to push! We're having a baby this week!!

In this episode, we talk all things childbirth. Buckle up because we don't hold anything back. We discuss our personal experience with the hospital and the first half of labor. 

In this episode, we discuss "Venom: Let There be Carnage", the sequel to the 2018 movie, "Venom".  We talk about this buddy, action-comedy in detail so spoilers ahead.

In this short holiday episode, we're playing "Would You Rather"- thanksgiving edition. Listen as we ask each other silly hypothetical questions that may help you navigate your family gatherings this week.

In this episode, we discuss our backgrounds in gaming, how we learned to enjoy each other's differences, and how Byron's hobby has changed throughout our relationship up until now.

This episode is a direct sequel to our first episode, "Our Origin Story". We are walking you through our first year of dating: from all of the "firsts" in our dating relationship, to fun and failed dates, to good and bad gift giving, and so much more!

If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, you need to go listen to episode 8. Byron and his brother, Justin, finish up their conversation sharing lots of fun childhood stories from growing up. And Natalie is just in the room enjoying their shenanigans with you.

This is our first holiday special episode. We'll be talking about what Halloween looked like growing up in our families and how that plays into our lives now. And since it is Halloween we gotta talk about some "scary movies", but spoiler: we're both wimps when it comes to horror.