THE WOODS

What is lay bwah?

Lay bwah — our playful pronunciation of les bois, French for "the woods" — is more than just our future family name. It's a celebration of new roots taking hold and old growth flourishing together.

In the forest, two saplings planted side by side will reach for the same light. Their roots tangle beneath the soil, sharing water, sharing strength. Woods are patient. They grow in circles, ring by ring, holding each season within themselves. They weather storms by bending together. They make a home for countless wondrous things.

As we become the Woods family, we embrace this symbolism: two individuals, two families, two stories growing into something abundant and enduring. The woods teach us that love is not a single moment but an accumulation of days, of growth, of two lives choosing again and again to reach toward the same light.

And no forest thrives alone. The richness of the woods comes from diversity—different species, different strengths, each essential to the whole. Our forest flourishes because of you: family who planted our earliest seeds, friends who have grown alongside us through every season, loved ones from every corner of our world.

The French connects us to a tradition that finds beauty in the simplest words. Les bois, the woods, suddenly soft with meaning, carrying the poetry of speaking love in another tongue. The phonetic spelling — lay bwah — is purely us: a little irreverent, warmly accessible, and unafraid to find joy in the journey from "what it is" to "what we make it."

Welcome to lay bwah, where two become one forest, and love takes root.