friends

One of my best friends from high school and her husband are mission presidents right now. Last week she wrote about the incredible difference a good companion can make for missionaries. She talked about how one of the sister missionaries was really struggling when she came to the mission. She…

Back in February a couple of my high school friends came to the desert for a visit. Human connection is such a beautiful thing. I think we feel it’s beauty more than ever in the world right now where it is so limited. It made me so grateful for these…

A couple days before Thanksgiving Dave and I snuck away to our friend’s son’s wedding. We were living on the wild side (ha!). But really, Thanksgiving week is so busy leading up to the Turkey Trot we didn’t know if we’d be able to make it work. But somehow it…

Dave and I got to meet up with Max and Abby this last weekend before they made the rest of their route back up to Provo. We met up to attend a wedding. You see, Max’s last mission companion became such a good friend (he lucked out with such great…

I’m so grateful for friends, old and new, who lift you, build you, and inspire you.  Those who’s threads of gold weave into your own life tapestry and make it so much more beautiful. I mentioned in a post a while ago how much I love this quote from C.S.…

I don’t stop long enough to write down how incredibly full my heart is lately (which is especially silly not to be doing during this favorite month of Thanks Giving). Every week in church I think to myself, “I must write down these thoughts,” because sometimes they wrap themselves around…

There’s a big chunk of my heart sitting over at Lake Powell. Dave’s too. We adore that gorgeous spot probably more than any other spot.   Cannot get enough of these vistas: …that transform as the sun shifts: …and these faces: I grew up going there every spring with my…

School went ahead and wrapped up in the desert nice and early (May 19th).  I’m mad about how early it gets out because that means we start way too early (August 3rd…ouch!) but that’s a post for another day.   Today I’m just talking about those last few days because…

Hello!! We are here, alive and well (as well as you can be in the desert at 118 degrees…ha!).   We have been traveling for the last few weeks and it feels so great to be home, hot or not, unpacked with a washing machine and more than three shirts…

Two different stories merge into one right here.  At first they may not seem BBS-friend related but just wait for it 🙂 First: Last year we had a pretty spectacular fund raiser at the elementary school.  It was a “run” where kids got “sponsors” who would pay them for as…