teenagers

It feels weird to look at these pictures now that the whole school year is all wrapped up. And oh boy I have a lot to say about all that jazz that went on there at the end. But let’s just talk about powderpuff football for a minute ok? Because…

What happens when you have a trip with your recently-returned missionary back to see her mission stomping-grounds and your other daughter gets asked to a different school prom the same weekend? You just soak in that puppy from afar:) Thank goodness for FaceTime… Trying to figure out the perfect dress…Elle…

Welp, this weekend was one for the record books for us around here. And my heart is so jumbled with all that I want to remember from the big things going on, mostly with our senior Claire (with the other girls mixed in too). Let’s go ahead and start with…

Another dance has come and gone. This one was squished in between the state football finals (where we WON!!! first time in his high school’s history so a pretty big deal!) and our neighborhood “Walk to Bethlehem” which I was in charge of a bunch of. So that picture up…

I’ve mentioned this before I think, but my high school dances weren’t nearly as fancy as the ones we have here in these parts. I would just whip up a dress from the giant floral upholstery fabric I found (for real, I made a bunch of my dresses out of…

3 tips for making teenagers like you Ha! These tips work wonders for making your unruly, eye-rolly teenagers like you. …until they don’t. Because sometimes, you know what? They won’t. And that’s ok. I think having teenagers is like being on a roller coaster. There are definite highs and lows,…

It was graduation week for so many high school seniors this week. Albeit a very different kind of graduation from the traditional ones we are used to, (2020 high school seniors rock…I love seeing all the many creative ways people are figuring out to celebrate in unique ways…especially my niece…

I meant to add this to my post yesterday, but it got too long with too many tangents so here I am with one more thing to say about teenagers today. I love this painting by Brian Kershisnik called “halo repair” because man alive, as a mother I sure think…

{post edit note: scroll down if you want to get to the main point of this post: thoughts on helping teens learn to minister, because I got a little carried away with the Valentine’s intro:)} And also, this is kind of cool that I can write different up in this…

My friend told me this story a little while ago and I keep thinking about it. I don’t know where it came from, not sure if it is based on a true story or if it’s more of a fable. But either way I think it illustrates a really good…