One of the most fascinating parts of our trip was exploring the ruins of Pompeii with the best guide. Yow. We weren’t going to make this stop due to time constraints. But when we found it was right en route to Rome from our hike and Amalfi coast cities, we couldn’t pass it up. So…
An overview of how August 2022 went down!
I’m always on the look-out for good ideas to whip up fancy food. I mean, sometimes you just want to offer something that’s not only tasty but beautiful. I texted my sisters for sandwich recipe ideas when I was trying to figure out food for Abby’s “Mother’s Blessing” baby shower and my sister Charity sent…
I am doing the devotional on the Come Follow Me app again today, all about what the Parable of the Leaven means to me. This week for Come Follow Me we read all about many of Jesus’ parables and the one I’m talking about is in Luke 13: 20-21. It made me immediately think about…
Near the beginning of each year I put together a “snapshot” of life and how it looks right then and there in that sliver of life from my vantage point. Because I’m a diehard record keeper and I want to remember these days. So here we go with what life looks like here in the…
(I’m slipping this in WAYYY after June, but love to have it here to document!) June was filled right up with family and Newport and Utah. We started out in Newport, all of us together to celebrate the 4th of July. Lucy learned to cook Nichol’s pasta (our family favorite), along with some other good…
Welp, just as we were getting used to the “three musketeers” being the lone survivors at home… …our house filled right back up again. These darling college girls arrived home: (And we went to like 74 wedding receptions, ha! That is Elle’s friend who is a wedding photographer up there with us.) My parents came…
I love when kids ask real questions for real life. When they are searching. And when they are vulnerable and lay their feelings out on the line. I love when they are really seeking to understand. Even if that understanding is going to drag them through some tough, dark spots. Because I don’t want them…
I cannot believe it’s December 1st. I have so much to say about Thanksgiving and all that surrounded it, but until I get those pictures organized let’s talk about gift-giving for a minute. We got a “gift ideas” post from my girls HERE, and some of my own favorite things HERE, but let’s talk about…