Trying to keep the magic of Christmas when kids grow up — Christmas 2022
If you are ready to move on into 2023 without any more Christmas hullabaloo, maybe go ahead and skip this post. I don’t blame you since we’re practically half way…
He came for us one by one. Merry Christmas Eve
I got to be the one to record the Come Follow Me devotional that airs today, Christmas Eve. (You can find it in the Come Follow Me Foundation app, which…
our church live nativity and a nativity story
Our church congregation had our third annual live nativity last week. The Roman soldiers: The shepherds: (That woman up there second from the right made all these costumes last year…she…
a good story to cherish the gift of giving
There is this lady in my ward (church congregation) who texts me a little encouraging thought or picture or quote every single morning. For real. Isn’t that the sweetest thing?…
the best gingerbread house making
My parents don’t slow down. They are always on the go. Which makes me happy since sometimes that “go” is to visit us here in the desert. Especially in the…
a good story to share at Christmastime
Remember when I talked about these gifts we were giving out to our women at church (back HERE). Well, I wanted to save the story they were inspired by for…
a little gift idea
There is something about wooden spoons that gets to me. I guess any kind of beautiful wooden utensils. They are just so beautiful. When I saw these beautiful olive wood spoons at Trader Joe’s last year I fell in love with them and thought they’d be a great little gift idea.
how Christmas Day went down in 2021
After that bleary-eyed but spirit-filled Christmas Eve, we woke up to Grace’s Christmas call, her face all aglow with Christmas wonder in the mission field. She told us she had…
a hustle to get back in time for Christmas Eve
We left the hotel in Cancun in the wee hours of Christmas Eve morning to get home to Elle and Carson who were arriving a couple hours before us. That…