I am a girl and a mother of a girl teenager. So I know a thing or ten about mean girl behavior. In fact, I was the unfortunate recipient of …
I am a girl and a mother of a girl teenager. So I know a thing or ten about mean girl behavior. In fact, I was the unfortunate recipient of …
It’s hard to believe a year has passed since our last Christmas update. Each year the kids stay busy with church activities, sports, 4H, homeschool co-ops, and piano. We are beyond …
After Thanksgiving we hauled out the Christmas decorations and decked the house for Christmas. By we, I mean my mom. She was visiting so I made her clean the house, …
I can count on one hand the number of times I have participated in a webinar of any sort. I have no patience for that sorta thing. But since I …
About a month after moving into our new hobby farm, I told my friend Michelle that I was homesick. The whole hobby farm gig was beautiful but it was also …
I love taking long walks along my picturesque country road. Out here I can be completely alone to think, pray, and just take a break. While strolling along, one thing …
I'm not a Halloween grinch. But I am close. Its a stupid holiday, really. In a nutshell - parents spend oodles of time, money, or some combo thereof on costumes …
Yesterday my husband and I hiked up a mountain trail along the rim of Lake Tahoe. The air was crisp. Pine trees towered over us. The wind whistled through the …
When Dave and I bought our hobby farm, I was enamored with the fact that we would have a little wooded area in the corner of the property. I loved …
Every so often I get a cockamamie idea. Well, that's what my husband would tell you anyway. They always seem like good ideas to me. And ever since God placed …

Here I am. Smack dab in the middle of life. Married to my best friend. Raising four amazing kids. Growing in faith. Passionate about building community and serving the vulnerable. Laughing, sassing, and writing as I go.