My garden is a ragamuffin group this year. When Riley came home for a visit this spring, he helped me plan the raised beds and he suggested making homemake pickles. I yelled "brilliant!" and we piled in the van to the local tractor supply for seeds. While Riley was in...
How are you?! No really. Summer has a tendency to bring out the extremes - hungry, tired, hot, impatient... If I'm not careful, I can be swept from one emotion to another and live the day in a constant state of damage control. The schedule has helped so much. It has...
A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a dear friend. We were talking about summer and she shared that she had created a daily schedule. "This is brilliant!", I thought and lamented that I wasn't more organized. I asked her if she would be open to sharing it with me...
*Riley has given me permission to share part of his testimony.* Sometimes the most beautiful stories begin at the end. I sat in a church service in Montana last Sunday. Just a few minutes earlier, I had surprised Riley in person to tell him that he had graduated from...
Our creative, sweet, spunky, empathetic Mary Alice turned 10 in April. In true Mary Alice style, she chose a birthday party at a park and wanted everyone invited. Yes, the entire 4th grade class. We had cupcakes and water and played two loud and glorious hours at one...
My dearest Sebastian, you turned eight in March. What a huge year for you! As a 2nd grader you received your First Communion and you won your first pinewood derby for your age group. John Paul and dad helped you build and design the car and we all cheered with happy...
An easy, Easter trifle - Let your kiddos present Easter dessert this year! The cutest, easiest trifle you ever did see! Â Years ago, when we lived in Scottsdale, we made an Easter trifle for dessert. I had seen the chocolate carrots at World Market and thought this...
  In October of 2024, Brian, Riley, and I took in the sights of Montana. I had never been there before and now I will tell everyone and anyone that they should visit. It is one of the most beautiful, expansive, friendly places I've ever been. . Fall had just begun...
I can be really good about racing ahead into the next thing. I like to get all the boxes checked and watch items fall off my to-do list. But as I get older, I realize when I do that, I miss the good stuff. I miss seeing all of the times He showed up in ways I didn't...
Join me as I talk with Rob Kaczmark, CEO at Spirit Juice Studios, about Saint Joseph! Rob had so many mic drop moments during this interview. I know you will feel encouraged and inspired! About Rob Kaczmark: As the co-founder and CEO of Spirit Juice Studios, an...