ok I fretted over this for weeks, literally, my house could never be clean enough or stylish enough for in home but this is us- beautifully chaotic and I was so comfortable I never even realized I didn't have on shoes..... I can't tell you how happy these pictures make me- they are our home,… Continue reading Tickle fights and Christmas lights

I was lets call it fuming last week over something totally out of my control which is only one of the reasons that it is ridiculous.  For several days I  watched the dozer at work  behind our house, now I have no idea what the final vision is for the project that is in motion… Continue reading the way I see it from the other side of the fence

That is what you see all over social media- new year new me- uh no not to be negative Nancy but you were an ambitious "new you" all the way to January 2 where you remembered why you weren't that person you envisioned already.. well because it takes effort and lets face it most of… Continue reading New year

It is amazing to me how God can teach you a new lesson from an old story, I recently signed up to be a small group leader in the youth at our church- big jump from Pre-k but I sat down today to study my lesson and I found it a story I had used… Continue reading Everybody’s welcome

I have spent much of my life in a battle with depression, not severe depression just enough for life to be hard at times for the lows to feel extra low and the highs to feel like flying , it made things that were small seem big and things big seem overbearing.  It was until… Continue reading I choose happy

I watched something yesterday that opened my eyes a little, well a lot actually , they were talking about the men who built the great Cathedrals, the builders are unknown, these Cathedrals took 100 years to build, they started something knowing they would never see it finished,  to build things their names would never be… Continue reading I see

We love to exhaustion , laugh in delirium with the kids and pass out by the light of the Christmas tree in a pile ..... this is my legacy

We've been enjoying the holiday season in a different way this year- we've focused on enjoying our friends and family and celebrating our Savior ! Living windows and Christmas parade are favorites! I think it's hard to explain the concept to a child of celebrating a whole month , but it's a beautiful concept of… Continue reading A new meaning

Some days I feel sorry for myself, I had one of those last night, tears, cried  because I cooked a dinner no one ate, that Porter has a knot on his head for like two weeks in a row from trying to do what the big kids do which includes not napping when he should,… Continue reading lucky to have you

there really is nothing more beautiful than sunshine and a little slab of concrete to play on