What once felt far off and theoretical now feels very real indeed. We are a little over a week away from brain surgery number two for my...

We made it through brain surgery!! For those of you looking for the quick update, here it is: Ethan had surgery on Wednesday and all...

The doctor walked into our room and slowly took a seat. "I know this is never the kind of news anyone wants to hear," he began, "but the...

This morning I read the words of a familiar but amazing story, the story of the feeding of the five thousand. While I have heard this...

Hello Blog Friends! I know there has been quite an extended period of silence from me on the blog. I am happy to report that I am back!...

I went for a run this morning. A glorious, refreshing, beautiful run. I do not always run...because kids...and in general I am a bit of...

Well hello friends! I have missed you all, what a season it has been! My long stretch of silence on the blog can be attributed to the...

I haven't written in some while, and I'm sure each of you are in the same boat as me. With the onset of COVID-19, life has been upended...

While I am a born and raised Texan, I love living in Colorado. I love the outdoors, the adventure, the seasons. I love skiing and...

I like football, I really do. But my husband and my oldest son, they love to watch football. Without a doubt, my 9 year old son has...

In the last post, "Who told you that?", we talked about the many voices we are bombarded with and how to identify God's voice over the...

Recently I was reading in the Bible in the beginning of the book of Genesis. In chapter 3, Adam has eaten the fruit and now He has been...

As my 6 year old daughter stood at the sink washing her hands I noticed how much she was growing up. "Wow Karis, you are really getting...

In the first "Freedom Defined" post we discussed the definition of freedom. Let's go back and remember since it's been a little while....

Happy New Year!! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas celebrating together with family and friends as we did. We had presents...

Can you believe that there are only 6 days until Christmas?! It is that time of year, the kids are thrilled as their Christmas...

We watched from the balcony as my 6 year old daughter was doing a circuit in her beginner gymnastics class. She ran toward the vault,...

I had a few errands I needed to run yesterday with my 4 year old in tow. "Hmm, I need greens and apples and things for easy lunches, I...

We did it! This morning we participated in cyber Monday mania and bought a new and sure to be exciting Christmas present for our kids!!!...

If I were an animated character from a movie, I'd probably be "Joy" from the movie Inside Out. If you've seen the movie, it is based on...