Yearly Archives: 2014

You Never Know

This morning I woke up excited to start the day! I didn’t have anything to do and I had a million ideas of things I wanted to do! I finally had a day where I could craft, bottle some tomatoes, or just relax. I have been wanting to organize the garage for a few weeks,...

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My Thoughts

This morning I woke up eager to bottle some beets I had picked from my garden. I grew to love canning from my Mother, but also from my Grandma Deon Hitchcock. I always loved her beets and her mustard pickles. I remember as a little girl she always had something in her kitchen that she...

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This is What Love Looks Like

One of my favorite parts of the day is in the evening when Colby wrestles with the boys! They look forward to it every night. If only I could explain the joy I feel when I watch him play with them… Tonight I begged Colby to let me capture their wrestling on video. He hates...

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Be Strong. Live the Gospel.

It’s one of those mornings where I woke up to the sound of thunder and rain pattering on my window violently. Colby woke a few hours ago and headed up north to get some wood for custom bedroom sets for the store. I was alone in my dark bedroom just listening to the storm that...

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The Pursuit of Happiness

Early Wednesday morning I was driving to work. It was a gloomy rainy day. I was already tired and not excited about being up since four am. As I was listening to the radio, the hosts were talking about twelve toxic behaviors that push people away from you. Some of these behaviors include: being envious...

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