We are really chugging away on some house projects and it is ADDICTING! It is making our hearts so happy to see our home slowly transform into a place that feels more like “us”. And we are finally starting a project that is in a main living space – OUR OFFICE! This is the first …
Another fun day at the Denver Nature and Science Museum. Geez, we love this place. It hit me this day as we were walking around one of the exhibits we’ve walked a dozen times, just how beautiful our life has been (and continues to be). I remembered going here once when Mark was in school, …
Elder Ulisses Soares’ messages seem to be just what my spirit needs. He has a way of teaching that touches my spirit and this General Conference was no different. He spoke of spiritual submissiveness. This is a topic that I have had my own wrestle with through a lot of my adult life. I feel …
Our every day December moments ❄ It has officially been a year now of these journals and I love them. Christmas Advents The kiddos were in Christmas Advent heaven this year! Mark and I gave them a Christmas village advent where there got to build and create a new piece each day. And then my …
Our New Years Eve was quiet and good! We played some games, Mark went to work, I did a new puzzle, Jacob and Sarah knitted, Ben did LEGOs, and we watched some movies – what can we say, we are party animals over here! But 2024 was good to us for the most part. We …
⭐ JACOB APPRECIATION POST ⭐ This boy is quickly becoming such an amazing young man. Time goes by so quickly. Jacob is really attentive and helpful – especially with me. Almost always when I come home from the grocery store, I barely have time to get out of the car before he is coming out …
It was a Berning Covid Christmas this year. Uggg…the timing of getting sick could not have been worse. About a week and a half before Christmas, Sarah came down with a sore throat and fever. She was pretty down and out for two days but then she seemed okay. But then Mark and Lydie came …
Our family loves Christmas School! Every year I find a Christmas curriculum to loosly use throughout the Christmas season. This year we had “An Icelandic Christmas“ and it was so unique and fun! The curriculum was from The Mindful Heart and I would definitely recommend it. We spread this out over three weeks and it …
To finish up my study of President M. Russell Ballard, I wanted to share one of my favorite messages he gave on faith. Faith was the third most common topic he taught. The message I want to highlight is called, The Joy of Hope Fulfilled and was given in the October 1992 General Conference. In …
The second most common topic spoken of by President M. Russell Ballard was missionary work. He was passionate about this subject. While there were many messages to choose from, my favorite talk on missionary work was given in the October 2004 General Conference entitled, Pure Testimony. While there were other messages that spoke of missionary …