“[Jesus Christ] gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind. His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth. We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary. He was the Firstborn …
First Day of Spring
“SPRING, SPRING, SPRING!” {Please sing in your mind {or out loud – NO JUDGEMENT} to the Spring song from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers} I’m not going to lie – our first week of spring was a little rough. We are all in this totally foreign situation, with countless unknowns, and I feel like I …
St. Patrick’s Day
Our family loves an excuse to CELEBRATE! The kids live for holidays and they were so excited to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! We started the day off with a bang with our traditional St. Patrick’s Day breakfast {our holiday menu at the bottom}. I love having food traditions with holidays and we are pretty solid …
Our 9th Anniversary
NINE…WHOLE…YEARS! Whoa! We are getting up there, folks! {Now, I know we aren’t really getting “up there” but nine years is still quite a long while!} I’ve said it before, and I have no doubt I will say it again, but time is such a weird thing. I feel like I can hardly remember life …
Valentine’s Day
“The essence of love is kindness.” Robert Louis Stevenson Our week leading up to Valentine’s was incredible. It really truly was. I felt like we had so many moments where I just felt like I was catching glimpses of heaven on earth. Glimpses of the kind of love that Robert Louis Stevenson is talking about …
Christmas
“Let us make Christmas real. It isn’t just tinsel and ribbon, unless we have made it so in our lives. Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and …
Christmas Festivities
Christmas is magical. I love the simple Christmas traditions that we have created as a family. Christmas Cookies We have spent hours all cozied up reading Christmas books by the tree and watching “White Christmas” bundled up on the couch. And the holidays wouldn’t be the same without some gingerbread cookies. We were able to …
Benjamin’s 3rd Birthday
Benjamin makes us laugh from sun up to sun down. The kid is hilarious and so good natured and we just love him to bits. Our little guy is really not-so-little anymore. I can definitely see him evolving to play with more of the “big kid” toys and activities. His desired to do them is …
Halloween
Everything lately in the Berning house is “THE BEST ____ EVER!!!” {I guess that’s better than the alternative!} Halloween this year was declared “THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER!” by Jacob and we had a great day. Halloween and the whole week leading up to it {see this post!} was so much fun. We sure love our …
2020 Berning Family Vacation
Once we hit our final day of the trip {usually our travel day home}, I get super antsy to pick our trip for the following year! My favorite tradition lives on and we have picked our trip for 2020! AHHH! Also, is anyone else in complete denial that next year is 2020?! Holy smokes! How …