As Porter was getting ready to go up to bed tonight, he stopped at the bottom of the stairs (where I was too) and just stood there for a moment. I’m grateful that I wasn’t feeling irritated or rushed in that moment (especially considering that it was already past bedtime) because typically I probably would...Read More

Part of me doesn’t want to share this. I just want to keep it to myself because it’s special to me. But I feel that I should share it because it might touch someone. Angels are real. I know it. I have known for a while, but this weekend, we had a cool experience and...Read More

A couple of months before this Missouri trip, I had suggested to my mom that they get a kitten right before (or during) our trip so the grandkids could play with it. They are in need of a new cat anyway because their current cat is getting really old and everyone knows you can’t have...Read More

While we were in Nauvoo, we decided to go to the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery really quick to see my 4th great grandfather, William Casper’s grave. He died in Nauvoo, shortly before the exodus. I hadn’t ever been to the Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds (also known as the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery) before and until learning about...Read More

While we were in Nauvoo a couple weeks ago, we got to do some sealing ordinances. After the sealing session was over, the sealer said that he had some neat things to show us. First, he took us to the celestial room and we sat in there for a few minutes. Jershon and I sat...Read More

My parents have a creek that runs through their 40 acres in Missouri. While we were at their house a couple weeks ago, we spent a lot of time down by the creek… working on building a clay oven and making bricks just for fun. 🙂 On the first day that we were there, I...Read More

Sometimes it can be really easy to get stuck in the hard of life. Life has its downs, for sure. But life also has its ups. And I believe that God loves to give good gifts. “Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?...Read More