June is exciting for many reasons---#1 being that IT'S FLIPPING SUMMERTIME ALREADY!!!  We have had the coldest, most rain-filled spring...

Okay - all of my good ideas really come from Kadie - and this is another one.  {you rock, Kadie} We've all seen those photo challenges ...

Why do you want some of these vases? This is why.   {photos by my girl, Amber Halversen . She's amazing.  And my babies are cute, to...

First - I am so sorry for the Joplin, MO tornado victms.  The news coverage of the damage is horrific - I just feel so bad. While all of t...

This story has reached the deepest parts of me today.  I don't even know these sweet people, but there I was, reading along, sobbing my ...

First of all - can I tell you how blessed I feel to have only had RAIN for the past month?  {it has seriously been raining all month}  We...

Feeling especially grateful for Spring, new growth, warmth, and the peace I feel when I see God's creations all around me.  {This prec...

{ affettuoso =Itailan for ' warm-hearted '} This breakfast dish is my own creation - inspired by a visit to our favorite breakfast...

If I had to be honest and pick my ultimate dream job, I don't know whether it would be photographing beautiful food on beautiful dishes ...

Do you ever wish you could catalog all of the beautiful things you see in this wide world of internet  goodness ?!  Do you ever see a really...