• BE THE CHANGE: School Shootings

    Be the change you want to see in the world.  The most recent mass school shooting sent my head spinning. It wasn’t the tragedy so much as the one million opinions on Facebook on why this happened. The blame game,…

  • 5 Things I Learned After a Month of Fasting

    We’re coming off a month of fasting, which has been both challenging and refreshing. It’s provided me with some insight of more than just spiritual proportions and I wanted to share my experience. For starters, I have never fasted before.…

  • January 2018 Update

    After the “year of hard things” and “the month that almost killed us” I was an eager beaver to move into 2018! We rang in the new year with our sweet friends who have become such a constant in our…

  • January 2018 in Pictures

    For the full January update, click here.  Happy New Year! Had so much fun ringing in 2018 with our peeps!  #NYE #seeya2017 #byefelicia #welcome2018 #BlessedYearEver  So excited to see what 2018 holds. I’m still thinking about the sermon I heard yesterday. If 2018 looks…

  • 2017 Year in Review

    This is always my favorite post to write but 2017 will go down in history as “the year of hard things.” I remember taking our little house down to the studs and putting it back together again. I SERIOUSLY do.…

  • December 2017 in Pictures

    If you missed the full December update, you can find it here.   A quick and easy little bunting I made with Skylar.   Mt. Juliet Christmas Parade followed by Mexican for lunch!  Gainey’s Annual Christmas Party  At Mike’s Christmas Party for…

  • December 2017 Update

    You guys. This month was rough. I don’t think I have ever in my life been so happy to see a month go and the year too for that matter. I seriously felt like 2017 was trying to kill me…

  • Bishop Family Farm

    This chronicles the first year of our home at the BFF.     START HERE: Home Sweet Land DECEMBER 2017 We got to work right away on the demo, which is now complete. We uncovered beautiful hardwood floors that we…

  • My Favorite Books Read In 2017

    For the past 3 years, no matter how hard I tried, I coudn’t make it past 25 books. This year I read 30 and it’s very possible I will finish one more before December 31st.  I was the girl who…

  • November 2017 in Pictures

    Click here to read the full November update.   Thanksgiving 2017 – Love these girls!   Skylar saying goodbye to Onyx. Sweetest most pitful thing ever.  Iron Bowl  |  House Divided  Onyx, 5 months old, 30.2 pounds  Our chickens are finally laying…