The Cinnamon Rolls Hack You Need to Try
My friend Jasmine Snooks from @jasmineraehairco taught me about these amazing and easy cinnamon r...
Valentine's Day Ideas for the Whole Family
I love celebrating all the holidays and keeping traditions with my family. Sometimes I go all out...
Valentine's Day Guess Who Questions
If you’ve been here a while, you’ve seen the way Ammon and I play Guess Who. If you haven’t seen...
The Best Date Night Restaurants in Salt Lake and Park City
With Valentine's Day around the corner, you may be looking for a romantic restaurant for date nig...
Easy Homemade Ice Cream
I don’t know why I don’t make homemade ice cream more often. It’s so freaking easy!!! I guess it...
Traveler
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I’ve had lots of opportunities to travel in my lifetime and it's somet...
How I Stopped Biting My Nails
Ever since I was little, I've bitten my nails. Like, I don't remember a time that I didn’t bite m...
Content Creator
Self Portrait Series 14/52
Instagram came into my life when I was 26. I had to be taught what a h...
Party Animal
Self Portrait Series 13/52
I LOVE a good party - not just any old get together - but a REAL party...
People Pleaser
Self Portrait Series 12/52
Hi. I’m Abi, and I’m a people pleaser.
I know I’m not alone here. So ...
A Christmas Story
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Can you believe it?! I thought it would be fun to share a few Christma...
Traditions
Self Portrait Series 11/52
I come from a family rooted in tradition. Our traditions take many for...
Christian
Self Portrait Series 10/52
Throughout my self-portrait series, I’ve shared many of the things tha...
Christmas Guess Who
The holidays are meant to be enjoyed, and for me, playing games is always a big part of that. Cra...
What You Taught Me This Season
I cannot believe how many people showed up last week and gave so freely for our Giving Tuesday fu...
Chocolate Rolo Cookies
The first time I ever had a Rolo cookie was at a family party when I was a kid. My Nana had made ...
Giving Tuesday 2022
Our Story
Several years ago, when Ammon and I were new parents, we made $17,000 the entire ye...
The Best Thanksgiving Yams
My mom and I used to share a long-standing Thanksgiving tradition where I’d call her up each and ...
Our New Floors
As you know, we’re holding off on the major home renovations we had planned, so we’ve been doing ...
The Imitation Game, Part II
Last week I shared a recap of my October posts from 2020, where I imitated some of my favorite In...
Dance It Out
Self Portrait Series 9/52
Have you seen those trends, where people turn on music and try not to d...
The Imitation Game
For the last two years, I've done a big series of posts in October where I choose a theme and share something in line with the theme everyday. It was such a fun creative outlet for me and I loved doing it. This year, I turned it into a much bigger project with my Self Portrait Series.
Hiking
Self Portrait Series 8/52
As a child, my dad would take me hiking, like, all the time. I vividly ...
Taggart's Bedroom Reveal
When we decided to hold off on the whole house reno, I knew immediately we needed to do something...
Nurturer
Self Portrait Series 7/52
As a mom, I wear a lot of different hats, one of which is nurturer. In ...
Aspen and Helen's Bedroom Reveal
As you probably know, we've been planning for a long time to completely renovate our home this ye...
Dreamer
Self Portrait Series 6/52
I’m a total dreamer. I’ve actually had super vivid dreams since I was a...
How to Prioritize Date Night
I know you’ve heard it before, but I think it's worth repeating: We should all make time to date our significant other. But, like, why is it so hard to go on a date? I want date nights. I actually REALLY want them. Life just gets in the damn way. On Friday nights, Ammon and I often find ourselves looking at each other and asking, “why didn’t we even think of going out?!”
Laugh Like You Mean It
Self Portrait Series 5/52
Isn’t it cool that when you’re a baby no one has to teach you how to la...
Hello Dollies
The second edition of Cook Book for Jane is finally here! I couldn't be more excited to share this piece of my family with you. I thought I'd celebrate by sharing one of the recipes on the blog. Hello Dollies are the easiest and most delicious cookie bar ever!
Music is Life
As I’ve pondered over things to include in my self portraits, I’ve had to dig deep to identify things that are a part of who I am, or things that have shaped me. Music is 100% one of those things. I get that there are music people and then there are kind-of-music people. I’m a passionate music-is-life kind of person.
Bountiful Goddess
Most people are motivated by three things - money, fame and power. But things present a problem when used to measure success. How do you measure yourself...
The Kaka House
In 2016, Ammon and I lived in Michigan. We'd been there a while, had two kids and one on the way, and decided it was time for us to purchase our first home...
It's OK To Be Me
Remember in elementary school, on the first day of the year, how the teacher always told everyone to circle up for the 'Get to Know You Game'? “Okay kids...
RASPBERRY PRETZEL JELLO SALAD
The 2nd edition of the cookbook my mom and I wrote together is currently being printed and I can'...