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The Cinnamon Rolls Hack You Need to Try

The Cinnamon Rolls Hack You Need to Try

My friend Jasmine Snooks from @jasmineraehairco taught me about these amazing and easy cinnamon r...
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Valentine's Day Ideas for the Whole Family

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...
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Valentine's Day Guess Who Questions

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...
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The Best Date Night Restaurants in Salt Lake and Park City

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...
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Easy Homemade Ice Cream

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...
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Traveler

Traveler

Self Portrait Series 15/52 I’ve had lots of opportunities to travel in my lifetime and it's somet...
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How I Stopped Biting My Nails

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...
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Content Creator

Content Creator

Self Portrait Series 14/52 Instagram came into my life when I was 26. I had to be taught what a h...
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Party Animal

Party Animal

Self Portrait Series 13/52 I LOVE a good party - not just any old get together - but a REAL party...
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People Pleaser

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 ...
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A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Can you believe it?! I thought it would be fun to share a few Christma...
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Traditions

Traditions

Self Portrait Series 11/52 I come from a family rooted in tradition. Our traditions take many for...
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Christian

Christian

Self Portrait Series 10/52 Throughout my self-portrait series, I’ve shared many of the things tha...
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Christmas Guess Who

Christmas Guess Who

The holidays are meant to be enjoyed, and for me, playing games is always a big part of that. Cra...
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What You Taught Me This Season

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...
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Chocolate Rolo Cookies

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 ...
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Giving Tuesday 2022

Giving Tuesday 2022

Our Story   Several years ago, when Ammon and I were new parents, we made $17,000 the entire ye...
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The Best Thanksgiving Yams

The Best Thanksgiving Yams

My mom and I used to share a long-standing Thanksgiving tradition where I’d call her up each and ...
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Our New Floors

Our New Floors

As you know, we’re holding off on the major home renovations we had planned, so we’ve been doing ...
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The Imitation Game, Part II

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...
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Dance It Out

Dance It Out

Self Portrait Series 9/52 Have you seen those trends, where people turn on music and try not to d...
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The Imitation Game

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.
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Hiking

Hiking

Self Portrait Series 8/52 As a child, my dad would take me hiking, like, all the time. I vividly ...
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Taggart's Bedroom Reveal

Taggart's Bedroom Reveal

When we decided to hold off on the whole house reno, I knew immediately we needed to do something...
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Nurturer

Nurturer

Self Portrait Series 7/52 As a mom, I wear a lot of different hats, one of which is nurturer. In ...
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Aspen and Helen's Bedroom Reveal

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...
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Dreamer

Dreamer

Self Portrait Series 6/52 I’m a total dreamer. I’ve actually had super vivid dreams since I was a...
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How to Prioritize Date Night

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?!”
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Laugh Like You Mean It

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...
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Hello Dollies

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!
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Music is Life

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.
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Bountiful Goddess

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...
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The Kaka House

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...
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It's OK To Be Me

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...
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RASPBERRY PRETZEL JELLO SALAD

RASPBERRY PRETZEL JELLO SALAD

The 2nd edition of the cookbook my mom and I wrote together is currently being printed and I can'...
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Hot and Bothered

Hot and Bothered

Abi's self Portrait Series 1/52 Abi and Heat DO NOT mix. Not now, not eve...
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