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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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Cook Book for Jane

Cook Book for Jane

You should know right from the start that I made this cookbook more for myself than I did for my ...
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Our Service Trip to Guatemala

Our Service Trip to Guatemala

My parents have always made service a priority in our family. They taught each of us to forget ab...
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Christmas Traditions with the Taggarts

Christmas Traditions with the Taggarts

Traditions keep families strong. I swear, having traditions is what has really strengthened my re...
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Falling In Love Again and Again

Falling In Love Again and Again

Talking comes naturally to some people and not so naturally to others. As you can probably guess...
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Blackberry White Chocolate Mocha

Blackberry White Chocolate Mocha

This is such a nostalgic drink for me. When I was in college I worked as a barista in a small lit...
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Hot Girl Summer

Hot Girl Summer

We are all gonna have a hot girl summer this year. ALL. OF. US. There’s no good reason you should...
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One Of My Favorite Summer Dinners

One Of My Favorite Summer Dinners

I'm an Aries, which is a fire sign. I know this may sound silly to some, but there's something sp...
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How We're Keeping Our Sanity This Summer

How We're Keeping Our Sanity This Summer

Cereal spilled all over the floor, a lukewarm gallon of milk sits on the kitchen counter with sev...
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Deliciously Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Deliciously Easy Chicken Pot Pie

My toxic trait is making amazing and delicious food, but never writing down a recipe, so I can ne...
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Thursday Thoughts - Girls Trip, Summer Plans, and a New Family Tradition

Thursday Thoughts - Girls Trip, Summer Plans, and a New Family Tradition

Ok, a girls trip is literally what everyone needs! My bucket is overflowing with renewed energy f...
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Avocado Toast to Die For… Literally

Avocado Toast to Die For… Literally

Supposedly millennials can’t afford to buy houses these days because they are spending all their ...
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Everything I Know About Getting Into Hiking

Everything I Know About Getting Into Hiking

The butterflies in my stomach are waking up knowing that hiking season is coming back! I never kn...
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Abi’s Intro to Prepping: Self Sufficiency

Abi’s Intro to Prepping: Self Sufficiency

Self-Sufficiency is the ultimate goal of any hard core prepper. It's the ability to live complete...
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Abi’s Intro to Prepping: Food Storage

Abi’s Intro to Prepping: Food Storage

Have you ever heard of the story of the ants and the grasshopper? The ants spend all year prepari...
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Abi’s Intro to Prepping: 72 Hour Kit

Abi’s Intro to Prepping: 72 Hour Kit

You asked and here it is! A Getting Started Prepper Guide. One of the biggest mistakes people mak...
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Abi's Intro to Prepping: Water

Abi's Intro to Prepping: Water

Every class I have taken for preparedness starts with water. No matter each person’s circumstance...
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All The Best Books - Recommended by You!

All The Best Books - Recommended by You!

When I hurt my knee I was down for the count. While stuck in bed I asked for you all to share wit...
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Baby Name Ideas

Baby Name Ideas

Naming children is hard, like so much harder than anyone ever lets on. My sister Emily was namele...
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50 Hilarious Guess Who Questions

50 Hilarious Guess Who Questions

The Best Way to Play Guess Who Guess Who was one of my all time favorite games growing up. I fond...
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Strawberry Banana Muffins with Thrive Life

Strawberry Banana Muffins with Thrive Life

Lately I’ve been experimenting with Thrive Life and trying to incorporate it more into my daily c...
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New Years Resolutions

New Years Resolutions

A NEW YEAR, A FRESH START My brother Spencer told me that the more goals we make the less likely ...
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Guava Nectar Kefir Smoothie with Mixed Fruit

Guava Nectar Kefir Smoothie with Mixed Fruit

One day last year, my mom busted through my front door and started excitedly rambling about th...
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What is Thrive Life?

What is Thrive Life?

Alright, to start out I have to tell you that all freeze fried or food storage companies are not...
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Meditation & Connection

Meditation & Connection

I could talk about meditation all day, every day! I love it! I feel like most of my problems are ...
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My Thrive Story

My Thrive Story

Pandemic + Earthquake At the crazy point of the pandemic where toilet paper was being sold on t...
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A Girls Trip to Greece

A Girls Trip to Greece

I’m finally coming back to the world of the living after getting over my jet lag, but GREECE, you...
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Making Big Decisions and Living Your Dreams

Making Big Decisions and Living Your Dreams

I'm kind of a dreamer. A dreamer and a doer, really. I always have been. It's part of who I am. I...
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