For the beginning of National Infertility Awareness Week I thought it would be beneficial to talk about the foundation that Chase and I started, The Hope for Fertility Foundation. There are a lot of nonprofits that help with growing families, either giving support and knowledge to the community like Resolve and Utah Infertility Resource Center. …
Isn’t everyone scared to be a parent at some point in time? Or is it just me? I hope I’m not alone in my thoughts and feelings. Honestly, I felt, and still sometimes feel like I am going to be the worst parent. I’m a firm believer that if I write down why I’m scared …
After 2,737 days of waiting, praying, crying and anticipating we are finally pregnant with our miracle. If this is in any way a trigger for you, I would advise to skip this post. I will not hold any hard feelings. I am sharing because this blog has been about our journey with trying to get …
I thought it would be fun to share the costumes for the dopey challenge we used in 2016. I ran the Dopey Challenge in 2016 with Celise, Shelly, and Celise’s uncle, Dan. I wanted to post what cute costumes we wore and some fun ones we found too. Here are some of the costumes we …
In the pregnancy and infant loss community there’s a quote most often used by Ronald Regan that says: When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe …
This is my Disneyland half marathon race recap… It was the Saturday before the Disneyland half marathon, and I got a text from a friend that lives in Vegas asking if I wanted to come run the Disneyland half marathon with them. Chase encouraged me to go and said it would be good to get …
I ran this race last year and aside from the massive hills I loved it! I was hoping with more training, it wasn’t going to be too bad this year. Then I got an email from the race directors who said they changed courses and it will be fast and flat! Woo Woo! So I …
This year I am reflecting on my own mother and other strong women for Mother’s Day. I love listening to podcasts. I happened to be listening to one that helped me reflect on my own mother and the example that she’s given me. I’m the oldest of 3 in my family, and my parents got …
Growing up I always thought if something bad happened to me I had done something wrong in my life. I did all the things required as a good christian: What I’ve learned since is that bad things still happen to good people, that’s just life. We all are given trials. When Chase and I were …
Sharing my experience of the Dopey Challenge The Pluto 5k. Updated 3/26/2026. We picked up race packets on Wednesday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex located on Disney property. We had 2 sets of bibs, 1 for the 5k and 10k and the 2nd for the half and full marathon. You could tell …
