June 26, 2017
Hello! Living in Colorado, I’ve grown up hiking but I only started doing it seriously last summer. I’ve learned a lot about how to do it safely. In this post I’m sharing my top five things to know before you go hiking if you’ve never been in a place with mountains before or if you just haven’t had much experience…
May 8, 2017
Hello! Long time no post right? Life has been a bit crazy this semester with school and working 24 hours a week but I’m excited to get back into blogging regularly this summer! For spring break this year my family visited the Pacific Northwest. My oldest sister lives in Portland, Oregon so that was where we started and ended. The…
March 6, 2017
Starring: Joel Smallbone, Bianca Santos, Amber Midthunder, Jim Parrack, David Koechner Directed by: Ben Smallbone Rated: PG-13 “We’re all on a journey but it seems somewhere along the way I took a wrong turn.” James’ life fell apart when his wife died. He can’t keep a job, he lost his young daughter, and desperation has led him to a cross…
January 30, 2017
Happy Monday! In an effort to hang out together more, explore our community and try out some tasty food and hot drinks, my mom Michelle from By Quiet Waters and I are starting a blog series of reviews of local coffee shops in our town. I don’t like coffee so I mostly drink tea and my mom enjoys tea and…
January 9, 2017
Hello again! I did a bit of shopping over Christmas break so today I’m going to share what I got! Everything I got is from a local store and/or a small business so if you live in the front range area you should definitely check out the shops I mention. This is kind of random but when you are shopping,…
January 3, 2017
Happy New Year! Blimey Cow’s Messy Mondays video for today basically asked what all the fuss is about over the new year and why we think that we’ll have any more motivation at the beginning of January to accomplish our goals than we do any other time of the year. There really isn’t any difference except that the beginning of…
Hello! I hope you all had a blessed Christmas with your loved ones. I spent a quiet morning with my family before I spent the afternoon at work. If you follow me on Instagram you know a little of what I’ve been up to lately (shameless self-promo, my Instagram handle is @amaizylifeblog) but if you haven’t, here are a few…
Hello! Now that Thanksgiving is here Christmas is just around the corner and its time to be thinking about gifts. I’ve compiled here a list of ethical and sustainably minded brands that I love along with some of my favorite products from each of them. Refugee Project: I’ve posted about this awesome brand before in my Redeeming Consumerism series. They empower…
Halloween is coming up and if you are like me and often find yourself completely lost as to what your costume should be, this post should help! I will be wearing both of these costumes for different halloween events this month. One of them is made of clothes that you can probably find in your closet and the other is…
My last homecoming dance of highschool was on Saturday and it was a blast! I went with an awesome date and one of my best friends along with her date and her brother and his date. We took pictures at a park near the restaurant. It had some gorgeous trees and great views of the mountains. Dinner was the most…