We recently traveled back North, first stopping in Indiana then heading to Michigan to visit with my family for Thanksgiving. It was a great trip, with lots of laughter and visiting, some snow, and many many visits to Our Lord. We left in the early hours of the morning on the 19th and managed to make it to South...

It took me many days and many tries to get her to not ham it up for the camera or to not get shy, but I finally did it: https://instagram.com/p/5e09dOuWQp/ Okay, maybe she was a bit hammy, but she didn't try to look at herself in the camera while singing.

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Pray for Rev. Mr. John Wright and for holy vocations for the Diocese of Savannah:  

Last night we went to Mass and stayed for adoration and I can happily say that our kids did fairly well. The two youngest wiggled and the books we brought for them were looked at in about two minutes, but we lasted the whole hour. I even got some spiritual reading in as well. I'm so thankful for this beautiful gift....

I have always had an interest in genealogy, well maybe not always, but definitely since the early age of 9 when my mother's family published a book on the family history. It mostly chronicled the journey of the Kress family from a small town near Fulda, Germany to Medford, Wisconsin in the 1880s. The book also...

  Cards and cheesecake for papa. Someone also gave him a nickel. He love it all.

Joshua designed a yearly planner book for me for this coming school year. It's also available for sale to those who are looking for a planner. Click here to find out more information.  

From the Monks of Norcia website comes this beautiful reflection on a Eucharistic procession and God being in our streets. In a day and age when Christianity is mocked and many Catholics don't understand their faith, what better way to show God to the world and share the teachings of our Faith than to follow our...