Gabe and I got to go 'home' this summer on our Southern California beach vacation. Gabe grew up minutes away from the ocean in Huntington Beach and I grew up in North Hollywood. We've realized that what is so familiar [...]
Our spring break excursion to Flowing Springs (10 minutes North of Payson, Arizona) resulted in what the kids might call "The Children From Snowy River". As any mom would, I instructed them all to bring a second pair of shoes [...]
For Valentine’s Day I would like to share my fifty shades of love that have led me through 18 years of marriage, six children, and have defined what true love means to me. The kind of love that can’t be [...]
My faith was stretched to it’s limits six years ago when paying our tithing seemed to only result in greater financial difficulty. But the search for a cookie recipe in my diaper bag yielded a powerful and unexpected blessing! Here [...]
How did two blue lines turn our world up-side-down and then right-side-up again? How many children does the Lord desire for us to have? Yep, this just happened… I noticed a small amount of blood spotting and then nothing for [...]
I admit that I had no concept as a kid of the effort it required of my parents to take all eight of us on a family trip. Now that I have six kiddos the thought of a family vacation brings [...]
Choosing to have a child despite great financial limitations requires a leap of faith. Unexpectedly becoming pregnant amidst great financial difficulty—for us—required even more! Our tested faith resulted in three miracles welcoming Bonilla Baby #6 into our family. Here is our story... Starting [...]
What began as a pro-bono website design project became something very unexpected. My heart expanded 25 times as I gained 25 new younger brothers in the addiction recovery program at Welcome Home Ranch. The First Welcome Home Ranch Board Meeting I [...]
