We & Serendipity

I have always wanted to witness a miracle. To me, miracles are super enchanting. I've experienced countless miracles in the 21 years of my life. This past week has been rather emotionally exhausting, but I witnessed another major miracle. My sister, Rachel, was pregnant with her first child an…

Q: What's an easier way to understand the Book of Mormon?


A: I have ALWAYS struggled with understanding the Book of Mormon. Though I love to read and I love english, I have a hard time comprehending everything happening, symbolism, and most importantly, what the Lord is trying to reveal to us.…

I need to write about my dad. Like pronto. This man is so amazing. It was his birthday on the 13th and I had a crazy busy day. After volunteering with the city, I went over to my parents house and we celebrated with cake. I just wanted to write a little paragraph to say Happy Birthday to my dad! If…

Q: Why don’t Mormons believe in wearing crosses? A: I love this question simply because when I was younger, I didn’t fully understand it myself. I remember sitting at some musical, and I leaned over to my mom asking if the guy talking was Mormon. She shook her head “No” simply because he was wearin…

Life is a roller coaster. It just is! There’s never a moments time where I think, “Life has been going perfectly my way for years.” But, that’s okay. Also, I love quotes. I’ve always loved them. In middle school, I’d always have cut-out love and hopeless romantic quotes pasted all over my binder. T…

I am so behind on posting! For Halloween, this year, we spent time with family and some friends. We carved pumpkins and dressed up EXTREMELY creepily. Side note: I hate carving pumpkins. So bad. I don’t know if it’s just me, but my hands get huge rashes on them and they burn for days. So this year,…

May we all take a moment and stare at this picture until we can’t take the cuteness anymore? This is my nephew on Halloween. Pictures and moments like these, make me stop for a second and say, “Trev! Let’s make one of those. He's too darn adorable!” Putting all of that aside, I decided to write…

Mr. Schroeder has a job that gives him the opportunity to travel out of town quite a bit. For awhile, he was going to Idaho almost every other weekend to do a job. We sat down and talked about how it was hard on our marriage, and that maybe he should only take the jobs that would help us out in a w…

Q: “I’ve heard that there is more than one heaven. Can you explain those in greater detail?” A: Mormons believe that there are three levels of Heaven. In order from the highest to lowest, the kingdoms are the celestial, the terrestrial, and the telestial.

The Bible also speaks of the three heavens:  “…