Pallet Christmas Wall Hanging

Last holiday season I fell in love with this wall hanging I found on Etsy. And I used it as inspiration for my own version. In the shop at the farm, I found a junk pallet that was lying around. I sweet talked my husband into taking the board apart[Read more]

An Attitude of Gratitude

The now-extended Nelsen clan joined together yesterday not just for the delicious home-cooked food, but for family fellowship. Dad gathered us together in the morning, between table-setting and food-prepping, for a family devotion centered on the attitude of gratitude. After a brief history lesson behind misconceptions of the holiday itself,[Read more]

¡Viva Argentina! – Overwhelmed by the new, reminded of the old

I sat down to write this post almost 2 weeks ago, but besides deciding a general topic to write about, I’ve gotten nowhere. Things in Argentina seem to fly by quickly and slowly at the same time. Although I can hardly believe we have been here for a month already,[Read more]

¡Viva Argentina! – Finally here!

Hola from Argentina! Life has been crazy since arriving on Saturday, but it has been incredible meeting new people and learning about the culture! Our first big introduction to the culture happened on Sunday when we hosted our first asado (think family barbeque in the US without the bbq sauce).[Read more]

¡Viva Argentina! – Homestretch

It’s hard to think about the fact that in a little under 2 weeks I will be in Argentina. That’s right, time has flown by so quickly that I’m finally entering the homestretch of preparations – which is funny to consider because I by no means feel prepared for this.[Read more]

¡Viva Argentina! – Mate

Up to this point, school had kind of taken ahold of my life. Now that my finals are finished and Argentina is waiting for me at the end of the month, I’m ready to really spend some time studying the culture, practicing the language on a conversational basis and memorizing[Read more]