A big Merry Christmas to all of you! We hope to help make your holiday season less stressful and more enjoyable by sharing our gift ideas for the active women in your lives and you! These are products that we have seriously LOVED! So enjoy and feel free to ask questions in the comments! […]

After many days of hard contracting and thinking that I was going to have this baby at any moment… I posted on Instagram (see below) the night before I went into labor thinking the baby would most likely be overdue. For everyone wondering and checking up on me… I’m still here, I’m still huge, I’m […]

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” ~Isaiah 40:31 This scripture from the bible was Joy Johnson’s fuel. As a retiree at age 59, Johnson read it every morning as […]

Fall is finally here! Well, not in Arizona really, but we are having fun pretending anyway. We’ve already taken a trip to our local apple orchard and made our first apple pie of the season, yum! Lucky for me, this 8 month pregnant mommy had some great workers at the orchard!   We had a […]

This recipe is another family favorite! (I’m beginning to think I say that about every single recipe I post— oh well, it’s true! And your family will love it too!) Don’t let the word “Curry” scare you away, this doesn’t have to be a spicy curry dish, it can become whatever you want! You can […]

My little family and I recently ran the Saguaro National Park Labor Day Run in Tucson, Arizona. This race was a blast and definitely goes on my list of Top Family Friendly Races.   (For a free PDF program to prep your kids for a race, click HERE.) The Saguaro National Park Labor Day Run […]

  This recipe has become known as the “Famous Cope Family Mediterranean Pizza” at our house and among friends and family. Between the crust, the sauce, and the toppings — you just won’t find another pizza like it. It is love at first taste, and sight, really. I was in Italy a few months ago […]

I sat on the couch across from my therapist as she told me, “You’ve self assessed at a level of severe; you scored a 31 out of 35.” I had to start to face the reality of the seriousness of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I was dealing with. At 19-years-old I was incapacitated and hardly […]

 {See Full MATERNITY PHOTO SHOOT HERE.} I have had so many people ask me where I bought my dress for my maternity photo shoot, so I decided to share my secrets with you. I have never done maternity photos before and honestly never wanted to!  With pregnancy number 4, that changed. I have felt really strongly […]

{LEARN MORE ABOUT MY MATERNITY DRESS HERE} I have never wanted maternity photos in past pregnancies and have typically related a little more to Elizabeth Banks in “What to Expect When Expecting”… (caution: some bad language) “Pregnancies glow is made from two scoops of angel kisses.” LOL—Let’s be honest it is not always this way […]

I met my wonderful friend Malia (@rnrgrl808) through Instagram many months ago. Not only was I captivated by her incredibly scenic running photos from Hawaii, but she and her husband’s running was so inspiring! In February for Valentine’s Day, I began a contest on MarathonMomma.com where many runners shared their #RunninRomance with us (Click HERE […]

Meet my amazing friend Peggy! We met long ago in our home town of St. George, Utah. She was a mother of young kids, and I was a wee girl of 14 years old. And let me tell you, to know her is to love her! I have always been impressed by the way she […]