About Mandi Nuttall

Who am I?  I'm not even kidding, I've asked myself that question dozens of times over the years.  It's not like I'm so old and wise, but I have had an extremely full life thus far and some big experiences and lessons to share.   I'm not fancy, just a wife and a mom of 5 kiddos trying to find Joy in a lot of chaos.  

My biggest fear is that after years of raising little kids, as I age my mind will forget what I've learned so I've tried to make journaling a priority.  I've realized I have a lot to share and I love the idea that my kids will have this site to learn more about their Mother.  But I know more than just my family can benefit from my stories and thoughts, and I've felt this strong pull to start this site for a really long time.  Being vulnerable and sharing my mind with the world is extremely intimidating, but also a little exciting.  My goals from this site are not to start a business, or share every little thing my kids are doing and saying.  I'm doing this to release what's left of my mind to be authentic and spread joy, hope, and encouragement, through life's challenges.  

I hope to share things that make my life a bit easier as a Mother of 5, what has worked and what has failed.  I want to write and share about my passions in food and recipes, and my experience of 8 years as a professional photographer.   I want to share what I've learned about battling my own skin cancer and accepting my scars to my daughters war with Retinoblastoma.  Ive also done a lot of research on products to make our home and food a little cleaner of chemicals and carcinogens.  I want to write about what Ive learned from volleyball as a player at UVU and BYU, to a referee, to a head high school coach, and now as a parent of athletes.  And what about those 3 years I was a High School Health teacher, I have loads to share about that.  I also love giving honest reviews to products, services and restaurants without any agenda behind it.  We also have been undertaking a massive renovation on our home and want to share about our design and building process.  Here's a fun one, after our twins (our 4th and 5th kids) the 3 1/2 years following have pushed me to the brink mentally and Ive been trying to pick up the pieces.  And most recently, out of the blue I am now am the wife of the Bishop of our Ward here in Gig Harbor.  That is not a sentence I ever expected to write!  Most importantly, for some reason, our family has been a magnet for miracles and blessings.  I have witnessed the hand of God many, many times and want to share what I believe and know.  I also have the happiest marriage I could have ever hoped for and I have loads to share on how our marriage thrives.

So that's a fraction of what's on my mind and you are welcome to find a topic that interests you, share if it helped you in anyway, and we can all learn together to continue to find Joy.