• The Magnolia Story

    Major Announcement for all of you who are not following me on social media! (Mom) I am so excited to be a part of the:   Y’all.  For real. We are called the Shiplappers.  I love this so much. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, tune into the show, Fixer Upper, on HGTV.

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  • Back to Basics

    Here’s how we are going to do March. We are getting Back to Basics. It’s our theme for Holy Yoga and our theme for Great Big Yes this month. If you are not following Great Big YES on Facebook please do so.  There’s going to be BIG fun over there this month.  Instagram is @suebidstrup

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  • More Love

    I think there are seasons in life. Right now, we are in “new dog” season. Meet Gus. Here’s what I think.  Gus has created more love in our family. We opened our hearts and we got more – more love, more laughter, more fun, more awareness, more time together huddled around him, new purpose, more

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  • Boys

    I love boys…and men. I love their sense of wonder and their curiousity.  I love their sense of adventure. I have two older brothers and I think their way of looking at things affected my way of looking at things.  There isn’t a lot of room for drama with boys.  There isn’t a lot of

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