Munch and Mingle

Text Me Here!!! Welcome to Day 6....and to the Munch & Mingle Vault! Today we have the episode that has been being held for a special day...today is that day! Minnie and I recorded this episode near the end of 2024, right before I ended up needing to step back from Podcasting. So I waited, and waited, and waited...and about a week ago, something had happened and all of a sudden that ping came...

Text Me Here!!! Happy Day 5! It's a bit of a short episode but such a good one! Today we bring on the munch and mingle mini's, the 3 B's, our 3 little guys! I love how you get to see their personalities so perfectly in this episode! Definitely find a way today to document right where your kids are, because already the boys have been asking to listen to their episode! E-mail: munchan...

Text Me Here!!! Howdy Day 4 of our 12 Days of Podcasting! Today we are heading into Munch & Mingle's kitchen, metaphorically, because if we tried to in real life, all I see is a microphone landing in a hot pot! :D I'm going to share with you one of our creations, that is made possible by a past guest's family recipe! And I just think this recipe could in fact end up at one of yo...

Text Me Here!!! Hello Day 3 of our 12 Days of Podcasting! And hello to McKenna's Beauty Corner! We are gonna talk all things happy, healthy hair and how I know you can have it! We are gonna go through the technique and products I've found to help you get healthy hair....and it might not be what you think it is! And while yes I would love to see you in my own chair, but I want you to know...

Text Me Here!!! Welcome to Day 2 of our 12 Days of Podcasting! Today we are talking all things Advent, is there a difference between a Christmas Advent and a Christmas Bucket List...you bet! I'll share what our family is doing through this month, but if you take away anything from this episode, whether you have kids or not, definitely commit to doing something to not only build the anticipati...

Text Me Here!!! Another Monday...Another Conference Talk...and I'm not mad about it at all! And also Day 1 of 12 Days of Munch & Mingle! Today we go through Elder Johnson's conference address and I say it every week, this might be my new favorite talk! Elder Johnson used to be a forensic accountant and so it would make sense why the word 'reconcile' would stick out to him....

Text Me Here!!! Anyone else just loving this session of Conference so much! We've been talking about hearts a lot, and so I'm so grateful to see the trend continue through Elder Eyre's talk about knowing who we are deep down inside, but also a great reminder to once again, Pray...and pray like never before! I also found out I'm related to Elder Eyre, distant, but still pretty c...

Text Me Here!!! Anyone else noticing a theme with these first 3 conference talks?! Today, we work through Elder Barcellos talk "The Lord Looketh on the Heart" and not only did Elder Barcellos hit it out of the park, he provided us with a spiritual heart test that we work through today as well! It's so fascinating to me how the theme through conference so far, is constantly reminding...

Text Me Here!!! Oh, this talk was a real treat! Come along with our Primary Chorister, Mikayla and I as we go through Sister Browning's most recent conference talk! Mik and I have only recently got to know each other, but after this episode I feel like I've known her forever....and also that I need to join this year's Christmas choir! :D Singing has always been one of those things I...

Text Me Here!!! Date Night + Conference Talk = My Favorite Time! I had this thought that rather than just talk about how great confenrence was, we really need to dive into it together! Welcome to The GenConf series! We are starting it off, not only with the first talk of this most recent General Conference, Elder Stevenson's 'Blessed Are the Peacemakers' but also with my favorite pe...

Text Me Here!!! Conference Weekend was here and now its gone...or is it? So many times I've been able to try and gather what information or quotes I could out of conference, only to then not think about it again until 6 months later when the next General Conference is here. Not any more! Last April, I had a super strong feeling to really go through all the talks at Conference and look for an...

Text Me Here!!! Have you felt it? The heaviness? The numbness? All in all, it's been a couple of hard days and now moving on into weeks. No matter where you're standing, you've most likely be affected in some way by the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I know I have, so I've been trying to put into words and feelings of how I'm attempting to process it all and move forward a...

Text Me Here!!! Guess who's back?!? It's almost been a year! And what a year it's been! Come along as we talk about all the things I've learned as well as gained, we highlight some goals as well as making the rest of the year go out with a bang and it's the end of Summer, which you know what that means....Social Media Detox.  But I did a little twist on the detox this year...

Text Me Here!!! Is there something in the air? Are y'all feeling it? This is not the episode I planned for, but above all I hope this episode finds you in good spirits and high hopes for whatever is about to come. Whenever there is time for change, I'm usually the last to follow it, but it has finally caught up to me, and I've had some pretty big realizations of certain things that...

Text Me Here!!! Get out your pen and paper or pull up your phone notes tab, we are going to be making some goals! Did y'all know that people who set specific goals are 10 times more likely to succeed then those who don't? Well I'm going to make sure that you are one of those people who SUCCEED!  I've tried to include what I feel is going to help you most feel like you are stayi...

Text Me Here!!! The first of what I hope to be many, a little bit of help from Mr. Munch & Mingle himself, to talk all things football! As a former athlete, I wanted to get Brit's take on the newest major changes in college football including: - The New college Playoff format - The transfer portal  and we also play a little game trying to get Brit's feel on some key players in the co...

Text Me Here!!! The Pep talks of all Pep talks is here...well okay, a McKenna styled pep talk is here! We are almost exactly 3 months away from ending 2024 and if you know me, you know I am a planner, which means, let's get to planning! As always, after the summer detox I feel we need a good reset and I promise you are not going to want to miss this one! Don't forget to text me! Tell me...

Text Me Here!!! How is it already that time of that year again? Yes, if you didn't know it, I love my birthday! And this year is the golden birthday, so we had to celebrate with an episode of course! But I also love my best friends and in particular, Carolyn Hedin. I'm so excited yall get to meet her, you'll love her! We decided to put together a list of the top 30 things we have le...

Text Me Here!!! I promised you a birth story, and you got it! But, I also wanted to do a middle of the summer check in, especially if you are along on this no social media challenge! Because if you haven't already, I've imagined you've hit some hard walls and I'm not sure why, but anytime I've done this challenge something new is presented and it's like, "Dang, t...

Text Me Here!!! My all time favorite year book send off...H.A.G.S....Have a Great Summer! But not sure about y'all, it seems since being out of school, my summer's have been pretty blah! Not recently though and definitely not this year! Not this summer! I believe I have found the best way for you to truly Have a Great Summer! I'm so happy to be back on the pod! Thanks again for bear...

Text Me Here!!! I love when Munch & Mingle gets to work its way through a family tree! Today I sit down with the sister in law of a past guest (Alyssa Mecham - The S Word). Corinne Mecham and I have never met in person until this episode, all I had heard about her was how awesome she was as a sister in law, a mother of 3 and how she delivered all 3 of her kids, NATURALLY ! I became intrigued a...

Text Me Here!!! I can't wait for you to meet Blondie (yes, it's one of those friends again with the nicknames ;)  ) and hear her story. What I love so much about this episode is going through her timeline, because it's filled with so many redirecting. I think sometimes we think there is only 1 path to get to the 1 destination we want, but Blondie just reminded me of how redirecting...

Text Me Here!!! And here we are again on the roller coaster ride that is through McKenna's head. Today I will be talking and catching you up on all things that have been going on during my 1st trimester of this 3rd pregnancy, a quick little pep talk on preparing for the Holiday Season and lastly, a topic that I heard this last week referring to the "Gray Area" and just what I think...

Text Me Here!!! Hannah and I recorded this episode in the middle of the summer, right after we had attended Girls Camp. I'm so excited for you all to listen and to meet Hannah. She is one of the girls that everyone needs in their arsenal of confidants.  Hannah talks about her time playing BYU rugby, meeting her husband, a very powerful lesson she learned (and teaches us) about the Savior and...

Text Me Here!!! And just like that, it's Fall and our Social Media Detox is over! I wasn't originally going to post today, but didn't want to miss a time to remember what today is and what happened. I share a bit of the exciting news we have in our family at the moment and how this year's detox went! Don't forget to let me know how your summer went and also be sure to chec...