Edy – thank you for your help!
For anyone else who may be reading here is the necessary info:
FRONT PAGE CONTENT
The front page will display the latest posts by default. To have a static page displayed in front
? Go to ‘Settings-Reading’
? Select a static page to display in the front page.
? Assign one of your existing pages to display your blog and include it in the Menu.
The theme comes a with a Home Page template, that you can use to have an empty front page for visual impact. Create a page and for ‘Page Attributes’ in the right column select the ‘Home Page’ template. After that have that page display in the front as explained above.