Okay – I figured it out!
I added a new page and titled it “Home”
I went to ‘Appearance’ and ‘Menus’
I added the “Home” page to the menu.
Then I went to ‘Settings’ and ‘Reading’
There I changed “Front page displays” to “A Static Page” (I originally thought it should be my latest posts b/c that is what I want to show up on the front page.)
After making it “A Static Page” – I clicked under “Posts Page” and selected “Home”
Wa la. WordPress is so tricky, yet you feel dumb once you figure it out – like I should have known that!