Happy Father’s Day to the father of my children. I couldn’t have picked a better man to teach my kids how to work hard, love fiercely, put family first, and love their Savior. This man will work a night shift, sleep for three-ish hours, get up, go to church, come home and crash for a …
This week was full of reunions and fair wells. We had Max and Maverick’s friends (who happen to be brothers) come hang out for the day on Monday. They had a great time and were sad to say goodbye. Tuesday we got to hang out with our friends, the Rogers, and we spent a lot …
Death is a difficult thing. I have a testimony of the resurrection and a restoration of all things, thanks to our Savior, Jesus Christ, but inevitably death still stings. Thomas died 32 years ago and I still miss him; I still feel that empty space in my heart where he was. Every once in a …
We had a busy week! Monday started off with Max’s honor’s ceremony. He got High honors and highest average grade in advanced math. He told me later this week that he wishes he could do a harder class. I think they place them according to their ability, but maybe they don’t have a math class …
Harvey graduated preschool! I have to admit, I choked back tears for most of the ceremony. Their adorable songs were heart warming and they were all so cute, but the thing that kept me on the verge of tears was knowing this was my last kid to go to preschool. Three of four of our …
I have many women in my life who emulate the role of a mother. Each one has blessed me in a different way, but the coolest thing is to see the power that a nurturing role can have in the formation of a child’s (and sometimes an adult’s) life. For the second hour of church …
I’ve woken up with a migraine since Tuesday… so that’s six days in a row. I know people think I get them a lot, but my normal is actually one time a month around the first day of my menstrual cycle. Though this started two days before that and doesn’t seem to want to quit. …
I really wanted to write on Easter, but I was in a slump. Not because it was Easter, because truly, Easter is one of my favorite holidays and the promise that day reminds us of is the promise of peace and hope. The day was hard for me because I wasn’t feeling well and Andy …
I wrote a blog post last week, but it got deleted by accident, so I’ll play a little bit of catch up and share what we’ve been up to. I shared last week about a conversation I had with Beverly’s TA. She mentioned what a joy Beverly was in their class and how glad they …
When originally told of Andy’s deployment, we were told from April 2nd to December 1st. That’s what we told our kids too. Then when we got the orders it said April 2nd to September 10th. I thought, that is much more manageable, but let’s not tell the kids the new date, because the army is …