I turned 38 this week. I feel old and young at the same time. I have a lot of life left and a whole lot more life experience to learn from and gain. I still look to those who have lived many decades more than I and hope that “when I grow up” I’ll be …
We tried to make the most of our last days of summer. We went to Artsy Me Saturday and our kids made new bowls for their favorite dishes (Umami bowls, my homemade chili, and White Chicken Chili). It was all because I was spastically putting away dishes and knocked Max’s other bowl out of the …
For the most part, we spent the week resting up from all of our travels. Lots of friend and pool time as well. On Wednesday we snuck away for a close by getaway with the kids and some neighbor friends. We visited a tiny zoo that had three black bears, an alligator, an otter, an …
We got to go visit Andy’s family. We loved it for many reasons, but some favorite moments were seeing Ben and his family after seven years apart, Harvey chasing the animals around, and getting some actual downtime and relaxation. Most of the time vacations are go go go, but we got to sit, watch the …
Our journey to Utah started early Thursday morning. We hit the road from our house at 5:45 AM to make it to a 10:30 flight. We thought this would give us plenty of time, but we didn’t take into account that there would be a horrible wreck just five minutes from the airport which would …
Every night, with an occasional circumstantial skip, we do “Come Follow Me” as a family. It’s a scripture study guide provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every Monday morning, as a part of my personal study, I sit down and adjust the plan for our family, mostly deciding which night we …
Adjusting to having the kids home is no easy feat. I have to figure out how to stay sane in the chaos, because really I can’t expect the house to stay picked up while all four kids are home and trying to stay entertained. I am focusing on teaching them to pick up after themselves …
We started the week of attending Beverly’s preschool graduation. Her brothers were really excited to come to help support their sister (or maybe just miss half a day of school). It was a darling performance with singing and it the longest part was waiting for it to start. Harvey was a bit of a pill …
I feel extremely fortunate in the mom department. I have had amazing mothers to show me what it means to be a great mom. My own mother for starters, then when I got married I inherited another wonderful mom-figure. I also loved my mother-in-law’s mom and was so fortunate to get to know her almost …
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We started the week off finishing the baseball season with Maverick. He made huge improvements this year between his runs between bases, his average batting score, and honestly just paying better attention. It made it a lot more fun to watch. He really enjoys baseball and I have a feeling I get to watch many …