I usually make a family calendar as a Christmas gift. To make it more interesting I’ve done different themes. One year I made an alphabet calendar and family members whose names started with those letters appeared on that page. One year I featured each family on a page and then the kids in that family on another page. One year […]
Just like people or dogs (so I’ve been told) cats come with their own personalities. We’ve had three cats in our marriage. Our first was living on a farm in Wichita, KS when we got her. Tom agreed to the experiment (with some reservations since he was allergic). I promised she would be an indoor/outdoor cat and it would be […]
Tom and I are trying to go to the rec center with the kids a little more frequently. We figure some fun family time together is a good thing, and we are also trying to be more active this year … So I took some pictures at the pool of the kids. They are pretty terrible, but the kids had […]
We want to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Since I didn’t get around to writing a Christmas Letter this year, I thought I’d take a moment to highlight 2013 for our family. Spencer spent a good portion of this year at BYU Provo, finishing up his freshman year in April and returning for a second year in September. […]
So, I’m not the most patient mom in the world (that’s shocking news, I’m sure). I really struggle with some of my children’s behaviors. Last night I was offering up my standard prayer – “please soften my heart towards my children, please help me feel about them the way You feel about them” and the thought came into my head, […]
Well, in our home summer has come to an end – the kids are back in school. Here are some of the highlights of the season. Camping – Haley and I went to our church girls camp. It was Haley’s first camp since she moved to the teen church group. She had a terrific time – she was the first […]
I’ve always prided myself on letting my kids develop their own interests and making many of their own choices. I wasn’t going to be that mom that wanted her child to be Miss Popular because she wasn’t, etc. etc. I’ve even tried to respect my kids’ choices regarding things I think are important, like school work. I have children that […]
A couple of weekends ago, Tom and I took a trip to Salt Lake City, sans kids. It was a great long weekend! The Backstory: Tom wanted to surprise me with tickets to Bare Naked Ladies. Somehow, though, when he got through with the purchase process, he discovered he’d purchased tickets to their Salt Lake City concert instead of their […]
I feel like I need to challenge myself to either write more here, or give up the blog. So I’m going to challenge myself to post weekly this summer and see how it goes. I’m hoping to do some fun things with my kids (instead of just working and keeping the house together) so maybe these weekly posts will keep […]
It’s the day after Christmas and I’m still in bed in my pjs at almost 10am. It’s so nice to just be lazy after the last minute rush to get to Christmas. Though this has been my best December personally in about five or six years. Somehow I managed to side step the usual unbearable pressure to “get everything done”. […]