It was a jam-packed Thanksgiving day, so bear with me on all these pictures to remember it all! You see, when you decide to have a sealing the day after Thanksgiving, people come. And you squish in a lot of things in a short amount of time because those days…
Last year was the tenth anniversary year of this little thing that has grown so much over the years from just a little neighborhood group in the park by our house to this: And this: I don’t know if I ever even posted about what happened last year…the “Turkey Trot…
Holy cow, I am trying to wrap my head around all that happened last week. I was going to jump right in with the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning (our first big event), but for reference, we need to back up to all the prep first. Because there was a…
See this guy? It’s his birthday today. And that picture sums up so much of him. He and I just made it through a wing-dinger of a week I tell you. Good things, but a LOT of them. In fact, there might not be a better birthday gift he could…
I was at a store the other day, a little frazzled trying to get things situated this week. I was carrying some heavy worry for a couple of my kids. I was worried about the minutia of the holidays pressing in. I was tired. And around a corner came a…
Last weekend Dave and I had the opportunity for a little trip to Elle and Carson’s neck of the woods for a pretty special experience: Elle’s first time through the temple. It was pretty happy I have to say. Elle had prepared herself quite beautifully. Among other things she had…
Lucy told me a month or so ago that her biggest regret from junior high was that she didn’t try out for the basketball team. I somehow hoped she had forgotten about that. Which makes me feel awful because what kind of mom wants her child to forget about a…
(affiliate links included in this post, but only ever for things I love so much I feel compelled to share!) I am trying to post gratitude posts leading up to Thanksgiving her as well as on Instagram. Because gratitude is POWERFUL and I love that Thanksgiving is centered around that.…
At the end of October I got to go on a volleyball recruiting trip with this girl to NYC. It was a little bit crazy actually. Because it was one of those chances that you see and you realize you must take despite all the nutty stuff surrounding it. It…