I have been thinking so much lately about this: What is different about how Dave and I parent our younger kids compared to our deliberation with our older kids? Do we really teach our younger kids like we have taught our older kids? Sure, we’re with them more, and there’s…

See this girl right here? She’s always been the life of the party. She makes things fun: She takes herself lightly: And she knows how to focus and WORK when she puts her mind to it: And that last one is why I’m here today. Because that girl up there…

I cannot believe that it’s been one year since we were climbing over these red rocks to witness the marriage of these two. (SO many pictures and words about that day back HERE, and film pictures HERE.) What an incredible time to get married, and what a year it has…

I like to keep track of the books I have read. The good ones have so much power to change me. To change my thoughts and my heart. To take me to different worlds that teach me and help me grow. (My list from 2019 is HERE. And also there…

As I mentioned back HERE, Lucy is not a huge fan of changes. In fact, she fights against them like nobody’s business. Sometimes this is quite exhausting for her mother. Now, I totally understand that change can make anyone anxious, especially if you’re dealing with diminishing eyesight. So I don’t…

I loved having General Conference intermixed with Easter this last weekend. Maybe it was extra rejuvenating because since school was out for two extra days, we headed to Newport. It was pretty chaotic getting out the door, but the blue sky, salty air, the light that is just different here,…

***Post edit note, Conference is so beautifully uplifting today! There is one more session this afternoon, if you’d like to tune in, click HERE. You will be filled with love and hope. And then, after the darkness and the suffering, the anguish and the pain, the ashes…. …came the beauty.…