Shawni

CLAIRE IS 18 TODAY! Holy cow, I cannot even believe that little fact. Maybe it’s especially weird to me because none of our other kids turned 18 while in high school (they all had summer birthdays). I thought none of them turned 18 while even at home, but Max reminded…

Yep, I’m catching up! We started off October with a brand new fifteen year old: Who luckily had planned out her bday to a “t” so we could just follow directions to help her celebrate. HA! See that boy over there on the counter over there below? Yes, Max &…

High school sports are the best. In my opinion not only are they awesome for the kids (teamwork, work ethic, endorphin stimulation, leadership opportunities, strength development mentally and physically), but let’s be honest, they are pretty awesome for the parents too. I think I mentioned before that sometimes I get…

Temples are special places in our religion. Places where you go when you need help remembering what life is all about (for me, at least). And where you have the opportunity to make special covenants with God. Oh, and they’re pretty special places where you can get married too:) Anyway,…

There is something about wooden spoons that gets to me. I guess any kind of beautiful wooden utensils. They are just so beautiful. (I collect wooden salad tongs if I can find them from any random place I go, and Claire and Elle have both brought me home some favorites…

Ok, this was clear back in November, but still, let’s take a minute out here because it was BO JANGLES BIRTHDAY! FIVE YEARS OLD! Elle joined us for the “party.” …which really was just about taking one of our Sunday cookies and plopping a candle on it. But hey, that…

Remember those days when your kids would say, “You’re not the boss of me!” and you would smile because really, you kind of were the boss of them? I mean, who else was going to help tuck them in bed on time and make sure they were fed and snuggled…

We packed up and headed out as early as possible on New Years Eve. I mean, when you have a high school senior, you can’t think about being away from home for New Years for crying out loud! She needed to be there with all those friends to ring in…

The weather reports in Utah were too good (so much snow!) so we decided we better pack up and head to those mountains that were calling our name over Christmas break. Poor Lucy had about 45 bloody noses over this Christmas holiday, so try to look away from that in…

Right now our neighborhood is golden. I have to stop to bask in it every time I drive in. For real. Every time. It takes my breath away. Mother nature sure puts on a beautiful show. I love when we can go bask in it. This is my favorite row…