Shawni

I learn so much from blog readers. I love thinking about where people are coming from, especially those who have such different views than I do. I have learned so much from trying to put myself in the shoes of others, trying to see things from different perspectives. There are…

We were small in numbers on when the clock struck 12 on New Years Eve. Just me, Dave and Lucy. We wrote all the good and the bad from the year on a floating lantern… …and sent it off into the dark sky, filled with fireworks all around. We watched…

We went on a walk right before Christmas and our neighborhood was so aglow with beauty I could hardly stand it. Specifically one row of tall trees filled up with golden glory took my breath away. I vowed to come back and enjoy them with my girls before those leaves…

We had two kids home for Christmas. Our two older kids were tucked safely with their in-laws, and Grace is tucked safely as a missionary in Texas. It was strange to have such a small group, but also a little bit awesome. Oh, we missed our other kids with all…

I was a big slacker documenting Christmas. Not only here on the blog, but also taking pictures. (My kids would disagree, of course, because they think I always take pictures, but there are so many things I have decided to just document in my mind. Intentionally.) But here are a…

Welp, here we are on the brink of a new year. The sun is setting on the infamous 2020. It seems that many of us have been waiting with bated breath to say goodbye to 2020…good riddance to this roller coaster of a year, right? I agree in some ways…I…

Until I can get to Christmas recapping (hope everyone had a wonderful holiday), here I am to share one more take-away from my developmental psychology class because I really liked this video. (Actually, my sister shared this video clip with me a couple years before and I’ve thought of it…

Merry Christmas! So strange that only two of all those people will be with me and Dave today, but oh, how happy we are to soak these two youngest ones in, and happy that the older ones are all tucked in really good places for Christmas as well. Sending out…

As I sat in church a week or so ago my heart was churning. The world was spinning around me as I thought of all my “to dos.” So many “fires” to put out that day. With Relief Society. With Christmas prep. With my family needing me to “be there,”…

Lucy has been working her little heart out on learning the theme song from The Giver on the piano. (That book she vehemently denied she would EVER read, but then read, and fell in love, and loved the movie even more…she kills me sometimes!) Since she loved the movie so…