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As we made the trip to Utah to tuck Claire into her new experience in the dorms for summer school, I couldn’t help but notice how beautiful the sky was outside my window, and of course made an analogy to life in it: The sun setting on her experience at…

I know it seems like I’ve said “this is the end” like forty-two times, but you’ve got to admit, this volleyball journey has taken us on a ride! From thinking she was done after high school season to thinking she was done after club season to deciding to play in…

You see, we all really thought Claire was done with volleyball. She put in the work. She talked to coaches. She turned in film. She got some sweet offers. That whole volleyball recruiting rigamarole. And it was a GOOD learning process. Dave and I were pretty impressed with how she…

I am up in Utah with my Grace moving her into her new apartment up here. Letting her go. Again. Gosh this motherhood dealio sure is chock full of “letting-gos.” So it’s interesting this video somehow showed up in my feed today: Holy smokes, little did I know back then,…

Parenting adult kids is such an interesting journey. Because it’s like parenting takes on a whole new brand when you shift to adult parenting. You’re still the parent, of course, and you still want to support and love, but it’s a hands-off kind of a deal. And why is that…

Back in June I got to meet up with some college friends in California. And gosh, am I ever happy for any chances I get to gather with these women who have taught me so much through the years, and been part of Dave and my story in so many…

On Friday Elle finished her last college final online, and became our first college graduate. WooHoo! She has some pretty proud parents: And also a pretty proud husband: There was no pomp and circumstance to mark that huge milestone. No big crowds, no special inspirational speaker in front of a…

I whine about how much I miss my babies on this blog a lot. Because I do, and I always will. But man alive, college kids are so much fun too. There is nothing in the whole wide world like watching your kids become. Oh, there are the tough parts.…

There are perks, of course, when the college your children chose happens to be in a pretty gorgeous spot. We flew in, filled up our car to the brim with dorm/apartment needs at Target and Savers (ha!) and headed up to where BYU-Hawaii is on the north side of the…

Grace arrived home from her grand adventure in China on Thursday night riding on the wings of a few miracles: some crazy mishaps getting to the airport, an impossible-no-way-she-could-make-it connection in LAX from an international terminal to the seemingly-miles-away Southwest terminal going through customs, etc. She miraculously made it and…