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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 &…

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…

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…

When I was a young mom, frustrated up to my eyeballs trying to teach my kids to do their jobs (oh you young moms, that can be a thankless job, and I’m here for you!), a more seasoned mother gave me some good advice: She told me after a job…

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…

I just listened to this cool podcast for my podcast group all about legacies and “things to do before you die.” It made me think of how amazing it is when people have a vision and the ability to make things come to pass. Our friend’s dad had a vision,…

Oh man, life is marching on. Here are some things that happened in September, mostly according to my iPhone: Got this awesome picture from my sister-in-law who hosts ALL the cousins who are up in Utah for dinner every first Sunday of the month. Are you kidding me about how…

I’ve been trying to get back on my “little things” bandwagon for a while now. I am so dang far behind that it’s overwhelming, so I’m just starting where I am (at least a tiny bit recent). So let’s go back to August for a minute where Lu and I…

I’m incredibly backlogged on my “little things” posts, but here are a few things from my iPhone in the last week just to try to keep up on here! Grace and her district read THE WHOLE BOOK OF MORMON in 24 hours. Pretty incredible, right? They worked their tails off.…

…and Amsterdam… Let’s go back to when Max, Lu and I left Nationals in Las Vegas (all about that HERE), to join the crew in Coronado (Dave stayed with Claire to finish up and they joined us a couple days later). We drove through some pretty hefty holiday traffic but…