summer

Before Jonah and Aja arrived we decided we better take Elsie to the lake. To simmer down in this heat for a little bit and let her know that the desert has some perks. I mean, it’s WAY better than Hawaii, right?? Elsie taught us about “body womping” (and it…

Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while is well aware that we are big fans of summer goals around here (lots of links to other posts about that at the end of this one). We are specifically in to summer goals that have a plan of action.…

Rabbit. (Just have to say that at the beginning of every month. It brings good luck after all…Dave’s family tradition:) Let’s celebrate that good luck coming in September (HOW IN THE WORLD IS IT SEPTEMBER!?) and wrap up Bear Lake. After the annual reunion (back HERE), we always like to…

Hi! This is Claire and I had the opportunity to live in the Netherlands for a month this last summer. My Month in The Netherlands I had really mixed emotions going into this opportunity. I knew it was coming, (all my older siblings have lived abroad for part of their…

…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…

I am feeling my dear mother’s pain with summer schedule coordination this summer. Phew! She is always coordinating and situating and trying to figure out the details when we meet up together in the summers, and it takes a lot of work with a family of nine kids! So each…

Summer Ideas for Kids I, for one, am SO EXCITED that summer is here. (As long as I try not to think about the fact that it means my kids are one year older.). I just love that the summer is OURS. No one bossing around our schedule. But I…

I’m still trying to post about Bear Lake before Fall hits in full force. (Not sure what “Fall hitting” really means here in the desert because it’s so dang hot until the end of October I swear, but actually this week it kinda feels like fall because it got cloudy…

Warning:  There are a lot of pictures in this post.  And a large percentage of them are jellyfish.  And part of the story is a little serendipitous (and crazy) which is just what we were looking for on this road trip 😉  Despite the large number of pictures though, included…

For years I’ve been dreaming of driving the coast of California.  So much beauty there!  It’s been beckoning me to come explore.  I’ve always thought it would be such a great way to spend an anniversary or drive with my sisters or girlfriends “some day.”   Well, this year I…