My brother and his wife came to visit from NYC. We took them out for some authentic Mexican food and LOVED catching up with them.Does that sunset look fake or what? The sky is so gorgeous here in the desert.They came to Elle’s tennis tournament with us and we soaked in the faint crispness that…
By the time this posts I will be knee-deep in laundry, unpacking, potty training Lucy, catching up on stake primary stuff, trying to stock up the fridge and dealing with tired kids. (I love the “scheduling” option on blogs.) But before the summer freedom draws to a close, (which it does early in the desert…August…
Holy cow, that was a whole heck of a lot of good feedback…my parents better get that book on the shelves pronto. I thank you from them (and me) for all the ideas and suggestions and love sent their way (keep’em coming!). They are good people and I thank my lucky stars every day for…
I kind of skipped over Valentine’s Day…and I really shouldn’t do that because it’s one of my favorite holidays. There’s nothing like having a whole day to reflect on how full your heart is. And mine is SO full. I adore my friends. I adore my growing-up family:(This is a super cheesy picture we took…
I just have to take a little intermission between NYC posts and post a link to my friend’s blog for two reasons: 1) She is an awesome writer and I love to read what she has to say. 2) You have to check out the video on her latest post. Our girls have been hanging…
Oh boy this has been quite a trip.Let’s just go ahead and start with a little photo disclaimer because not only did I not have my sixth child (my big camera) with me, but I accidentally had my little camera set on this little thumbnail setting. That equals pictures that are all “pixelated” and broken…
I almost feel irreverent going on with routine life posts after all those amazing comments and all the love sent our way from the blog world in Lucy’s behalf. I’m just so thankful for all the moral support as well as some amazing additional information we’ve been able to gain through blog connections about Lucy’s…
Every year my sisters, sisters-in-law and I have a mini reunion. It’s called MFME (an acronym for the girls in my family). It was founded by my amazing mother years ago when all of us girls started leaving home. Since we scattered all over the place, MFME is totally precious to us. It’s our one…