…with a couple words to explain here and there.(Lucy’s cup towers, meeting Mitt, Claire’s first Halloween outfit, long early-morning lab line to get Lu’s blood drawn, good-looking guy) (Grace’s much-obsessed-about moon packet for school, Book of Mormon mailings, baby love, b-ball love) (piano duets, orthodontist dates, art with friends, masterpiece that I have started teaching,…
Sometimes I like to try to reinvent the wheel. I mean, there is so much new technology there’s got to be a better way to do a lot of things, right? And then when it comes to parenting, there are new whiz-bang ideas everywhere you look. But I have come back to my parents family…
Before school started, I took these girls to go check out their new freshman domain:So nervous with a twinge of excitement. Lunch date with my teenagers: A cloud that looked like a Yankee Doodle profile: The first day…Lucy was obsessed with the new sunglasses my mom bought her while we were in India: …but she…
When I got released from being the Young Women’s president I knew I’d be sad because I adored (and still adore:) those girls. But I also thought I would be relieved. It was a LOT of work and there were so many other things on my plate that I could not keep up with for…
Did you create the bookshelves on the girls’ bedroom wall or did you buy them pre-made? {from the middle pictures in this post} I bought that thing at Pottery Barn years ago and I love it, but wouldn’t have a clue how to make it. My sister-in-law, however, is pretty darn talented and has made…
When Dave was in China we did a lot of skyping. That is when digital technology sure comes in handy dandy. Half way through our trip Dave figured out that he really didn’t have to miss the morning routine over here fifteen hours behind him. At 6:30am here it was already 9:30pm there so he…
So a day after Dave got back from China (and we had a chance to snuggle him up) I packed up my bags again and went up to Utah to reunite after two years with these lovely, inspiring ladies: At this gorgeous home up high in the mountains of Park City: The reason for our…
Now that Max is about ready to try out for the high school volleyball team, I better wrap up his season of club volleyball that ended before Christmas.He sure learned a lot.I had to be out of town for the first few tournaments so when I finally got to go watch I was amazed at…