I’m excited about this opportunity and wanted to share. Last summer we were able to see first hand how much we take it for granted that we can turn on a tap and get clean drinking water. We were in a little town in Uganda where you had to walk…
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There was one morning a few weeks back when everyone was home when I disregarded the heat and went running by myself. As I ran, clinging to the shady spots, trying not to push my still-aching-from-my-waterski-hitting-it-knee harder than I should, I listened to a podcast that spoke to me. I…
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While Elle and Carson were here, before Max and Abby arrived, we had the opportunity to go back to church. It was our first time back in five months. I’ve got to admit, I wasn’t over the moon about going back to church. I think we’ve had a pretty great…
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Throughout all this pandemic this home of ours has been filled with life. The numbers have gone from settling into having two kids home last school year, oh so quiet, to having everyone home for a few different stints. When we realized how quickly our days all together as a…
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Or Elle, as we know and love her here at home…it was so fun to have her HOME for the big day. I wrote about what I love about her back HERE, but here’s what we did to celebrate: Lucy, true to form, was very on top of the prep…
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Little did I know when I purchased this forest-green sweatshirt in the bookstore nestled smack dab in the hustle and bustle of Commonwealth Avenue in Boston one Fall day during my freshman year at B.U. that I would have three girls who would wear that thing until it would be…
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I am loving the Come Follow Me lessons we study each week more than ever lately. There is so much to glean from the scriptures, and I feel like you learn even more when you write things down. So here I am, with a thought from three weeks ago. Ha!…
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The temperature around here seems to be hovering in the 117 degree range. It is hot. So the other night we found ourselves in the pool. This wasn’t new to anyone else, these kids are in that thing practically every night, but this night I decided to join them, and…
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Grace turned 19 a while back, which I ruminated on back HERE, but I never talked about what we did on the big day. First things first though…Elle and Lar surprised Grace by coming home the night before her birthday. They were coming from Hawaii for the summer and were…