Let’s talk about connecting with love on Valentine’s Day…even when you’re far away from some of your valentines. Because I’m telling you, it’s tricky when some of your valentines are spread out far and wide! Of course, we took advantage of having our one remaining child here in person on Valentine’s morning, and she was…
We may as well start out this February wrap with a volleyball picture, because boy howdy, this was a condensed volleyball season (18s club season is packed full so all the committed players can get moving with their college teams before summer rolls around). And I don’t think there could be a better team to…
For those who are new here, each year leading up to Valentine’s Day we “heart attack” our kitchen. We cut out hearts and fill them up with love we have for each other and then plaster them all over the kitchen to surround us all Valentines season. Usually they are pink and red (very traditional…
Well, today marks the first day of official on-line school here in the desert. Everyone at this moment is nestled in front of their chrome books and laptops (college kids), working hard, trying to figure out this strange new mode of life. Every once in a while I stop in my tracks and the heaviness…
Tomorrow is the big day. I was talking to two of Claire’s volleyball teammates yesterday who were telling me all about their ideas for their Valentines, and it made me realize I have not taken my preparation for this day very seriously, I need to get busy! Not just for my Valentine, my #1, but…
My baby is growing up. When you turn twelve in our church, you get to start going to “Young Women” and no longer attend “Activity Days” (which I teach twice a month). So as much as I’m excited for Lucy to be twelve (oh man, she is SO EXCITED), I’ve been holding onto the chance…
We had a grand celebration for Lucy’s birthday. I think we kind of nailed it. Mostly because she let us know exactly how it should go:) …Right down to the surprise party suggestion she wrote out in detail in what we like to call her “birthday epistle”… five full pages filled with things that might…
In the beginning of February our kitchen looked like this with our traditional kitchen “heart attack” plastered all over the place: Plus, it always looks squeaky-clean like that. Ha! I should post more pictures of my kitchen when it’s strewn about with so many “things,” pots and pans and dishes and kids and backpacks and…
Why does it seem to me like November was two years ago? Well ok, not two years ago, because that’s when Max left and that’s a really long time! But just looking through these pictures makes me realize how quickly you can forget. So glad to have at least some of all we did captured…