Growing up we had some crazy family traditions. I have two favorites: The first was my Dad’s birthday tradition. His birthday falls in October, which is a perfect month for him since he’s completely enamored by Fall leaves. I know, everyone loves the colors of Fall. But my Dad, serious nature lover, may win a…
I know I’ve already said it in so many words, but this has probably been the most stressful Christmas season yet. (Hence the reason why I’m up at 5:45…don’t ask me why I’m doing my blog instead of a million other things that need to be done, but, hey, this is my journal.) And it…
When my brothers both lived smack-dab in the middle of Manhattan with their families, they had a special visitor at church on Palm Sunday. His name was Pastor Chris, visiting from Broadway Presbyterian Church. And he was the speaker for sacrament meeting. First of all, I LOVE that their church congregation invited someone from a…
We were up in Utah for a week of spring break. It was so strange that this is Lucy’s last spring break ever. So curious how things will line up a year from now and where life will take us. For this year, though, our spring break days were filled with so much driving back…
I keep thinking about the developmental psychology class I took a while back that explored the “Attachment Theory.” I learned about the preciousness of predictability in parenting. When kids don’t have to be worried about how a parent will react, they can grow so much better into their true selves. The tricky thing with that…
I mentioned before that we were going to do something different for Christmas this year. In lieu of gifts, we opted for a family trip. I’ve been trying to figure out this little idea for years. Some way to simplify it all and just “be.” And finally this year we figured it was time. Of…
Sometimes I wonder what my kids will remember from their growing-up years. I know I touched on this in the last post, but I have a few more thoughts to share because I’ve been on this kick of wondering lately. Are there certain things we did all the time that they will forget? Will some…
Ok guess what?? SEASON FIVE of our podcast aired this last Tuesday!! A New Podcast Season WooHoo! Come join us as we talk about how this new school year began for us, (so weird for me to be down to one!)… …how new school years were for us growing up: …and our thoughts on setting…
We are home after a whirlwind of a summer. Our Bear Lake Eyre reunion is all wrapped up, as well as so many other things leading us in so many different directions this summer. Lucy has officially completed one week of her senior year of high school filled with all kinds of ups and downs…