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…
Each year I like to do a “snapshot” of how things work in our family at that particular moment in time. (Links to the other snapshots are here: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) I looked over some of those recently and I’m so glad I have them tucked away to remember. So here we go with how…
The beginning of January found Dave and I sick in bed snuggled up in the “volunteer house” of OSSO in Ecuador on New Year’s Day (great way to ring in the new year), painting the graffitied walls surrounding that place (HERE), saying our goodbyes to those wonderful people we will always carry in our hearts…
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…
There are a few things going on over here I sure think about a lot lately. So I figured I’d write them down to get my thoughts out… There’s a huge new charter school that was recently built close-by. It incorporates K-12 and it’s a great school. I went with a group of friends to…
The girls set off for school this morning under gray rumbling skies. First Grace, driving a car with a big smile because she came right home from China and got her drivers’ license lickety-split (yes, a lot happens a in a couple days!). Then Claire rode off on her bike with fifteen other girls (and…
Utah is a pretty gorgeous place in the summer, I tell you that. Right now, as we melt in the heat of the desert, I’m sure missing all that beauty up there. And most of all I’m missing having my girls with me 24-7. I love them. And oh man did I ever love…
The end of the school year is TOMORROW, so I’m getting a little hustle on to catch up here. Life is coming at me too fast. How is it already summer?? April started out with the day Lucy had been counting down for for a LONG time: her official half birthday. Yep, it’s true….
I try to do these “snapshots” with words at the beginning of each year and I’m always lucky if I get to it earlier than the summer. Ha! So I’m feeling pretty good that I’m posting this in March. Here’s our “snapshot” of what life is like for our family in 2017: We have three…