I want to tell a quick story about two couples living the dream in the heart of New York City. Ok, it’s not really a story, per se. It’s maybe more of a moment of magic. Magic that maybe was more fully felt by their mother than it was for them. Because when you’re in…
I thought I would be ok just sending Claire off to the MTC by herself. You see, she has eight more weeks of study there before she heads off to Australia. She has had a fair share of traveling alone, and had already “met” her companion, her district and her teachers online. It would be…
My dear parents were unable to make it to all the temple/farewell hoopla here in the desert. But they were determined to spend some special time with Claire before that mission took her away. So they finagled a way to get that girl up their way the week before she started the MTC: a temple…
Oh my goodness. TODAY Claire starts the “home MTC.” And I have a million and one things to say about that. We have had a couple weeks to get her ready to go following our special pre-mission trip. In some ways it has felt like a whirlwind. And in other ways it’s felt like velvety-gold…
I’m having trouble trying to figure out how to post about the rest of our trip, way too many pictures and too much to say. So until I figure that out, let’s talk about Labor Day weekend. Because so much is happening around here I’ll never catch up. We are currently trying to hang on…
June has been a good one so far. How in the world is it almost the end? A few happenings going on in our family this month… Two of my little brothers moved back (from NYC and Thailand), to Utah where four of our kids live. I have LOVED seeing these pics come in of…
If you can’t go to NYC when you have a hankering for good cookies, here’s a fix. Let’s make some incredible Levain copycat chocolate cookies.
Welp, still working on that new blog design…I’m so excited to show you soon though because this lady who’s working with me is doing some pretty cool stuff! But in the meantime, let’s talk really quick about what’s happening here in the desert: NEW LIFE IN THE DESERT New life like nobody’s business (appropriate for…
Dave and I talked about taking a little road trip to Indian Wells (tennis tournament) with some friends overlapping when Grace and Claire arrived (for the baby shower) since it would be a perfect chance for them to have some sister time with Lucy while we were gone. (Those two came before everyone else arrived.)…