We had one perfectly exquisite family day when Dave and I returned home from the Dominican (I’m reading Anne of Green Gables with Lucy and I think I need to adopt some of Anne’s flowery words to describe this day…it was that good:) One day to soak all our people up (I’m including Lar in…
You might wonder who was holding down the fort back at home while Dave and I were out galavanting around the Dominican Republic with my family. We were wondering how that would work for a while too. I was so excited to go celebrate with my parents, but I was also a little bit twisted…
Well, now that it is the middle of November, I figure it’s a good time to unveil my “one word” for 2018. Ha! I think it’s taken me the first ten months of the year to wrap my head around that little word. It is MINDFUL. I was hesitant to pick that word because it’s…
I figure it’s about time to introduce my “one word” for 2016 since we’re coming around to the home stretch. (How crazy is it that Christmas is coming around the corner before we know it!?) I do a “one word” theme each year…something I want to concentrate on to help me “become” who I really…
Lots of things happened over Labor Day weekend. It was one for the record books. First, my brother and his family came to town from California. They got here relatively late on Friday night but we still tucked the kids in bed and headed out on an adult dinner date to catch up. …
Dang it, I wanted to write about this a long time ago because it came to me so easy this year, but I guess I was too busy doing it to actually write about it before now, and I guess that’s what it’s all about, right? So here we go. It was easy-peasy to think…
Last summer we had such a great time on our road trip home from Bear Lake that we decided to make it even bigger and better this year. Now, when I say “we” I actually mean “I” because the word “road trip” kind of gives Dave the heebie geebies (how do you spell that??) …until…
Ok so I just feel compelled to say a heart-felt “thank you” to blog readers. I keep this blog for a family record, but over the years it has become so much more than that. I have gained friends all over the world which I am so very thankful for. I’m so grateful for all…
I’ve been thinking so much about building confidence in our kids lately. Maybe because Dave did something recently that I saw help. So I want to share this one way to build confidence in our kids.