I just have to share ten things I love about my newest ten-year-old. 1. She chose to go to Paradise Bakery for lunch today instead of Wendy’s. Thank you thank you thank you Elle! 2. She has a heart of gold. She cares so much about how others feel and she treats people so kindly….
Sometimes I have to just write down what happened in a day so it won’t seem like it withered away in the chaos. So here’s my list for today: –Hosted eleven neighborhood kids at our house. (I’m sure our neighbors are pleased as punch to have our pool turn into “kid soup” again with all…
Gradually we picked up more and more people up at the lake until all 34 of us were there and the actual reunion began. That means two things: 1) 34 people create mayhem. It was pretty crazy…especially the meals, and 2) it was SO fun to be all together…to have time to really talk and…
Grace had quite a birthday party…all her hard work on making and delivering her own invitations really paid off! We had our own family party in the morning. Who wouldn’t want to give presents to this shining face?:Traditional b-day pics:The much awaited and hoped for birthday pedicures. (She invited Elle to come along too…boy howdy…
Eleven years ago today Max made me a mother. I couldn’t be more honored that I get to call him “mine.” He is such an amazing kid. It’s a party year this year (we only do it every other year) so we had a wing-dinger of a celebration. If he ever questions how much I…
A couple Sundays ago Max and Elle made crepes for breakfast. Yes, full-on made-from-scratch crepes. And I never set foot in the kitchen. They were really good too. Then Lucy woke up with a low-grade fever, and Max volunteered to stay home from Stake Conference and play with her. The deal was that whoever stayed…
There are a few things I am LOVING right now. I love to watch Max with his little sisters. And when I do, I feel like never in a million years could there be a better big brother.I love my bike. A couple years ago I inherited it from my sister. My other sister (who…
So I’m trying to figure out who invented smoke alarms. How do they keep working when they’ve been pulled out of the ceiling and the batteries have been removed? Why do they seem to randomly run out of batteries only in the middle of the night? These are things you wonder when you finally have…