I think people are starting to plan summer family reunions because I’ve been getting a bunch of questions about how we do ours. So here are a few answers (I’ll answer the first one in segments since it contains a bunch of questions). My family as a summer getaway similar to yours at Bear Lake…
I have a question that I have been wondering about for some time. What happens when you and your parents differ in a parenting techniques or philosophy/policy to do with family? I know your parents have spent a lot of time developing and teaching parenting practices. I also totally get that you love and respect…
My question is whether or not you schedule your family reunion at Bear Lake at the same time each year so everyone in your family can calendar around it or do you have to go through the calendaring issue each year. I find it tricky to balance all the in-laws reunions and ours and find…
I’m so grateful for a family who raised me to believe in doing hard things and who still wrap their arms around me when I need them. And it makes me tear up a little when I think about how grateful I am that they are extending that love so beautifully to my children. I’m…
post-edit note: I just realized I posted this without finishing my answer for one of the questions below. Whooops! I just added what I meant to say in gray just so you’ll know… I have begun to try to categorize the questions that come in that go together. This post includes a bunch asking about…
You know that “high” you get when you do something that takes some guts? I’m not talking about super duper big things (although those are good too…read here for more on that. I like getting out of my comfort zone every once in a while). I’m talking more about things like how as the shyest…
Could you tell us who you rent the large homes from in Bear Lake? I’d love to arrange a family reunion there & want a place or maybe several homes that would hold a lot of people.and So, maybe other readers know this, but do your parents own this house [where you had your reunion]…
Just curious what your husband does for a living. I’ve read so much about your family, your activities and stuff like that, so I just wondered a little more about your husband. Thanks! Dave prefers to stay a little more under-the-radar on this blog, but he gave me the green light to answer this question….
Last week I had a rare opportunity to hang out with my Dad…just him and me. Well, Lucy was our sidekick and interjected facts about princesses here and there but we were allowed some good talking time. (Our family was en route to Aspen Grove for a family reunion with Dave’s side of the family…