Let’s talk about one way to bring in the Christmas spirit now that it’s December 1st. Because to be honest, part of me has been dreading the arrival of December. Is that horrible or what? Just too much going on in my heart. So much desire to have time pause for just a second. Please…
Claire just told me today that this is her own favorite Christmas tradition too. We love that there is an outlined idea each day. Something easy and doable for everyone. Something that helps us to remember the real reason for this season. To carry light in our own unique ways. To bring us and others…
I feel like my weekends should be categorized somehow lately. They are somehow like a pause in the panic-mode. Ha! I feel like each weekday I have my head down kind of in scramble-mode, but and then the weekends are a breath of fresh air. I don’t know why, it’s actually kind of weird because…
I wasn’t kidding when I proclaimed this as “catch up” week, and whoever is still along for the ride deserves a gold star. But I’m so happy to get at least a few extra things documented before life as we know it changes and we get our boy home, so thanks for bearing with me!…
The volunteer director was extremely sick when we arrived at OSSO, so we found ourselves in charge of a lot of things to pick up what she couldn’t do. (Which we were happy to do…we wanted to be put to work any way we could.) When we went to bed after midnight on Christmas Eve…
I have some gift ideas for the mothers in your life. Because mothers deserve to be celebrated. And with that celebration there should probably be a little pampering, right? I mean, I was just with Abby and Murphy and was reminded the of the motherhood wrestle that happens with babies and small kids. And all…
General Conference was back near the beginning of this month and we got to “gather” with our whole family. And our whole worldwide church. How cool is that? Ok, not in person, but man alive, sometimes I sure love technology. More about that in a second, first of all, what is General Conference you might…
IT’S MY MOM’S BIRTHDAY TODAY. Which happens to be Earth Day, too. Which is very fitting for my mother. The giver of life. The creator of so much beauty. Happy birthday dear mom, love you so much! I figured Earth Day and my mom’s birthday is a good time to dive into the magic of…
Our communication matters! It is what relationships are all about. I recently learned a new key to create better communication