I meant to post this way earlier today but do you know what? THERE IS A HINT OF CRISPNESS IN THE AIR IN THE DESERT. And that calls for immediate drop-everything-else-and-head-out-on-a-celebratory-hike. So I had to obey. I love the desert, especially this time of year. But other big news (aside from that beautiful crispness), is…
We got Max and Abby’s wedding pictures back from the photographer and I just wanted to take a moment to share. On to the reception… Dave came up with this new idea in lieu of a “sign-in book:” Wish we could have made sure EVERYONE got in that thing, but kind of fun to have…
We didn’t get to bask in Christmas cards as much as usual this year with all the wedding hoopla going on. We actually didn’t even hang up a whole slew of them. But we DID love and appreciate every one. I went through and took some pictures of just a few of my favorite…
There’s been a flurry of Christmas hoopla going on around here. Lucy made sure we put gingerbread-house-making right on the top of our Christmas-to-do list: Our annual ward Christmas party was in the morning as per tradition at my friend’s house: Complete with Santa: (right before a soccer tournament) (My lone believer right up there….
I wrote about “mom inspiration” a few posts ago (about this great “Mom Conference” my sister put on…if you still want to listen to those great talks click HERE to find out how). But now I want to write about “brain inspiration.” (which mom inspiration is too…but a little different…) Because I think life can…
I’ve been listening to the “Encore Day” interviews from the Mom Conference today getting so inspired. And not that it is after 10:00 I’m realizing I have neglected to write about the extra interviews featured in the Mom Conference today. Shoot. Hopefully those who signed up got an email about that great thing and have…
We took our three younger girls and Dave’s mom to see Joseph and the Technicolored Dreamcoat. We hemmed and hawed about whether or not we should take Lucy. We always do with things like this. Because, well, she can be a little bit of a wild card which sometimes takes away attention from the…
Oh man, we just wrapped up Claire’s birthday. I always write things about these children of mine here on the blog on their big day. It’s like my birthday card to them. But today was a little different because I just had to snuggle that girl up from before dawn until late tonight with…
Now that it’s the middle of January I’m finally getting around to recording all the holiday hoopla that went on around here in December. Sure we were gone for actual Christmas itself, but there was sure a lot of stuff leading up to that big day. It seems like every year our “Elf on the…