Happy Mother’s Day to all the inspiring Mothers in my life. To those who are nearest and dearest to me…I crave opportunities to soak up your examples like a sponge. To those I come in contact with in my carpools and kids’ classes. To those I’ve never met but I feel my heart interlaced with…
Ok, and a couple other reasons I love Mother’s Day (aside from the fact that I have such an amazing mother) is because first of all, my kids have made me into a mother, and I get to watch their excitement as they do things like set the table for me and present me with…
Oh man I love Mother’s Day. No, not because I sat in church today with five kids who pulled my skirt up exactly 43 times while vying for a spot practically on top of me, and not because Claire mysteriously got out the door wearing hot pink flip flops, and certainly not because I had…
Christmas Day was a good one. So was Christmas Eve…except for a good fight mixed in there. Does every couple get in fights on Christmas Eve or is it just me and Dave? Ha! I think motherhood is a little nutty around Christmas. Maybe that’s the reason? There are just so many to-dos swirling around…
Welp, let’s do a first “Missionary Monday” blog post for Claire. That girl has been in the MTC for SO long. And she still has SO long to go! But I figure we can use a little Claire update over here. Ok, so where did we leave off on this mission journey? Oh yes, right…
I thought I would be ok just sending Claire off to the MTC by herself. You see, she has eight more weeks of study there before she heads off to Australia. She has had a fair share of traveling alone, and had already “met” her companion, her district and her teachers online. It would be…
Phew! We have had quite a week around here! The kids came home for spring break (and to work from home), so that we could throw Abby and Max a baby shower. We got all but Carson (who had clinics) home (missed you Carson!), and we have been soaking in every minute of togetherness. I…
Happy Birthday to my one and only son I adore. One who has put up with his mother’s crazy antics for as long as he can remember: …as well as crazy sisters who adore him just about as much as that mother does: The one with an incredible sense of style: Ha! One who reaches…
Since Valentine’s Day is this weekend I feel the pull to write a love post today. So I will. But it’s not going to be a mushy, lovey-dovey one (although I sure do love that valentine of mine, hubba hubba…Claire don’t roll your eyes). No. Today I want to post about my birthday. Because in…