I am loving the Come Follow Me lessons we study each week more than ever lately. There is so much to glean from the scriptures, and I feel like you learn even more when you write things down. So here I am, with a thought from three weeks ago. Ha! But really, I’ve been thinking…
Goodness, gracious I have a lot to catch up on. We’ve been working on some good things around here, and I have so much to say. But for today I figured I better get my act together and at least document the first day of school… …online school that started back on Wednesday. (Yep, we’re…
Let’s take a minute to go back to February for record’s sake. It seems crazy to me that this was only a couple months ago! But there we were, Claire and some cousins went to watch other cousins compete in the state cheer competition: (They did awesome, so proud of them!) We gathered with family…
A few weeks ago I was sitting in the kitchen trying to help Lucy come up with an online writing class she would enjoy. Claire and Grace were both signing up for some classes and I knew Lucy needed something to keep her going too. And when I came across this class by Jennifer Trafton…
To me, there is so much beauty in religion: people striving to connect with God. I think it is interesting that once we find a religion that we cherish and love, we are more apt to close out the others. I think mostly we just get comfortable. But how sad that is to miss out…
I’m doing a “Thanksgiving Tree tutorial” over on Seasons of Renewal on Instagram (HERE). If you haven’t heard of that platform, go check it out, it is so good! They have all kinds of tips, motherhood ideas and tutorials, and I have been buoyed in my mothering over there many times! Traditions are like glue…
Gosh, I have been going through pictures of this birthday girl and missing her so much this morning: the morning that marks her TWENTY-FIRST birthday! Oh boy, if we had known how easy and kind and good this girl would be when we were jolted out of our seats twenty-one years ago when we found…
Today, in a land far away on the other side of the planet, my son is turning twenty-two. That little boy who made me a mother all those years ago: (That date on the left is not correct, just for the record, but that belly is pretty awesome don’t you think? 🙂 Twenty-two years ago…
Tomorrow is the big day. I was talking to two of Claire’s volleyball teammates yesterday who were telling me all about their ideas for their Valentines, and it made me realize I have not taken my preparation for this day very seriously, I need to get busy! Not just for my Valentine, my #1, but…