Summer is slipping away more quickly than I can seem to hold it close. Long summer nights at home with neighbor friends abounding and days of soaking in the beach in California have gradually melded into tennis and boating and sand-castle-building at Bear Lake with extended family who we adore. The neighbors with cute boys…
My Mom and I spoke at Time Out for Women in Oklahoma City. Sure, it was way back in May, but I still want to write about it because I really loved that place. It was beautiful from the air (my traditional “airplane-window-pictures” are here). It was beautiful driving around. And the people were beautiful…
I see that Elle is going to Girl’s Camp, as the YW President do you go with your Ward? I get to go for a few days, but can’t get off work to go the whole week. Girl’s camp is a favorite around here, hope you get a chance to go. Yes! I am going…
We are big summer goal fans in our family. We have done them for so many years now that the kids just go on auto-pilot and start writing them down as soon as school is out. (See Claire’s deep concentration?) We have the kids concentrate on three areas: 1) physical, 2) spiritual, and 3) mental….
It’s Max’s birthday today. And he’s not here. I think it’s not quite fair for a mother to have to have her son be gone on a scout camp-out on his birthday TWO YEARS IN A ROW. And for his fourteenth birthday? Come on. I’m sure he’s all hunky-dory hanging with his friends roasting some…
Ok, so this is the time of year when it sneaks up on me: That moment when all the things swirling around in my jumbled brain come to a screeching halt when I realize that, once again, I have not thought far enough in advance to do something really creative with my children for their…
I am using each Friday as a way to catch up with questions I receive. I am posting a few each week. Here you go: Hey just wondering if there was a way to order your book for Mothers Day. It’s sold out on the Deseret book website 🙁Unfortunately it is sold out most places…
I had a very interesting weekend last weekend (and it all happened with my real camera sitting in my laundry room at home, so please forgive the pictures). I went up to the National American Mothers Convention that happened to be in Salt Lake City this year (it takes place in a different city each…
Like most families, we have a bunch of Christmas traditions. I want to talk about our “straw in the manger” one today. But I love each and every one of them. Because they make us slow down enough amidst the hustle and bustle to feel the Christmas air thicken around us. One of my favorites…