weddings and NYC

My little brother (well, not really little since he’s 6’9”), met a really great girl (well, he’s met a LOT of great girls, but this is the one). She’s awesome. She’s from Switzerland. And they’re getting married…in NYC. Which means: Dave and I get to go…tonight…on the red-eye. And we get to spend some time…

Education Week

Because of the book my Mom and I wrote (click here for more info. about it…or on the sidebar), I’ve lucked out and been able to go to Women’s Conference and Education Week this year. I’ve never been to either before in all my life. I always hear everyone talking about how great they are,…

Bear Lake highlights

We’re at Aspen Grove. And it would be an understatement to say that we are loving it here. Bear Lake is over…already fading into rich memories. And it would be even more of an understatement to say that we sure adored it there. We packed up and drove away last Saturday after 21 days of…

“O” and 14 years

At some point in my post-college days my family went to see “O” (the Cirque du Soleil production that takes your breath away using a huge water pool on the stage in conjunction with all the creative things they do). And they had the nerve to go without me. I don’t remember why I wasn’t…

Mother’s Day

Yeah it’s been a week, but better late than never…We got to talk to my sister on her mission in England. This was how Lucy talked. She was attached to her new “eyes” all day.This was my “heart attack” from the kids. (We finally got around to the picture of it today.) Man, have I…

rush

I get a rush when I can run two miles. I know that sounds wimpy, but seriously, that’s a big deal for me. I get a rush when I can single-handedly tuck all five kids in bed and stay upbeat the whole time, noticing the little things I love about each of them as I…

addiction

Lucy finally likes TV. It took us a while to get her there. I know that sounds funny. I mean, who really wants their kids to like TV? But we just wished for so long we could at least get her interested in something aside from screaming on family road trips. No amount of cajoling…