the real story

My friend commented to me after reading this blog the other day that it seemed like things are running pretty seamless in our household. And that made me realize I haven’t written much about the nitty-gritties lately. I’ll tell you what, things are far from “seamless” around here. I don’t like when I start to…

beauty and the sky

I was raised by nature lovers. My parents raised me to adore the beauty of the world. They pointed it out everywhere we went. The various colors that made up a gorgeous sunset. The spring buds making their grand debut on the barren tree branches. The way a field of grain looked when the sun…

Park City

This year we came to Utah and Bear Lake with dear friends from home. They stayed with us for a couple days in Park City, then a couple days at Bear Lake. (Beware of getting carpel tunnel on this post because man oh man there are a BUNCH of pictures.)I love these guys with all…

“Surrendering”

Ok, on to what I’ve been trying to get a second to write about forever: My biggest epiphany from Women’s Conference. It was interestingly the same thing I think about all the time…except a little bit re-worked. It is to “Be There” and to “slow down on the multitasking.” Let me explain. Iris Krasnow is…

Happy Easter

Ok, I’m a little late to be wishing that post title. But I did have a good excuse as you probably noticed a couple posts ago: a slight loss of my mind and a trip to Utah. Easter weekend was nuts. It felt like everyone needed help and like they were all talking “at” me…

craziness

When I had my big epiphany to “choose the best part” for this year I felt like I was choosing my family. I was committed to put my family before everything else. And it felt good. I had grand visions of what would happen after I made my first big “choice” this year: Take a…

Cozumel

When I say we went on a scuba diving trip to Cozumel let’s just let it be known that this wasn’t just your ordinary “sit-in-the-sun-and-hop-in-for-an-aesthetically-pleasing-pleasure-dive-once-while-you’re-here” kinda trip. No. This was a trip where we were with serious divers. This was a “twice-a-day-down-to-108-feet-deep” kinda dive trip. (Although I wish this was all my photography work, I…

CHOOSE the best part

I figured out my 2009 “word”…now that it’s February. But the point is I figured it out thanks to Dave and the time he gave me to think. At first Dave gave me the eyebrow-lift when I told him what it was and reminded me once again that a better phrase may be “be on…