My Grandpa died when my Dad was fifteen. He passed away leaving behind his young wife and five children. My Dad was the oldest. Every time I think about that Grandpa of mine my heart swells. It’s weird how you can feel so close to someone you’ve never even met, but I do. He was…
My Mom and sisters came to visit the desert a couple weeks ago. Oh how I adore these women. It’s like Christmas morning when we get together…serious therapy for my soul. Let’s just pretend that my mother was actually placed better in that picture up there…she needs to be front and center…or let’s just…
My parents kind of started dividing the grandkids up into “groups” from the start. Not to separate them from one another, but to make them feel extra special and do things with them on a smaller-scale basis. I wrote a bunch about that back HERE and HERE and there’s a little bit about “Grandfather’s Secrets” HERE. …
I think people are starting to plan summer family reunions because I’ve been getting a bunch of questions about how we do ours. So here are a few answers (I’ll answer the first one in segments since it contains a bunch of questions). My family as a summer getaway similar to yours at Bear Lake…
By the time this posts I will be knee-deep in laundry, unpacking, potty training Lucy, catching up on stake primary stuff, trying to stock up the fridge and dealing with tired kids. (I love the “scheduling” option on blogs.) But before the summer freedom draws to a close, (which it does early in the desert…August…
This is my family:I adore them. And I adore that I get to be with them in this gorgeous spot. We had our reunion last week. It was complete with our traditional campfire and music CD:Some serious races:I was going to only post the ones of us winning because I must admit our family came…