Last fall I had the chance to sneak away for a girls trip to San Francisco with some of my college friends. Over three days we explored some of the best parts of San Francisco — biking across the Golden Gate Bridge, visiting Muir Woods, wandering Lombard Street, and soaking up the beauty of Golden…
How to help your children dream of attending Stanford some day: 1) Talk about it a lot. Like, all the time. Never let it worry you if they start rolling their eyes. They’ll come around. I’m just sure of it. 2) Tell them how awesome their cousin is who graduated from there. 3) Work in…
Part one is back here. Because yes, we went clear back the day after Thanksgiving and I haven’t made time to finish writing up my wrap-up yet. When I look at these pictures I get a little lump in my throat thanking my lucky stars that we got to do this. It is at trip…
Ok so this is what happened: My sister Charity lives in San Francisco and she loves it. And when I say “loves,” I don’t mean she just thinks it’s pretty cool to be in an awesome city like that. I talking about serious “adoration-with-every-ounce-of-her-soul” kind of love. I’m pretty sure that’s the type of person…
Over the course of a week and a half, somehow the stars aligned and I had the opportunity to gather three different circles of women I love in California. Each group came from a different part of my life, with their own history and energy. And each gathering taught me something about connection, the beauty…
I want to take you on a little visit to Sydney, Australia. The land where Claire lived and served an LDS mission for eighteen months. It is the land where she learned Mandarin, Chinese and served in areas predominantly filled with people relocated from China. And the land where these people became “family.” Claire fell…
Ok, moving along to wrap December up… Christmas day came and went. Phew, it was a LOT. But I’m such a sucker for traditions. So I loved gathering with everyone in the girls’ room for them to open stockings: Our kids surprised us with our own “stockings” this year and that was pretty sweet. Then…
Here’s another post in my series of “sister posts.” Today I am here to give mothers of young squabbling sisters some hope. Because guess what? I can attest that those sisters have the power to grow up to be the best of friends. And it is pretty glorious to behold. My Realization that These Sisters…
While Dave was in China last week, Lu and I took the opportunity to take a weekend to go visit Elle and Carson in their new stomping grounds. They moved to Palo Alto in June and we have been dying to get there. And I’m here to say that place really is a magical land….