parental love and a Blessing for Murphy Jane
Welp, there has been a pretty grand swirl of activity going on around here…our big annual reunion at Bear Lake, lots of cousin/family bonding, Murphy’s first movie (ha!), and Lucy’s…
how has my baby been married for four years and now having a baby?
I can’t even believe it’s true. This was FOUR YEARS AGO! Oh the adventures they’ve been on in four years! But the best is yet to come: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU…
how to chose the perfect daughter-in-law (happy bday Abby!)
Welp, we hit the jackpot in the daughter-in-law category. And of course, we didn’t chose her as that blog title implies, Max did. But he did a pretty dang good…
announcing…a little peanut on the way
WE HAVE A BABY GIRL COMING IN APRIL! WOOHOO! I’ve wanted to write about SO many thoughts and feelings in conjunction with this humongous news ever since August, but I…
some pieces of my heart joining up in Texas
When Max and Abby realized that they were going to be in the VERY SAME CITY as Grace at Christmastime, they got permission to go see that sister of theirs….
pre-Christmas weekend adventures with Max and Abby
We didn’t get all our kids home for Christmas at the same time. Abby’s family had big plans this year that took those two away (and I’m so glad they…
a visit from big kids and Conference weekend
Max & Abby came down to visit on a key weekend… A tournament for Claire (where her team won their division…WooHoo!) To surprise this girl for her fifteenth birthday: (all…
Utah beauty (two-kids-I-love edition)
After that gorgeous hike (that I gushed about in the last post), I got to go greet these two kids after their work: Max is working for the summer with…
from snow to sun, Max & Abby’s visit
Since these two have already had covid, they came down for a little visit from the snow to the sun. Oh! We had missed them, and there was just something…