Memorial Day in the mountains
A couple days after school got out we lucked out and got to escape the heat up in the mountains at Dave’s sister’s cabin. We love that place. …and there’s…
family after-dinner jobs (part 2)
Check out that good dad. Thinking about Father’s Day coming up and how lucky we are to have him… (Part one to the family dinner clean-up is back here.)…
heart attack
We did our traditional family “heart attack” for Family Home Evening this week. Each year near Valentine’s Day we like to cover our kitchen and family room with love by…
while you are gone…
I wrote this note to Dave last week while he was in China. But in the commotion of “single-parenting” I never sent it. And since he’s gone again this week…
A few snippets from Family Home Evening
Just a few snippets of our Family Home Evening the other night. Oh how I love that our church reminds us the importance of spending time with our families. Put…
2011 snapshot
I like to keep records. I’ve always been a journal keeper. I have about 25 of them chock-full of all the details of my life up ’til a few years…
family get-away
The day after Christmas we stole away with just our family up to the mountains overnight. (Well, my brother Josh was with us but we consider him pretty much part…
the gingerbread house
I love traditional-gingerbread-house-making.So do these guys:Lucy was especially serious about the task this year…she was all about the patterns and careful candy placement (and was so good at not eating…