gratitude for children who leave home…
…and then come back. It’s like there’s a magic in the air around here since Max returned for Thanksgiving early Friday morning. I don’t know that there could be…
Max’s mission call
Max sent in his mission papers a few weeks ago. Then a week or so ago we got a notification “assignment made 8/28.” It made my heart jump (as…
the BYU drop-off
So after all the blubbering and heart-wrench (last post), we headed to take our boy up to start his life as an official BYU Cougar. As you can tell, he…
getting ready for a big move
I know a lot of moms with kids who have graduated and moved away. My mom, Dave’s mom, a bunch of friends, sisters-in-laws, random strangers on the street. So this…
Nationals in Columbus
After all this travel back here I met up with these two in Ohio: … to watch a whole bunch of this: When you have five kids it’s like a…
‘tis the season…
…for mission calls galore. Because every other minute it seems Max’s friends are working on their mission papers, anticipating where they will get called, receiving their mission calls and heading…
Max’s birthday festivities
I talked about Max’s birthday back HERE, but we hadn’t done the festivities back then so here we go. Since he had to leave for work in the wee hours…
graduation
When I graduated from high school it was in Symphony Hall in Salt Lake City. We had close to 400 in our graduating class so we all fit and I…
the finale of high school volleyball (and a good-luck bracelet)
Why is it that a lot of superstition comes out in sports? Is it just that you want something to hold onto as you hope for the very best outcome?…