a quick weekend filled up with “turning hearts”
Loved “turning the hearts” (Malachi 4:6) this weekend. First turning hearts “to the children” because my niece Emmeline came to town. Oh my goodness, she and Lucy are one of…
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…
a little guilt trip
Growing up my dad was a pro at the guilt trip routine. And he’s passed that “skill” on to his daughter (much to her childrens’ chagrin…ha!) So it was good…
Sedona, round 2, and a visit from some natural “energy vortexes” in my life
My sisters came to town and of course, we had to go check out Sedona. From the minute I set foot in that place (back HERE with Dave), I knew…
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…
pre-Christmas togetherness
Ok I’m still trying to come up for breath over here after all those Christmas things mooshed together in the midst of all our family togetherness. Oh boy. I’m so…
teaching children to give (a podcast and our Christmas Eve tradition) and a guest post (giving free books) from my parents
How’s that for a long title? Ha! But I wanted to take a minute to talk about my very favorite part of Christmas every single year: children-gift-exchange on Christmas Eve….
the best mom and dad
This was supposed to post this morning…I am late but here we go!I feel like the luckiest girl in the world when it comes to parents. The older I get,…
last weekend — a family reunited
There is something almost holy to me about having your whole family together after some have left. I don’t think you can ever explain it until you are in it,…