Miss Eliza is still awake and it is past 10 p.m. Wow Liza! She got her digestive system cleared out… had a cup of warm milk… a little melatonin… a little lavender, and motrin as her teeth have been bothering her. She usually is begging to go to bed by 8. So this is weird. […]
Alma 37:37 “Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good.” is the theme for the week. We had a lesson on obedience… on doing the Lord’s will, not ours. Our Savior was a perfect example of this principle. I have been full-force thoughtful about CTR Camp this week. […]
Saw this image on a general conference video and you just can’t help but feel happy with him. He was talking about Spencer W. Kimball, “Give me this mountain. Give me these challenges.” There is JOY in the gospel… even in challenges. This I must remember. Jimmy and I went to ward temple night yesterday […]
We’re doing this… A Smith Family Snowie Shack! Bwahaha… not sure why? It’s summer! There are no snowcones on our end of town. So I bought a $35 Snow Cone Ice Smasher… and some syrups from Snowie.com. We’re gunna have ourselves a rip-roarin’ few hours. If you live nearby… stop by and say hi.p.s. Miss […]
Headline on KSL today: Lehi implements ‘extraordinary water conservation measures’… Which means we need to limit irrigation watering to 3 times a week (our grass!!!!!). And culinary water is running quite low which means nobody in Lehi is to water garden or lawn with it (oops… we were watering our garden with that). Watering our […]
This summer has been a tricky adjustment. Hopefully we’ll find a groove. Tru & Liza are quite the pair – always needing constant attention from mom. The kids are enjoying the tramp, especially with the sprinklers. We had a fun Saturday morning swimming at the legacy center (silhouettes of Hannah & Abe having fun together). […]
We have been enjoying our new bike trailer (thanks Amazon… you came through for us again!). I knew that strollers and wagons on our daily walks wouldn’t work all the time. The older kids ride bikes and have to wait for us slow-pokes. So a biking family we are! We just need to get Jimmy […]
The hot topic lately is Security vs Privacy… related to National Security Agency spying programs. This perspective difference is interesting. “I think the American people understand that there are some trade-offs involved,” Obama said. “It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience,” […]
It all started with wanting to host a paracord bracelet activity for 4-H. I didn’t want to deal with signing up as a registered leader of 4-H. I knew I could just have some of Hannah & Abe’s friends come over and learn to make the bracelets. Then I felt prompted to do a bit […]
KSL is telling me it’s hot. Uhhh, yep. It’s suddenly hot in Utah. Max begged and begged to do the slip-n-slide. Here’s what came about late afternoon.