I enjoyed a lovely mother’s day. I slept in (thanks hon!). I didn’t have early church meetings (thanks Bishop!). Tru was unexpectedly pleasant (yay!). I took a nice nap (thanks hon. sleep does wonders for me). The kids and Jimmy gave me some yummy treats and darling cards. We went to the Provo temple to […]
Abe: “Hey mom… you know how this morning you said, ‘Today’s gonna be a good, good day!’? Well. It has been a good, good day!” Imagine that. The power of positive thinking. Was it a perfect day. No. There was fussing and fighting and loads of work to be done. But Mr. Abe did his […]
This was a perfectly happy moment. We had just finished dinner. The kids were watching a new Piano Guys movie on the computer. ‘Liza was just hanging out with me at the table. She is a sweet girlie. I love that she was grabbing at her toes. I felt content.And ya know… about 10 seconds […]
My sister knew i’d been struggling with this, that, and the other. Her advice: Some days we thrive… some days we endure happily… some days we just keep all the troops alive and look forward to bedtime. It’s true. They are fed, clothed, safe, and loved. There is more… and we strive for that… but […]
Jimmy encouraged her to pick a real language for her “Language Report” so she switched to Italian. We’ll see if that one is a little easier to understand. Oh – how I laughed about the Pig latin though. Abe brought home his Persuasive Paragraph from school. I liked his choice of topic… how awesome his […]
today was the day … the day that peanut butter went on sale. i anticipated and planned for this day… plugged it into my brain so I wouldn’t forget. Skippy peanut butter was on sale for $1.79 at Macey’s. We’ve been out of our cases of peanut butter for a long time. So – today […]
This video made me cry. What does it take to have the biggest smile on your face? – definitely not a life of ease & money. See those darling children… I love the part with the little boy carrying his baby sister on his back. What a neat experience for all. Also Love Devin’s video […]
I went out to get some late Saturday night groceries and watched the large moon rise over the mountains (much like this… only I didn’t take this one. Have you ever tried to take a picture of the moon, in all it’s glory, with a dinky camera? It looks like a dot in the sky, […]
Miss Hannah has been taking piano lessons since the Fall from our friend & neighbor, Wendy Rencher. She is such a fabulous teacher. This month, Hannah participated in her first piano recital. She played Three Blind Mice & Ode to Joy. She has learned so much and seems to be a natural at learning music. […]