Saint Patrick’s Day turned out a lot better than I ever could have made it this year. We had so many things leading up to it–two daughters’ birthdays, a new niece born, pi day, and just the normal chaos–that I didn’t even decorate the mantel until two days before. (I know!!!) So I honestly didn’t […]

Our angel Helen turned one year old today! She is such a light in our lives, and I don’t know what we ever did with ourselves before her! If I’m being honest, I have to admit that adding Helen to our family has been hard. Something about kid #4 has pushed me past my limit! […]

Our sweet Portia Eve turned three years old today! She is seriously so much fun! Here’s what she’s like! Portia has been a communicator since she was a little baby. Back then her method of communication was screeching so loud that it left our ears ringing for 15 seconds after she stopped. But now, and […]

So we did! Anyway, we took a quick trip to Saint George and loved it! Our only regret was that we would have liked about one more hour to spend at the park. The weather was so nice, and the kids were all so happy to be out and doing fun things! Josh and I […]

I love holidays! I love having an extra excuse to make a day special by wearing something festive, eating an extra treat or something, and decorating the mantel and/or table! And Valentine’s Day is especially wonderful because the whole holiday is about celebrating love! I feel exceptionally blessed to have always had lots of love […]

There were a handful of noteworthy things about this past week: My half birthday was on Thursday–we had ice-cream. 🙂 On Friday, Josh and I had a great date after our house was miraculously cleaned by angels. The downstairs bath and shower is complete, beautiful, and has been used by every member of the family. […]

Come Follow Me is studying John 1 this week. One of the sections noted how John began his Gospel with his testimony of truths about Jesus Christ. It suggested that we might consider doing the same thing: writing down what we know about Christ. It also suggested we consider who could benefit from hearing our […]

I feel like this past week was our first real week of the new year. Last week (which feels like SO LONG AGO) was full of wedding festivities, etc. so it felt like an extension of the holidays. It is nice to be back to a routine. Nothing particularly monumental happened this week except one […]

I can’t believe it has been less than a week since New Year’s Day. It feels like we have done SO MUCH! My sister, Christina, got married on Friday and the week was filled with festivities galore! But I’m getting ahead of myself. Here is what Christmas looked like after Santa came! And here is […]

I had a lot of fun doing my little Christmas home tour last year and I really wanted to do it the same way again this year–have a day where I cleaned the whole house to perfection, did the tablescape and had people over for dinner. But this year has just been a little too […]