Have I mentioned to you how much I love having a theme-verb for each year? It has been such a blessing in my life both years I have done it and here’s why: I feel like both years have basically been like me saying, “Hey Heavenly Father, here’s what I want in my life. I […]

We sort of stumbled upon a spectacularly Christmas-fun-filled week. We only had one festive thing planned, but then we ended up doing a ton of fun, festive things! On Monday night for Family Party we had a rousing “indoor snowball fight.” We got a box of indoor snowballs as part of Josh’s triumph at the […]

Josh has been dreaming of a vacation for a year. We did some trips during the summer, and they were all super fun! But they just didn’t quite hit the spot for Josh. He was thinking bigger, longer, more relaxing. Also, Josh’s parents have been talking about how it would be fun for them to […]

We had Thanksgiving with the Monsons this past week and it was wonderful! It was delightful to spend time with family, make and eat yummy food, and remember all the blessings we have! And so I just wanted to share some things for which I am most thankful. This whole Thanksgiving season the same two […]

Halloween is such a big thing to cover! I’m going to to try and do everything justice without making this post 100 years long; we’ll see how I do. 🙂 Let’s start with Josh’s haunt! He decided he was going to make it different this year and not have a game. This was in the […]

In case it wasn’t clear: I am rather enamored with this autumnal season. Today, as I was walking to the church and looking at all the trees in full color along with leaves on the ground, I got so giddy that I started giggling to myself in elation! I love that it is chilly enough […]

I think one of the reasons autumn is basically my favorite time of year is all the traditions we have! We haven’t gotten to all of them yet–and who knows? We might not this year–but here are some we HAVE gotten to! First is General Conference! I remember being a kid and feeling like Conference […]

I am SO excited for autumn! I didn’t have an autumn kick-off party this year (in part because I am just trying to keep us all alive most days), but I think I’m going to have to do something at some point this season! It’s just too delicious a season to not celebrate! This evening […]

In case you weren’t convinced of our adventuring this summer; here is a nice long video documenting it. Josh made it, and it is great!  Mostly it was made and is being posted for family history purposes; so don’t feel like you need to watch the whole thing. Also, here is a story from today. […]

I’m not sure what I should write about this week, so I’ll skip the monologue for the most part and just share a little bit about the pictures. They both love it so much! But Portia wins the “excited face” award. And Helen wins the “giant cheeks” award. Also the award for having teeth!