I apologize for this being a day late. Yesterday was the March 10th (that Portia has been talking about for weeks without knowing what it really meant)! The “birthday coming up March!” the “my birthday coming up ‘lowly!’” finally actually arrived! A moment that I feel nicely describes this day in Portia’s eyes is when the […]

I made a shocking and horrifying discovery today. I went through the entire month of February and never. posted. a picture. of. the. mantel!!!!!!!!! I’m sure you all wondered what was wrong with me! Here is my Valentine’s mantel for this year. It brought us lots of joy this season of love! If you recognize […]

Sorry for missing last week. Mostly I am sorry to Mary whose only request from me for her mission was to be able to read the blog. So here it is, Mary. I hope you know I love you and that I think of you even while you are far away. I don’t feel like […]

I love little holidays! I feel like it is so good to have a day where, for no practical reason, you just do things a little special! (Is special an adverb?) I also love any reason to dress up my cuties and decorate the table! So Valentine’s Day is just fun for me! Also, I […]

Last Friday I was driving home from the park with the kids thinking I needed to get away somewhere.  January always seems to wear me out by the end and I was just feeling antsy.  Approximately 2 minutes after having that thought, Josh called me. When I answered and asked what was up, he asked […]

In my head this past week was just full of being sick. But we actually only had one real sick day, and looking back at the pictures I took this week I see that we actually did have some fun, too. So that is good and encouraging! On Monday for family party Josh had a […]

This weekend has been such fun! It snowed like crazy Friday night and half of Saturday, so we kind of hunkered down at home on Saturday. Josh said it kind of felt like we were on Christmas vacation and I agreed. We could go somewhere if we really wanted to, but we didn’t have any […]

This year has gotten off to a lovely little start. We’ve done a lot of the usual sort of stuff–school, work, ignoring dirty dishes, etc.–and some less usual stuff. The one extra unusual thing we did was take a break from the kids last weekend. My parents (mostly Mother) watched the cuties while Josh and […]

As I mentioned earlier, I have been super excited about a new theme for 2018. I felt like Delight was just what I needed in 2017! And even though I know a single word can’t reasonably receive credit for the miracles I saw in my life in 2017, I think it was still a good […]

This post will be mostly pictures with some explanation. Last Friday we had the annual Christmas Progressive Party! It was a huge, long night of all the treats, all the family, and so much fun! The kids were especially excited to meet one special someone! A few days ago, Fay decided to be Santa with […]