Josh’s and my first Valentine’s Day as a married couple was on a weekday in the middle of midterm season. We gave each other sweet cards, and I heart attacked the door for him, but we didn’t really do much else. We declared that we would postpone it until a time when it was more […]

 

Josh and I have recently re-picked up some hobbies. Josh got (from me) some oil paints for Christmas 2012. He tinkered with them quite a bit last spring, but since we moved to North Carolina and school started again, he hasn’t had much of an opportunity to paint. But, now that we have 9:00 church […]

The past week–since last Wednesday–has been mostly characterized by a rather cranky Fay. Some kind of bug has been going around our apartment building and Fay got it. 🙁  Over the weekend, it was mostly just a runny nose, a cough, and all around “icky-ness,” but on Monday–just about two hours before we were supposed […]

I know it is already the end of January, but I thought it might be fun to note a little bit of how we have changed in the past year. January 2013 was the first month of “the rest of my life” as a stay at home mother! It turned out to be quite an […]

This afternoon, Fay and I played a brand new game called “transfer beans” (you may feel free to rename it, if you wish). I got out two bowls and put dry beans into one of them, handed Fay a spoon and let her have at it!  She absolutely loved it, and got way into it! […]

In our stake, every autumn they hold “Women’s Day” for all the Relief Society sisters. It is seriously the best idea ever! They just have a ton of different classes available ranging from crafts, to parenting tips, to spiritual subjects, to self-reliance, etc.  They have three hours of classes, so you get to choose three […]

So, I was talking to Megan Muhlestein (my sister-in-law) today and somehow blogs came up. I remembered that I really do want to keep a blog so that we can remember things that we have done! So here’s another go at a post. There are lots of things that we have done that we don’t […]

The Monson Family is happily situated at the student family housing of UNC called Baity Hill. Josh can walk to his building in 30 minutes or bike in 10; and there is a free bus service for all of Chapel Hill and into the neighboring city of Carborro! Our apartment is really nice and we […]

I didn’t think to add this to my other post. I don’t know why. But I made Fay a little skirt and a matching headband for St. Patrick’s Day and we got the shirt for $1.49 after tax at Old Navy. It pays to be last minute! It’s getting harder and harder to get staged […]