wave hello again.

 OK, OK, fine! I complain about this lil rascal all the time, but I'll admit I'm still thankful for him. *The rascal in question btw...

That’s right! I voted! She voted! Matt voted! We voted! Now Ida and Matt are downstairs watching the results and I am going to bed. I’ll see...

I've been joking about how running marathons is my midlife crisis. (Well, I'm like 50% joking.) I've run 4 marathons since I tur...

It's November first, and you know what that means!  (Thanksblogging!) We had the elders over for dinner tonight, and they shared Ecclesi...

I have too much to say. I sent my kids to school this morning and I’m sad about summer ending but happy that they are happy about school. Ye...

  Aren't they cute? lol. I made my kids pose for the professional swim team photos last summer because it was the last time they'd a...

  Oh this little thief of my heart. I am so grateful for our caboose who came to complete our family and fill up the house with giggles. Pol...

  Matt's description of Lars as a "loose nerve ending" (I think he first said this when Lars was like 3 or 4) has continued to...

  Ida has worn the same shirt, same hairstyle and same facial expression every year in her high school yearbook photo. It's not that thi...

  This cute boy is home for Thanksgiving. I love him SO much. When I saw him on Saturday morning he gave me the biggest strongest hug--he...

  That's my brother Harry next to me at our nephew's wedding. Do you know what it's like to have a brother who's 10+ years o...

  My "little brother" is obviously bigger than me now and has been for some time. I am thankful for Noah's insights, the conne...

  Sister number three! This lady is my BFF, my roommate for more years than anyone but Matt, my queen of inside jokes, my confidant and my f...

 I'm not sure how this photo ended up on my computer but I am here for it! Today on Matt's birthday I am so thankful for the man I m...

  This is a much older picture but I just like it! My sister Phoebe knows exactly how to make things more beautiful, more fun, more of whate...

  Swiping through my photos and I found this darling one of my sister Bonny. I'm so thankful for Bonny. She is the ultimate oldest siste...

  OK I figured out how to post photos from my computer... so maybe I'll start doing that again! This fall I am super grateful for my fir...

Sleep is harder for me than it used to be. I can still sleep like a rock if given the opportunity, but I rarely get the opportunity. Dog bar...

I chaperoned Polly’s field trip today and I am ex-haus-ted. It was fun to chat with other parents though as well as her delightful teachers....

 Our hot water started acting weird back in like August. It would sometimes get hot and sometimes stay lukewarm. An appliance guy looked at ...

Always always. I will never forget. This article in the Post (gift article) about a gathering of WWII veterans was really nice. And this on...

Am I sensing a theme? Whew, I am grateful the kids have the day off school tomorrow and I have the day off work. I am really relishing the o...

I was so tired today. I went to bed way too late and woke up too early. But this afternoon after church, I changed into sweats and hung out ...

Sunny blue November skies and pinky orange purple November sunsets can’t be beat… and the weather has been extra nice this November. Throw i...

I am going to set an alarm in my phone to write these because otherwise I will keep forgetting! Ok today’s thanks is for something kind of f...

Busy day today, lots going on at work and at home and at school and at church and anywhere we are involved there’s lots going on. I complain...

 I wonder if I am extra thankful for my vote because every November I write about how thankful I am for it? 🤔 Regardless… there is somethin...

Of all the posts not to have a photo! I really need to figure that out. I saw my SIL Deb yesterday and she gave me a gorgeous quilt she had ...

Welcome back to Thanksblogging!! I’ve been taking a human development class (long story short, I am trying to get a teaching certificate) an...

Did I mention the blogging app I used doesn’t work anymore? Rude. I have to use a regular browser and that’s annoying. I ran my third marath...

 I remember when my newborns were learning how to live life on the outside, and I’d have a small window of time during the day where I decid...

  (SpongeBob voice) Three - months - later… Don’t worry, I’m an elder millennial librarian who only knows that reference from social media c...

I’ve had a busy month. Went to California twice 🤩🤩 to celebrate a wedding (my niece), a birthday (my mom), and a high school reunion (me)!...

Polly quotes are coming fewer and farther between 😭 but I have a few from the past few months. (Noticing “Mariah Carey” on the car dashboar...

I feel that it is important for each generation to pass its knowledge down to the next, and it’s easiest to do in a natural and low-pressure...

Image by Micah Player Today I have been thinking about two of my most memorable college classes: Communications Theory and History of Civili...

Big news, that I haven’t put on social media yet because of reasons, but I feel like if you’re here on my blog, you genuinely want to know t...

Well, I’m still sick. I have bronchitis. Boooo That’s it. Just wanted to complain for a second. But here’s a picture, unrelated

Starting a week or two before Christmas 2024, I took “wellness tablets” several times per day: generally two pills, three to four times a da...

You know what’s weird, is visiting LA and then trying to get out quickly before the biggest snowstorm of the decade hits DC and THEN before ...

Whew! We spent 17 hours at Disneyland yesterday. That is not including the ~2 hours of drive time but it is including the parking and rope d...

I missed several days in November (although not as many as last year!) so we’ll just keep the fun going for a little bit. Ida is a joy and a...

Samantha (born circa… 1992?) has seen better days. I had been meaning to take her in for a “refresh,” and then her leg came off, so that was...

I’ve been a little behind on sleep lately.  Yesterday I took a late nap after dinner.  Then last night I wasn’t feeling great (likely the re...

Ah Theo, my firstborn son: most likely to make me laugh, most likely to make me cry, most likely to surprise me again and again.

In the last 10 years, we’ve been across the country and back 4 times now in our van. From sea to shining sea to shining sea x 8. (If you ne...

Polly… what a gift to us and to the world. I can’t even express it. 

Behold, my current collection of Christmas wrapping paper. Is it over the top? perhaps, but I just really like Christmas wrapping paper, and...

I feel like Lars must be what Matt was like when he was 13. He’s just so funny and smart and goofy and gets the job done. Like ordering Inst...

I’ve written posts about November before. It’s sort of a magical month. Leaves on the ground and snow in the sky today. I actually read som...

I’ve been working on a project at work that requires the use of these little “Not Ready” signs. It feels very relevant to my life in general...

I opened my heart up to this dog a little over a year ago, and he drives me loco crazy 80% of the time, but I would absolutely do it again. ...