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This post isn’t about Ida although I am very thankful for Ida and she will get her own post soon. No, this just happens to be the most re...

Too long since I posted last!!! Soorryyyy Also, does anyone else remember that '90s country song "There Is No Arizona"? Becaus...

Wow, November flew by. It always does! This time of year STREAKS by! I love blogging about what I'm thankful for. It makes me feel so ha...

Polly and I went to California this weekend! We flew there with Hannah and Rhoda. Beginning of the flight (with Hannah) End of the flight (w...

The kids got a Wii for Christmas. I was never much of a video games person (when I was a kid we had a Nintendo but we were only allow...

We had a 4-day weekend! Ida started it off with a nice long nap in my bed on Friday morning. I love how in tune she is with her body's n...

Remember how photos of my kids keep taking me by surprise?: Babies, the mother slayers They keep growing up. I love looking at o...

Matt baptized Theo on Saturday. It was such a nice weekend. My parents came on Wednesday night, Hannah arrived on Friday, and Matt's par...

Last night I took the big kids to the Messiah Singalong at a local stake center. They refused to give me normal smiles for the photo. Both ...

We spent a chilly Saturday afternoon in DC with old friends. I'm thankful for those dear friends and thankful to live just 15 minutes aw...

It took us almost all summer to get to the beach this year. As far as I am aware, I have made it to the ocean every summer of my life. Of co...

We've had some fun amphitheater times this summer. Our friends Chrissy and Matt invited us to see Beck with them at Merriweather Post Pa...

School is still in session for another week and a half, thanks to so many snow days this winter, but it's definitely summer. Then again ...

I had a fun Saturday last Saturday. Some friends and I ran the Warrior Dash again. It was really muddy. And fun. It reminded me of why I lov...

Made these guys a picnic dinner to eat together at the park and once we all sat down to eat, they promptly announced they'd be moving ov...