Happy First Day of School! It’s going to be a great year! Jacob is a Freshman Sarah is in Sixth Grade Benjamin is in Fourth Grade Lydia is in Second Grade
First Day of School
Journal // August 2026
Our every day August moments ☀️ County Fair Summer Bucket List ✔️ A favorite summer tradition. Read all about it HERE. The Good and the Beautiful Spotlight I have been a big supporter of The Good and the Beautiful company for many years – almost since it began. I was so pleasantly surprised when I …
Back to School Feast
On Monday we celebrated our Back to School Feast. I love this tradition. I felt like this new school year snuck up on me a little bit. We are in a busy stage of life right now and it is stretching me in all sorts of ways, and I am trying to be patient with …
Camp de Vida: Day 4
Our final day of Camp de Vida 2026! We started things off with our morning devotional. Today we studied The Living Christ and it was so beautiful. Then we went and visited the Weld County Veterans Memorial. We have driven by this so many times but never stopped and I am so glad we did. …
Mark’s 44th Birthday
We are so happy we were able to celebrate our favorite man. We celebrated with his favorite Mexican food, a chocolate zucchini bundt cake with ice cream, cards, presents, and lots of phone calls from family. We love you, Mark. Thank you for being who you are. You are our favorite.
Camp de Vida: Day 3
Day 3 of Camp de Vida was wonderful! Morning Devotional We started with our morning devotional. This day was all about the Atonement. We talked about how it can be hard during difficult times to feel like anyone understand, but there is someone who truly understands us and our individual situations. He suffered so we …
Camp de Vida: Day 2
Our second day of Camp de Vida turned out to be much shorter than we anticipated. But life happens and life got busy that day! We had to divide and conquer a bit, but we still had some great memory-making time together. Well Gulch Mark and “the bigs” left early for a morning hike. They …
Camp de Vida: Day 1
2026 Camp de Vida has begun! This is our third year of doing this really unique thing as a family. There is something special about family time – the spontaneous moments that let you feel what true joy is like. But there is also something really special about the more structured times too – the …
Schoolhouse // Summer 2026
This summer came and went so fast. This year has felt incredibly busy for our family. And I am really hoping for some “normal” soon! Summer in our “schoolhouse” is always a little different because…well, it’s summer. But the older two have more activities and camps now and so people are going different directions. We …
Rett Clinic
Lydia had an appointment at the Rett Clinic last week. These are always marathon appointments – but always really helpful. I am grateful for the Rett Clinic and all it does to help the families that are impacted with Rett Syndrome. Mark was able to come, which was so nice (he hadn’t been able to …