This was the highlight day for the family! If there was only ONE thing you could do in Arkansas, you have to go to Crater of Diamonds State Park! Today we explored the southwest corner of Arkansas. Crater of Diamonds State Park Mark and the kids were SO EXCITED about going mining for diamonds! Fun …
We left Little Rock and drove a quick 45 minutes to Hot Springs (our easiest driving day of the trip) and it was lovely. Hot Springs Hot Springs was a lot bigger than I was expecting. Our trip worked out that we were there on a Saturday and so it was pretty busy. We parked …
Our third day kicked off so nicely. It was not rushed like the previous days had been and we didn’t have to load the car. Yay! Arkansas Post We did have a little bit of a drive in the morning. We drove southeast of Little Rock to Arkansas Post National Memorial. Even after doing some …
Day 2 was a bit of an early start – but not nearly as early as the day before. It was our busiest day which wasn’t ideal coming off of our busy travel day but sometimes it just works out that way. Bentonville Temple Mark, Jacob, and Sarah got up and went to the Bentonville …
This felt like quite possibly the longest travel day of all time. Holy smokes it seemed like the day would never end! It was the longest single day of driving we have ever done and I don’t think we can ever do that again. It was way too hard on everyone. The kids were absolute …
We have some news! Our family is moving to Ohio! The question on everyone’s mind is: why? The short answer is this: We feel prompted to. Is it absolutely terrifying? Yes. Is it exercising our faith? Yes. Does it still feel right, though? Yes. Story Time I could write a whole lot about this experience. …
My thoughts on the Autumn General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Dallin H. Oaks’ message was inspiring on faith and the importance of “daily trying.”
September every day moments 🍂 Burton Palous Fillmore and Marvel Cloward I am so happy with all that I was able to learn and feel while I was learning about my Fillmore family. Read all about it HERE. Contacts This little sweetie got CONTACTS! She was so happy and has been counting the days all …
We had such a lovely weekend in Idaho and Utah. This has been planned for YEARS! I will never forget when we heard the announcement about the Montpelier Idaho Temple. I was in Rock Springs with the kids – less than a week before we made our big move to Colorado – and Mark was …
This little sweetheart is growing up! We both agreed that twelve feels so much older than eleven! But we loved celebrating our girl. For her birthday breakfast, Sarah requested crepes with all the extras, bacon, and chocolate milk. It was oh so yummy. Then we got ready and made our way to the arcade! Sarah …