JANUARY FAMILY FUN! This is our third year doing this for our Family Fun activity in January so I am calling it a TRADITION! We play a lot of games but we try and make this night extra special. Each of the kiddos pick a game and Mark and I pick a game together and …
Oh Jacob Scott. You are growing up way too fast. I feel like I blinked and you have just become this amazing young man. I love how much you love learning. You have completely taken charge of your learning and I love it. You start all of your learning on your own each day and …
Christmas has come and gone but ours was so good and needed to be documented. Our Christmas season was full of beautiful memories. Christmas Trees and MORE Christmas Trees I remember having a small Christmas tree that was just mine in my room growing up and I loved it. I have wanted to do that …
This summer, Sarah began taking ballet lessons once again (after our move). We found a great studio and Sarah seems to really enjoy it. She did say it is a lot more strict than her last one but also that she is learning a lot more. For their winter show, they keep it pretty casual. …
Story Time. The week of Thanksgiving, Mark got a call asking if we could meet with the Bishop for a couple minutes. The whole day I was teasing Mark about what calling he was going to get. I already had two and so I was excited to see what lay ahead for him. We got …
This boy. I love him so much. He is funny, adventurous, so snuggly, works hard, determined, is very sweaty, athletic, loves people, and creative. I was so happy to celebrate him! Benjamin’s 6th birthday was the birthday that just kept on giving! On the day of his birthday, he and Lydia were still dealing with …
On Thanksgiving day, Lydia started to come down with a fever. Lydia gets a LOT of fevers. Sadly, she seems to pick up on anything and everything going around. Well, do you want to know what was going around viciously the end of November? RSV. Lydia’s fever remained day after day. She also had a …
Oh my sweet Lydia Rose. You make every single thing in life better. And what’s more, you make every single person you meet in life better. I think you are smothered in kisses by all of us all day long. Your favorite person to give a “lovin” to is Dad. Dad gets all the kisses …
Thoughts this Autumn It has been almost a year since I have done a schoolhouse review and I am, honestly, really bummed about it. 2022 has been filled with so many blessings. And I hope to write more on that when I get to our New Year’s post. But one thing that has been a …