Elder Ulisses Soares’ message, Followers of the Prince of Peace, touched my heart and spirit. Elder Soares always seems to speak in such a way that encourages me to be better without making me feel like I am failing (if that makes sense). Elder Soares spoke of discipleship. I was immediately drawn to his message …
It has been a couple months since we have gone down to the Nature and Science Museum and it felt great to be back! They had a great “Bugs” exhibit and we LOVED it. Mark said he thought it was maybe the best traveling exhibit we have seen. And I would have to agree. It …
It’s been a couple weeks, but our family decided to celebrate Pioneer Day this year. I am not really sure why but I just felt a pull to celebrate our pioneer ancestors. Plus, it’s not too hard to convince me to share about our ancestry! We celebrated with a pioneer style breakfast (well, who am …
Happy Monday! Wowza what a busy month! In between running around like a crazy woman, we had some special sweet moments, not to be forgotten. Atlas Crate I can’t remember if I talked about this before – so I apologize if it is a repeat. Jacob’s been getting a “watercolor subscription box” every month for …
Benjamin completed The Good and the Beautiful’s Kindergarten Prep course at the end of March. He was so very happy to do this course. He had done the Preschool course twice and so moving forward was really good for him! Previous Experience Both Jacob and Sarah did the previous version from The Good and the …
We finally got this boy into a sport – BASEBALL! It was so fun to watch Ben get into something new. Sadly, his first season was interesting. He had his first practice and then it was practice after practice after game after game of cancellations. The weather this spring was absolutely bonkers! We had thunderstorms …
We left Idaho and made our way down to Utah to celebrate this amazing woman’s 80th’s birthday. We were so happy to gather together with family. We were able to get there a day before everyone else and it was fun for the kids to spend some time with their grandparents – Grandma even taught …
Another week in one of our favorite places surrounded by some of our favorite people! Our week was just oh so lovely, and as always, is best summed up in the dozens and dozens of pictures that we took. It was a week of great conversations, tubing, a monarch butterfly migration, learning about our names, …
This last spring, we completed the REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, AND FISH science unit from The Good and the Beautiful. This was a new unit for each of us and we really loved it! I will say, when it comes to the animal kingdom, this is probably at the bottom of my interest level – but all …
I mentioned last year that the Fourth of July was really hard for me. For whatever reason, this is the one holiday that is really difficult for me to be away from family. It probably doesn’t help that Mark has had to work both years, so it is just me and the kids trying to …