Winter Thoughts Homeschooling has been a struggle for us for a while. Longer than I would like to admit. It has just felt like one thing after another has been against us. We really have been struggling even since Lydia’s diagnosing period clear back in 2021. That’s THREE years! That period was hard for obvious …
Our every day February moments. Mild Winter This has been a strange winter. It has been really mild – so mild that at the beginning of February we were playing with ladybugs! 🐞 New Furniture for Sarah We have gone back and forth on building Sarah’s furniture for her room. I wasn’t finding anything I …
13 Years! 13 years Mark and I have been married! I don’t know a lot of country songs, but there a line in one that says “and I thought I loved you then”. If I were to sum up how I feel about Mark this anniversary – that would be it. I love Mark. And …
I don’t even know who this little girl is anymore! I have never touched Lydia’s hair before – I was too scared! Lydia is not very still and I was so worried about making a mistake. But I finally just went for it and we think it turned out so cute! BEFORE / AFTER
Our Valentine’s Day was busy, yet lovely. I got up early to make our traditional double chocolate waffles. Lydie and I had to leave early because of her morning therapy schedule that day. BUT the other kiddos had a yummy breakfast ready for them once they got up! Lydia and I were gone all morning …
Last weekend, Jacob went on his first overnighter youth activity! He was so excited and had a really great time. The young men and young women from our ward went up to Estes Park and stayed at the YMCA of the Rockies. The first night, they had a devotional about the Atonement. In the morning, …
It has been a bit since I have done a journal post. Here were our every-day January moments ❄ Tonsil & Adenoid Surgery We kicked off January with a bang and Lydia had her tonsils and adenoids removed. It was a tough recovery but she is back to her normal self! CLICK HERE for more! …
Winter Bucket List ✔ I cannot remember if I wrote about this – but when we were celebrating the winter solstice in December our family made a Winter Bucket List. We have never done this before but we are LOVING it! We each picked one thing we wanted to do this winter. It has been …
I really don’t like starting another project before we have finished the last but…this is kind of a situation of “if you give a mouse a cookie…”. We started Sarah’s room refresh last March and we really went for it for a couple weeks and then we stopped. Truly, nothing done, until this last week. …
For Christmas this year, Mark gave Jacob, Sarah, and Benjamin tickets to the Colorado Symphony. This was a first for the kids and this last weekend they were able to attend. The Symphony was spotlighting Mark’s favorite composer, John Williams. And Mark has turned the kids into fellow John Williams fans. They can tell you …