Sunday morning I woke up early and Mark told me that President Nelson had passed away during the night. My heart was sad. I miss him already. I will miss his clear, blue eyes that felt like they were looking right into your soul. I will miss his gentle spirit. I will miss all of …
Jacob and I received some new callings this month! When we had all of the realignments in our stake and ward, Jacob was released as the President of the Deacon’s Quorum. He has now been called to serve as the First Counselor in the Deacon’s Quorum in our new ward. He is excited – and …
Earlier this year, as we were approaching parenting our first teenager (looking at you, Jacob!), Mark and I thought it would be a special idea to go on a trip. So for Jacob’s 13th birthday we gave him a special father and son trip to Disneyland! We decided to wait until September for the crowds …
ELEVEN YEARS OLD! Sarah has changed so much this last year and I am so proud of the young woman she is becoming. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 11th Birthday around here is a big one because you finally get “sorted” into your Hogwarts house! Sarah has been excited for this the entire year! …
Sister Tamara W. Runia’s message from this last General Conference has been brought up again and again in my life the last five months. It was such a powerful message that I know I needed to hear, and based on what I have heard from others, it needed to be heard by a lot of …
Happy First Day of School for these kiddos! Everyone is so excited to begin a new year! Jacob is in 8th Grade Sarah is in 5th Grade Benjamin is in 3rd Grade Lydia is in 1st Grade
On Monday we celebrated our TENTH Back to School Feast. I am so grateful for this sweet tradition. As I got thinking about our family and the decision we made nine years ago to start homeschooling, I got to thinking about what my “why” is. And there are a lot of reasons and those reasons …
Our every day August moments 🍉 Painting Furniture We are finally finishing up Jacob’s room and it is coming together so well! One thing I wanted to do was sand down and paint some of his existing furniture to give it a fresh new look. Redoing furniture is not my favorite BUT we do really …
I used to do this regularly each school year, but haven’t recently and wanted to bring it back! Here are our plans for our schoolhouse this year. Family Jacob Sarah Benjamin Lydia
We had a birthday boy last week! Mark celebrated his 43rd birthday! He mostly spent it the “adult” way and had to work which meant he had to sleep most of the day. But we got dinner to-go (per Mark’s request), had a little family picnic, and then ate lemon poppy seed cake. We are …