Seth and I celebrated our TWELVE year anniversary on Saturday. The celebration was limited this year due to a hectic schedule, but I did get flowers delivered to my door by some handsome guy (yes, that was Seth) and we enjoyed dinner with our good friends Stew and Jen, who were married on this same …
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Festivities continued…
As I mentioned in the previous post, we’ve had a busy month. To avoid many different holiday posts I decided to combine them into a few posts. It began with a visit to Temple Square in Salt Lake to view the beautiful temple and lights. Mom, dad, Abby, Matt, Porter and Tyler all joined us. …
Christmas Festivities
The whole month of December is booked full of traditions, class programs, and other fun holiday activities. Here are just a few of the things we have been up to lately. We decorated our first gingerbread house. Yes, I did say first. The kids do it in school all the time so I never felt …
Ellie Belle is 1
Our sweet baby girl turned one this week. It is truly amazing how fast time creeps up on me. She has brought such a tender joy to our family. She is reserved, sweet, cute, and truly a fantastic baby. We had made it a goal to have her walking by her 1st birthday but it …
Happy 7th Birthday sweet girl!
Friday was Katelyn’s 7th birthday. I asked her what she wanted to do for her “special” day and she said she wanted to go to lunch with Seth and I and then go shopping at ‘Justice for Girls’. I don’t particularly love that story (super glitzy and overpriced) but how could I say no to …
Happy Halloween!
Of course, only on Halloween do we get a torrential downpour. I have never seen so many umbrellas out on Halloween night. Thankfully after the ward trunk-or-treat, the rain let up and we got an hour or so without rain. The kids didn’t care if it was raining or not, we still made our rounds …
Farm Country
Last week I joined up with some friends from our ward, the Giddings, and took the kiddos to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. It isn’t something I do often. I am pretty sure I wore myself out with these type of activities with my older kids (when they were young). I do realize that my …
Tub Time
What is it about tub time that makes kids want to do “Jack-Jack” hair? I am pretty sure every single tub involves one kid or the other with a pointy hair-do. For those of you that don’t know, Jack-Jack is the baby boy on the movie “Incredibles” and my kids adopted that name for this …
Winter Wonderland
Sadly for me, my favorite fall season has been taken over by Old Man Winter. My children on the other hand, couldn’t hold in their excitement. Out came the hats, gloves, snow-pants and jackets….at 7:00 am. The three girls enjoying the beginning of winter. They might as well because I am guessing it will only …
Great American Challenge
This post is strictly a “mommy post” meant for me and yes, I may brag a little about my son, but I’m his mom and that’s what I am supposed to do, right? Jacob is in the A.L.L. program this year and it has provided a lot of great opportunities that he wouldn’t have otherwise …
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