A while back you may remember that I made another post about Drew and his love of reading, especially at night. I tuck Drew in around 8:30 every evening. For whatever reason, he has never been able to sleep that early. I told him he can read, do homework, write in his journal or anything …
Category Archives: Family
Little Mommy
Ellie is a mini-me. She follows me around the house most mornings once the other kids leave to school. She cleans beside me, she does her own workouts, she even likes to sit and do my hair while I work. She is my cute little sidekick. When she isn’t doing chores (which mind you, she …
2016 Spring Break Family Trip: San Diego
We spent our week of spring break in southern California (along with 50 percent of the school district). We had a great time overall and wanted to record our adventure for our memories.
Happy 10th Birthday Claire!
Happy 10th Birthday to our Claire Bear! Unfortunately her birthday fell the day after spring break ended and after we returned from our spring break trip. I gave her a couple options and she chose to skip school and go see Zootopia with her friend Allie. We dropped them off at the theater. They thought …
Basketball Season
We had four of our six kids playing basketball this year. Jake, Claire and Katelyn all played on rec teams and Megan played in a more competitive league. It kept us very busy this winter season to say the least. Plus, Seth generally volunteers to be a coach for one of the kids each season. …
Easter Season
Another Easter has come and gone. We love all the fun and festivities associated with Easter. In our family we have made it a tradition to celebrate on Saturday with the eggs, bunnies and baskets and hold Sunday with more reverence to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ, while attending our church meetings. …
First Weekend of Spring Camping Trip
This last weekend Manina was out-of-town at yet another girls trip. Jacob, Megan, and Katelyn had a church “mini-mission” activity that would keep them busy (and supervised) all Friday night and most of the day on Saturday. I was home with just Claire, Drew, and Ellie. So, instead of sitting around and playing on iPods …
Vroom, vroom
I have been lobbying for a motorcycle for a while. There have always been good reasons not to make the purchase. But, now the reasons are starting to swing in the direction of me getting one: My life insurance situation is good Jake will be driving in a few months My work is moving closer …
Winter Weekend at Scofield
When Manina planned a weekend getaway with her usual group of friends in Scofield, there may have been some grumbling. “Scofield? In some dumb cabin with no WiFi? Lame.” “I’m not going. Just leave me here.” “It’s going to be so boring. There isn’t going to be anything fun to do.” “All Mom is going …
Katelyn’s cute brace face
Katelyn got braces today. She was pretty excited about it, but wanted to keep it a secret from her family and friends so she could share her big reveal. She wouldn’t even tell Drew and Ellie why she wasn’t going to school. The procedure went well and she came home with all sorts of goodies. …
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