If you're the mom brushing back tears at school drop-off this year, this post is for you! Last weekend, my husband took our five- and seven-year-old boys on a hike while our toddler and I stayed behind. To my amazement, the boys hiked TEN miles with 2,000 feet in elevation gain, landing them at …
Home Progress #2!
We've been in our townhome since the start of this year, and we're loving it as much as ever! I'm so grateful for the previous seven years we spent in a small, minimally updated 1970s condo, because it makes me SO VERY HAPPY to be where we are now. You may remember that we didn't bring much with us …
What I Wish I’d Mastered as a New Mom | On the Deseret News
If you're in the trenches of motherhood and are completely in the dark about how to increase your life satisfaction, this is for you. There were days when I lived to put the kids down and then could do nothing more than curl up in bed with my good friends Pillow and Netflix. Years, in fact. I …
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A Time We’ll Never Get Back
Most of the time, she is a far cry from the tiny person I met when the nurses first set her in my arms. She cruises on a balance bike like she is a Boss. She elbows her way into her brothers' wrestling matches and wields big eyes and a soft voice—her most powerful tools—like an old pro. She can …
Acapulco!
Ryan and I had THE MOST FABULOUS week in Acapulco this summer. It was our first time leaving the country together and our first time leaving the kids for more than a night. Oh and it was heaven. We did three nights with the wedding party. (The Mister nailed his duties as officiant. He delivered a …
Summer Skies & Savoring Slow
Our summer travels so far have involved both long drives and long plane rides. We've seen lightning strike across desert skies and over the open waters of the Pacific. We've watched the sun ignite the horizon just beyond the salt flats of western Utah, and we watched that same sun let off a …
