Smithsonians

Stockton got a paper airplane calendar for Christmas. For the first few months we were really good about making an airplane every day. The...

Mike made taco bowls for dinner today. He decided to make his own shells from scratch. As he was cooking he sang, "inventing things!...

My friend, Janet, and I went to the Yellow Daisy Festival today. It is this gigantic craft fair. I had heard about it for several years, but...

Happy birthday Dad! 66 years old today. Thanks for the wonderful way you raised me and my brothers. Thanks for all the help on my church ...

Mike put together a video of our adventure this weekend. I love it when he does that!

Today was our 14th anniversary. We went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Delicious. I got the carrot cheesecake. Around 5:00, I started f...

Today was our last day at Turtle Cove. The adults went out in the morning with the two babies. I tried to get up on one ski. Heather and ...

Today was a relaxing Sunday. We watched a video about the restoration. We had the kids work on their parts of the primary program, read bo...

First thing this morning, we loaded all the kids onto Paul and Heather’s boat. We spent the day on the lake. It was beautiful! The kids all ...

After school we headed down to see Heather and her family. They live just over an hour away. When we got there, the three older kids weren’t...

Mike, Preston and I worked out in the yard today. I checked Maysen out of school and took her to the orthodontist. Two of her brackets had...

Jorja loves school. Stockton does not. Jorja loves homework. Stockton does not. Jorja loves to sing about how much she loves school. St...

Yesterday when I went to kiss the boys goodnight, this is what I saw. I love my boys. I promise Preston eats. Stockton sure loves his bro...

Tonight we played one of our favorite games, Snorta. Jorja won. Jorja and Stockton are amazing at this game. I tried to win, but probably en...

Our neighbors and really good friends have moved. For the last four years they have lived two doors away from us. Now they are gone. Tere...

Some things I don't want to know about. For example, I found out today that when Stockton was in 1st or 2nd grade, he jumped off our ba...

So today was the first day Maysen had to carry her books to her classes without her backpack. We went over the map of her classes before she...

I'm getting increasingly frustrated with Maysen's school. They got their lockers today (they've been in school 3 weeks already)...

Stockton received his Bear in Cub Scouts today. He had to tell a Tall Tale before he earned it. He summarized the story of Rip Van Winkle. I...

I was reading my great-great grandfather's journal as I prepared for my primary sharing time on Sunday. It was fascinating. William Henr...

I started taking my hormone pills today. I had been using a patch, but it is so expensive ($60 for one month). The pills cost $10 for 3 mo...

Jorja was in charge of Family Home Evening today. Her lesson was on Emergency Preparedness. I could tell she was really excited about the le...

"Families can be together forever, through Heavenly Father's plan." These words are part of the chorus of one of the more know...

Stockton is at a sleep over for one of his good friends right now. Preston is really missing him and is having a hard time going to sleep w...

There was a parent meeting after school for the first graders. I decided to go even though I know the ropes pretty well. One of the teachers...

Poor Porge got a black eye today. Well, her eye is not all black as Stockton pointed out, but she has a nasty bruise around it. She fell i...

Today is my mom's birthday. She would have been 62. Wow! She's old. Maysen and Jorja helped me decorate cupcakes for her. Preston ev...

Right now my life consists of car pool lanes, homework helping, dish washing, Preston chasing, bed put-downing, and Primary stuffing. Not v...

When the 2nd coming comes If you're a nephew or niece. It really doesn't matter, but if you climb the ladder there will be 1,000 yea...

I'm makin' a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean & I'm not using wood or a magic potion. Just don't freak out, it'll be...