Smithsonians

Today was a LONG day! It was Stockton's field day today. He doesn't traditionally enjoy field days, so I'm always a little worri...

Ha ha! Sorry about that Porge, but this post is ALL about you! First of all, it was Jorja's field day. Jorja's class started with th...

In 1899, Grandpa Jiggsy had to pay a fine. It was for a weird reason, it could've been a bit more decent, he had to pay it up FOR SINGIN...

Today I gave a Family Home Evening lesson on tithing. It was pretty simple. We played Money Bags, but as we earned our money we calculated...

I know that flowers are OK. But you're not getting a bouquet. I thought about a chocolate treat. But all you can do with that is eat. Lo...

When Maysen came home from school, I told her that in a few minutes we were going to Wal-Mart. Immediately she knew it was to pick out her ...

This morning after Mike left for work, I went downstairs to get something out of the storage room. My heart about jumped out of my throat wh...

Right now I am typing away. Jorja and Preston are in bed and Maysen and Stockton are at the church. Stephanie took them and is bringing th...

While we were eating dinner today, Maysen starts telling us about school. She said it was really crowded and noisy in the halls as they wer...

It took Mike over two hours to get to work today. Heavy, heavy rain. Stockton slept with us last night. The thunder was making him nervou...

Today at church I shared my feelings about the Savior in testimony meeting. At least I didn't trip. When Jorja received her baby bless...

I took Maysen to the eye doctor today. Her vision is 20/50, or -1. Not too bad, but not good. Maysen still insists that she doesn't n...

I broke the lid to Maysen's pot today. I had washed it in the dishwasher, and as Maysen and I were unloading the dishes - I dropped it....

A new family moved into our ward in February. Rylee is Maysen's age, I've written about her quite a bit. Rylee's mom's nam...

Today I got two packages from Amazon.com. The first one was the newest My Weird School book. I put it on Stockton's bed to see if he wo...

It is 9:00 at night and Mike still isn't home. The kids are all asleep, I am eating toasted homemade bread with butter. I don't en...

Preston has been saying "Ugh" a lot lately. I am finding it quite annoying.

Before we packed up to head home, Jorja, Preston and I went out on the beach one last time. It was super windy! We had so much fun, I'...

Stephanie, Stockton, Jorja, Preston, Maysen with Mike Wow! What a fun day! We started this morning with getting everyone lathered up and hea...

That is what my mom use to say every time we started a trip to Idaho Falls . . . or any long adventure. We are at Myrtle Beach right now. Th...

While I was taking Maysen to school this morning, Preston was holding three balls. He said, "Too bad we don't have one more, then ...

Stockton's not a big reader. He doesn't enjoy it like the girls do. He does devour books when they peak his interest. For example, h...

As you probably know, Mike auditioned to be the host for Backyard FX. Yesterday they announced who the new host will be - no, it wasn't ...

Tonight we went to the ceremony for the Georgia Young Authors awards. Stockton was pretty excited about it. There was one winner picked fr...