Smithsonians

We spent our last night with Matt by having dinner and games at our house. My dad made scones and a roast . . . and fudge! Yum! Mike made...

For the last couple of weeks Matt has been complaining about his housing in California. His orders are very specific. He needs to try to l...

Jorja was looking at a website with Mike. There was a picture of a dog in a costume. Jorja asked Mike if they had frog costumes. I though...

I wasn't really happy with the way Maysen's cupcakes turned out. First, I didn't get them all finished. Second, by the time we...

I can't believe my little girl is 14! I don't like how fast she is growing up. At least I like who she is growing into. She is wo...

When we got home from church today, the Stephens were waiting for us! I knew there was a slight chance they might stop by, but I didn't...

Apples, apples, apples. We picked so many apples today from our trees in the backyard. It doesn't even look like we made a dent. My h...

I taught Preston how to play Dominion today. He LOVED it! We had so much fun. Preston won. I didn't let him win, he won fair and sq...

I checked Maysen out of school fifteen minutes early so we could go to the eye doctor. She broke her glasses last week, then lost the lens....

Preston 'helped' me make red velvet cupcakes today. He really enjoyed himself. Preston On a sad note, Hopper died this morning. Jo...

Mike asked the kids to name a sport you can compete in. These were the answers: horseback riding, swimming, diving and ping pong. I did a...

My brother Matt moved in with us today! Yay! Although he is going to New York tomorrow, but that is beside the point. Today we enjoyed a n...

I can't believe it is October already. Ten more days until Maysen's birthday. I better find that birthday list she gave me. This m...

Mike made it safely back from Georgia! I listened to BYU eek out a victory over Utah State while I went to pick him up. Mike scored 100% o...

Maysen gave me a book to read called Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper. I LOVED it. I really, really did. It is awesome reading a book,...

Stockton loves Little Caesars pizza. Loves it. Yesterday he didn't want to eat his dinner. I asked him to eat a small portion and he...

Maysen came home from school and made this awesome cupcake. We made one for Stockton too. Jorja didn't want any marshmallows and Prest...