I cannot eat a plum without thinking of William Carlos Williams. My passion for plums dates back to my days at BYU-Idaho and my brief interlude as an English major. I can still picture Professor Scott Samuelson taking a bite of a plum as we read the works of Williams. Read more…
The girls from Mingle put together a fantastic event at Soel in the Riverwoods. My sister-in-law Jeanette amazingly has her finger to the pulse of all things fun going on in the community. When I saw her post about the event, I called up my blogging partner in crime – my sister Cambria Read more…
Halfway through June and we are slowly getting into our Summer of Service groove. Lily has logged about five hours of service so far by picking up litter on hiking trails, making dinners for the sick, collecting cans for Cans for Humanity, cleaning/ doing yard work for the elderly and Read more…
This darling boy is at the cutest age. The following conversation took place at our house today … Cort: Game please! Me: You can play the game if you keep all the cards on the bed and put them back in the box when you are done. Deal? Cort: Deal! Read more…
What do you get when you combine: 1 Almost Five Year Old who loves chasing birds + 3 Days at Disneyland from open to close + 1 Almost Three Year Old who still needs his naps + 1 Day at SeaWorld + 1 Eight month old who loves to be Read more…
Is the summer speeding by for anyone else? Our little family is hopping from one activity for the next. I decided it was time to stop and set some goals for myself before the summer slips away! Family/Mothering Goals 1. Find my family’s copy of Farmer Boy (Little House) by Laura Read more…
This week we’ve been working on our words. Boy oh boy have we had to watch our language because our two little rascals repeat everything … and often. Too often! Now my hubby and I don’t really swear, but there’s plenty of other slang words that I don’t want to Read more…
Hello March! I disappeared for February, but I am ready to hop back into the blogging world. So much to write about. I am jumping in with Kyler’s birth story from the perspective of my AMAZING doula – Rebecca Overson of Salt Lake Prenatal Massage. It was so interesting to Read more…
This morning I had planned on making this yummy Avocado Smoothie from Whole Family Fare. Totally bummed when my avocados weren’t quite ripe and seriously disappointed because I was looking forward to a smoothie this morning. At that moment in my mind no avocados and no frozen fruit (beyond a Read more…
My cute kiddos got their faces painted for New Years (not exactly the perfect pictures for goals, but it’s New Years … resolutions … right?) Money Saving Mom does an awesome link up of 10 goals each week. This year I am all about accountability so I jumped in with Read more…