Yesterday morning I noticed a rather vulgar cropping of zits on my chin. Knowing that Seth's and my anniversary was the next day and in an effort to eliminate the glaring distraction before celebrating, with great hope I applied my ...
My job: It’s time for a change.
'Tis the season for birthdays at our house. Yesterday evening we celebrated our eldest's birthday (three down, two more to go...until the fall). We don't go crazy on birthdays in our family. We try to make it special for our ...
Easter Crafting…and a Curse?
I have needs. Like every human being, I require physical nourishment, cloth to cover my body, protection from the elements, and some form of nurturing. When these essential components are present, which of course they always are, I am able to ...
A Day That Told Our Story
"Tell me about your family..." I hung on those words for several days after I met her, agonizing over what I didn't say, what I couldn't say in the few seconds I felt I could take of her time. She was kindness, empowerment, and love in human form. ...
Sleep Schedules, Stress Bombs, and Surrendering: The First Month
Five weeks ago this minute, I watched the delivery room fill up with people. A flurry of nurses and specialists called down from NICU to make sure my precious girl could breath properly on her own. Normally, this would have caused heart racing ...
An electronic Christmas card
With the world becoming more and more paperless every year, there is something about receiving a real, live Christmas card in the mail that helps me retain those important elements of nostalgia and warm feelings that accompany thoughts and memories ...
A nursery for Clara
Hands shaking, heart racing uncomfortably. Seth's parents were at home with our four boys so we could enjoy an "evening out." Walking with bated trepidity into Fetal Studios I still felt some degree of hope that just perhaps I might finally hear ...
How a house becomes a home: { Part 2 }
The other day I was feeling a little gloomy. Okay, a lot. Disheartened, disillusioned, depressed. I wondered if my contribution to life, to the world around me, held any significance at all. We had just finished all of our Halloween ...
TGIF { Thank Goodness It’s Fall! }
Saturday night didn't end well for my guys. 24-23 for a last minute BYU loss? It was like our evening as a family began at an amusement park and ended up in a morgue. There were moans, groans, screams and yes, even tears. And then the house was ...
How a house becomes a HOME
I've decided that moving with a family of seven is pretty much like giving birth. Similar to the anticipation of a new baby in the home, we all greatly await the moving day, as if it is going to be akin to an elaborate vacation. Weeks before the ...
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