• Adventures,  Kids

    Halloween 2024

    Pumpkin Carving Trick or Treating I’m glad that I still get to take the kids trick or treating! We had to adapt some of our Hobbit / LOTR costumes for colder weather since…

  • Adventures

    Snapshots of October

    It’s been an action packed month and I’m ready to sit a spell haha. Fall Dance Festival The boys’ school holds a dance festival every year and each grade shows us a dance…

  • Adventures,  Party

    Hobbit Trunk or Treat

    I was so impressed with how Jer and the kids did this awesome Hobbit Hole for our ward Trunk or Treat! Jer constructed it from cardboard boxes that the kids painted. L did…

  • Party

    Witches Girls Night

    My neighborhood friends got together and threw this awesome Practical Magic party! Janae’s favorite holiday is Halloween, and her house was decked out in all things non-gruesome. I had to get pictures because…

  • Adventures,  Party

    Hobbit Feast

    What About Elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon Tea? Dinner? Supper? Pippin Our friends the Dunns and Winchesters invited us to welcome the Autumn season at a Hobbit Feast and Renaissance Festival! A potluck on tables…

  • Adventures,  Kids

    September Everyday Moments

    This month was full of the out-of-the ordinary. We did things we don’t normally do, like running in the middle of a rain storm… and it felt magical. We got life changing news…

  • Adventures,  Personal

    15 Years Getaway

    Roses are red,  Violets are blue It took 15 years to Hike the Y with you! 😆 Jer and I are celebrating our fifteenth wedding anniversary! For this milestone we wanted to go…

  • Kids

    Fall Soccer 2024

    It’s been so fun this season seeing the kids grow in their skills and enjoying their teams. I’m glad Jer and I could divide and conquer, since many of the games overlapped or…

  • Adventures

    Camping at Aspen Grove

    I go to Nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put together. John Burroughs Another amazing camping trip with our friends the Petersons! See previous years here, here, and…

  • Adventures

    Bustling Family Life

    August has been flying by with lots of activity! We had birthdays for L and I, a reunion on my side of the family, and basically the end of summer as school and…