• Personal

    My Top 5 Books of 2024

    I ended up finishing over 73 books! That’s quite a lot more than I have read previously. I’ve been branching out trying different genres and recommendations, and I’m pleasantly surprised. My friend asked…

  • Personal

    Thanksgiving 2024

    I was nervous about this Thanksgiving. Jer’s Mom and her husband were coming to visit, and I wasn’t sure the house would be all prepared without much effort since I had just come…

  • Adventures,  Kids

    Natural Curiosity Museum

    This sweet boy asked me to go with him on his field trip, and we had a blast together. I packed our lunches and he was very concerned that we get to school…

  • Adventures,  Kids

    Picnic Mother-Daughter Date

    L and I were having an impromptu sleepover when we woke up in the middle of the early morning and started laughing our heads off planning this picnic. It’s been overdue since June,…

  • 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…