Adventures
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February Music and Big Moves
L tells me it’s been a musical month. F has been composing songs on his harmonica after piano practice (his Dad is teaching him the harmonica). I’ve fallen into a K-pop BTS black…
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Salt Lake City Winter Getaway
We ate German food for lunch (Wienerschnitzel, extra bratwurst, fried potatoes, and cold potato salad), window shopped at the mall to kill time before our checkin to the Inn, and had Ethiopian /…
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Harry Potter Escape Room
For our first Mother-Daughter Date this year, we booked a wizard themed escape room! This was our first escape room together, so it took us a while to figure out what to look…
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Habits, Goals, and Happenings
What’s been going on in my world lately? Life is full right now. Attending baptisms and baby showers, babysitting, L’s honors orchestra, caring for our sick/anxious dog, submitting taxes, working on budgets for…
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Year of Mother-Daughter Experiences 2025
Daughter is turning 14 this year! Not sure how, but our “Dates” become more fun every year and she has grown to expect and love these, and refuses to have them stop! I’ve…
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Winter Break: Christmas Vacation
We had a lovely Christmas at home! Then it was: Play, read, eat, repeat. There was lots of Star Wars from watching the movies together (we borrowed every one we don’t own from…
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Year of Mother-Daughter Dates 2024
In-depth inspiration for this year’s ideas here. Here are the Mother-Daughter Date ideas for this year (click on each title to check it out in more detail): Here are some photos to help…
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Christmas 2024
Jer and I were both sick around Christmas, but he still cooked a very special Dutch oven dinner with bbq chicken and potatoes we had with salad and fruit punch. That man amazes…
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November Snapshots
It’s really exciting for me as a parent to experience in the audience all the hard work these musicians have done with practicing their pieces. I’m so thankful to be able to sit…