Personal
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Why I Believe: Healer
“Embrace your sacred memories. Believe them. Write them down” Elder Neil L. Andersen, April 2020 General Conference Throughout my pregnancy, the Lord encouraged me with His promise that even though I don’t understand…
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7 Changes Since Coronavirus
The Coronavirus outbreak has affected everyone around the world. My husband said that even though there is chaos and uncertainty, it feels like everyone has been forced to slow down and do a…
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Let the Pandemonium Begin
Last week my kids took the bus every day to school, we went to the library and the park most afternoons, and we were planning our annual St. Patrick’s Day party. I was…
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Deep Cleans Are A Girl’s Best Friend
On discouragingly dirty late nights like these, I often go to the Facebook page of a local cleaning service and fantasize about hiring a responsible teenager to make my household dirt disappear. I…
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I Needed A Budget
Time to get real here. My computer was major old, and so was the financial software I was using! This year is all about SIMPLIFYING, so I ended up switching over to this…
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Why I Believe: My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee
I am a child of God Trigger warning: this mentions serious issues of abuse and traumatic events. It’s taken me months to write this post, but it’s an important topic I can’t skip.…
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Fall 2019 Family Photos
Brought to you by our talented and loving Aunt Victoria, who we’re doing a photo swap with next week! Plus lots of practice matching outfits for church, silly marching with Daddy, 30minutes to…
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Family Photos 2018
This is the first year we’ve done a family photo swap with our dear friends. My husband helped greatly by bathing the kids, picking out his own clothing, calming my stress about wanting to…
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Things I’m Working On With My Toddler
I can’t express my deep love and admiration for this little boy. He hugs me like I’m his everything, and then 20 seconds later wants to run off and play. We’ve been having…
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If You Marry A High School Teacher
If you marry a high school teacher… he’ll probably ask you to the prom or homecoming every year (as a chaperone, of course). All that excitement will have you discussing fundraising ideas for…