Emily turned 14 this month. It’s interesting how you approach birthday parties as you get older. Where Emily used to want presents like Barbie dolls, she now wants presents like gift cards and money and cellphones. Gift cards are in the realm of possibilities but cellphones are not. I know, I [...]
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Holiday Lights
I finished up the semester in early December. What better way to enjoy the elation of starting winter break than to take your family on the annual trip downtown to view the Christmas lights on Temple Square?
Of course, we have to ride the train – even though it’s much more cost-effective to drive [...]
Anne’s art for our Christmas Letter
This year I asked Anne to draw me a picture I could put on our Family Christmas letter. She asked me, “what should I draw mom?” and I told her to come up with something that made you think of the Christmas season. This is what she came up with.
In our Christmas letter [...]
He’s At That Age
What age is he at? The age where teeth fall out on a seemingly weekly basis. In Sam’s case, he lost three teeth inside of two weeks.
Over the years, the kids have become used to concept of me pulling their teeth out. I’ve talked to a few kids Buddy’s age and [...]
Anne’s painting
Anne painted this a while back and I thought she did a good job. She has been bugging me to post it on our website so she could get your opinion on her work. Lately Anne also has enjoyed sketching cats and has done some cute drawings maybe I can convince her to [...]
October Conference
I lived most of my life in Utah without ever attending General Conference. The past few years; however, I’ve been able to attend a session each conference and have come to enjoy going down to the Conference Center. This year a number of our family members were able to get tickets to the [...]
First day of School
I took these pictures a long time ago but am barely writing about them. This year my youngest started kindergarten. She has been excitedly looking forward to the day when she could get on the school bus with her older siblings and finally the day was here. Usually on the first day [...]
More canning news
I got a call from my aunt Kathy on Monday inviting me to go with her and her daughter to Brigham City to go get some peaches for canning. Unlucky for me is that all my kids are in school and there is no good time for me to go except for weekends. [...]
Anne’s Birthday
After my kids turn twelve then they do not get anymore friend birthday parties. When you have five kids it just gets too expensive. This year Anne turned twelve and had her last friend party. This year she wanted to have a swim party. It almost didn’t happen because the weather [...]
Luppin’s Birthday
We decided to have Luppin’s birthday party in May because we were gone on vacation on her official day. Actually on her birthday we were visiting the Capitol building in Washington D.C. and being led around by Representative Chaffetz’s staffers. This year she got to have a friend party so she was really [...]