Ben took two huge leaps this year.The first, and biggest, was his sole decision to leave the giant public high school three minutes from our house and attend a small charter high school seven miles a...
Thanks to my technical adviser, Kara, who resurrected my pictures from certain death. I cant say THANKS enough! Ive blogged about Hyrums preschool teacher before. She is unbelievably good at wha...
My intentions for this week were to dedicate a post a day to each childs end-of-the-year pictures.Unfortunately, I think Ive done something unforgivable with Lightroom and I may have lost all the pic...
When school started in August, I made a decision.After assessing the schedules of tumbling practice, piano lessons, homework patterns, Church activities and sports, I decided that Thursdays would be ...
Ive been a mom a long time.A very long time. Sometimes it seems like forever.Two things Ive struggled with as a parent for forever: teaching kids to work and teaching kids to speak kindly...
Its that time of year--parties, programs, graduations. Teachers assess what kids have learned and kids reflect on how theyve grown up since August 2011.Ive seen such changes in my kids this sch...
What is it about camping without mothers that is so appealing to boys? Quick pick-up softball games that even dads play Twenty-five minutes on the tire swing with no one around reminding yo...
Just the thought of writing this post has brought me to tears a few times today.May 17, 2012--My baby boy is 2,400 miles away and it will be the first time on this date that I cant feel his hug.May 1...
1:42 pm and the phone rang. I glanced at the caller ID and I recognized the elementary schools prefix. School would be over in 33 minutes. Which kid needed what before the last bell...
I went to the auction this last weekend.Surprised?I bought something.Surprised?Nothing really big and exciting that needs a ton of elbow grease to transform into something amazing. Someth...
I dont ask a lot for Mothers Day. Sleep in. No chores. No fighting.I did get to sleep in--until Hyrum and Evie couldnt contain their excitement one more second and they burst throug...
Difficult shooting conditions: low-light auditorium with speedy subjects on stage. Most of my shots turned out like this: Blurry Lily. Or like this: missed action. ...
Hi. Did you miss me the last three days?Im quite tired. Just spent three glorious days and two virtually sleepless nights chaperoning Lilys sixth grade Science Camp at the Tonto Rim Chris...
Thanks for all of your comments on Thursdays post. The most surprising result of that post was how many women have commiserated with me--how many women have suffered or are suffering through a simila...
Ever since I was a little girl Ive loved the rain--the smells, the feelings, and especially the sounds.In Arizona, we get so few storms like this one that passed through last week. Evie a...
Ive felt this post lingering just below the surface for months now--since just after Christmas, I would guess.I dont know where to start or where it will end, but I know I need to write.Honest--Ive a...
Remember back in January when I ended up with fourteen pieces of furniture from the auction?Most of the pieces were nice. Some were in great condition, some needed a little love to make them pr...
You only turn sixteen once. Lots of ice cream and soda and friends and screaming and laughing and teasing. Saturday was a fun and late night around here.On Sunday, Ben was ordained a prie...
My 3 Boybarians hosts project 52 every week, and the challenge this week was green. Sometimes youre just in the right place at the right time with the right light. The planets align. ...
What happens when your son turns 16 and your birthday cake attempt looks like this?First, you get mad. Real mad. Like slamming pans and stomping feet mad.Then, you look up cake balls on P...
Brad took the camera on the Fathers and Daughters annual campout last weekend.I am so happy these two have each other. They ate junk food and chili, played night games and stayed up late. ...
September 1992--Brad and I loaded a U-haul with our meager possessions and our two tiny kids and we began a three-year law school adventure in Chicago. Heidi was almost two and Tucker was four ...
Rarely do I walk away from an auction empty-handed. If I have previewed and evaluated and decided it’s worth my time to physically attend (as opposed to bidding online), then I’ll end up with one or ...
Once every two weeks all summer our backyard transforms from grass to glass--still, enticing, cool irrigation water meant to nourish the yard. Kids and animals alike cant resist it. Boys s...
Did you miss me posting yesterday? Ive been really busy.I changed these beauties from their embryonic stagethrough this stage (you cant tell how monstrous this bowl is, but it has 32 cups of cr...
Ive been working on a project from my fourteen auction purchases, but it wasnt quite ready to post. It will be ready next week, so I thought Id share one of my biggest accidents/scores today.So...
. . . or as Ben said one night as he was trying to avoid going to bed, "armed with witty aphorisms." Who says "witty aphorisms"? My kid, thats who.Ben also asked if my toen...
Time for haircuts around here or not? A little curl around Hyrums ear.Bens was too long to gel in a spiky upright position. I tried to convince him to leave it longer, especially after a fe...
As of midnight tonight, there will be 399 days until Tucker comes home. One sticker every day for the past 331 days.In some ways the time seems to have flown by, but in most ways, its really dra...
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