So, my question is... how do you keep calm in the middle of Lucys outbursts? I am really struggling with my 8yr old daughter... screaming crying, kicking.. you get the picture. I am havin...
Once upon a time in a desert suburb there was a temple building proposed. The families surrounding the area were excited. They took pictures where it was to be built: (More about t...
I get so excited for photography in the summer time. Its when my favorite subjects (my children) are surrounding me all the time doing things I want to document. Whether its just a perfect sunlit aft...
Elle has been busy doing photography lately. After she did Claires baptism pictures back here, a few friends have asked for her services. And I know Im a little bit biased, but I sure think she does ...
So the book winner for "Lost In Learning" book give-away (picked by random.org) is: Becky who said "What a great book! Love learning" Congratulations Becky! You are going to lov...
My question has to do with school - how do you approach grades and reward/punish academic performance? Ive been thinking about Tiger Mother and how even though I dont agree with HOW she approached th...
I have such mixed emotions about the fact that it is the last day of school today. Part of me rejoices. I reach out greedily for our days to be our own again. But part of me is in deep mourning...
A little peek into the drama of girls: Dave and I have always known were in for some drama with a house full of girls. But to be honest, Elles had very little of it so far. She has very low-dra...
Man alive, I need to get all the "little things" that have been going on lately written down before I can even start to get to documenting the end of school hoopla. Which, by the way, we are ...
Two days after I snuggled my family back up again after the motherhood retreat I packed up and left one more time...to Washington D.C. this time for the American Mothers National Convention. (For mor...
When Dave was in China we did a lot of skyping. That is when digital technology sure comes in handy dandy. Half way through our trip Dave figured out that he really didnt have to miss the morni...
So a day after Dave got back from China (and we had a chance to snuggle him up) I packed up my bags again and went up to Utah to reunite after two years with these lovely, inspiring ladies: At this g...
My mom and I spent three days in England on our little trip last month (plus a day of traveling on either side). One day in London (see back here). One (and a half) days in Northampton at the BBS con...
I am getting so far behind on keeping up with recording whats going on around here...life is just flying by before my eyes and the days of school are dwindling quick. (Not that Im counting...) The en...
...to all the mothers out there who doing their best. This clip makes me cry the second the music begins (thanks so much for sending me the link, Brittany B!) What an amazing journey this motherhood ...
**Note: I find it fitting that this post on "time management" happens to be so late in being posted. A great indication of how great I am at this time thing. How do your kids mana...
I love Lucys art. I cannot get enough of it. (Thats Hello Kitty up above...check out how she does those formations of five dots in varying colors as a border.) Each picture is so u...
So I am what you could call a "book club slacker" these days. I havent read the assigned book for months. Some day I will get back my groove, but mostly Ive been hanging on by my ...
When my Mom and I published our book a few years ago it was a rush to see my name printed there on a real, live book (more about that book back HERE and ordering info. on my sidebar...Im just gonna s...
I am sitting here surrounded by piles of laundry and in the midst of mopping away the weekly grime while Lu is at dance class. The shelves in my refrigerator are empty, there are fingerprints e...
We have Saturday morning chores. Everyone has a checklist for the things they are responsible for in their own rooms, then they also are assigned a room in the house to clean (we rotate the rooms eve...
Generally when Dave goes out of town I have a project. I clean out all the closets or I paint a room. Some trips he comes home to find that Ive figured out a new filing system or Ive labeled a ...
So the reason we went to England in the first place was so that we could attend the BBS conference in Northampton. The minute we found out about Lucys syndrome my parents, bless their sweet little he...
When I had barely got my feet under myself as an ultra shy freshman in high school, my parents announced with excitement that our family would be moving to England for six months. As I remember it, t...
So as the soccer season wrapped up (back here), Claire, probably my most begging-to-be-in-every-sport-c hild, started tennis. So far she seems to be pretty pleased with that little fact. Her form is t...
Since you showed the pictures of where you both lived when you met {back HERE}... How did you two meet? Church? Live near each other? Mutual friends? Nothing more fun than a true-life love story! I w...
I sit on a hard chair at a round table. The light is filtering through the vinyl blinds and the muffled squeals and commotion from the end-of-school hustle and bustle are filtering through in waves f...
With Max on the high school JV volleyball team we are all becoming volleyball addicts around here. We are certainly getting our fill with two or three games every week in every corner of our area hig...
I just got back from London last night. My Mom and I went to attend a conference there for Lucys Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. We learned SO much and met some of the kindest people. We also got to go visit ...
Claire finished her second season of soccer with a party....and a last game.And I discovered a new thing about Claire:Her tongue gives her power.See that little thing all curled up?...lets get a clos...
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