"Tell me about your family..." I hung on those words for several days after I met her, agonizing over what I didn't say, what I couldn't say in the few seconds I felt I could take of her time. She was kindness, empowerment, and love in human form. ...
Sleep Schedules, Stress Bombs, and Surrendering: The First Month
Five weeks ago this minute, I watched the delivery room fill up with people. A flurry of nurses and specialists called down from NICU to make sure my precious girl could breath properly on her own. Normally, this would have caused heart racing ...
An electronic Christmas card
With the world becoming more and more paperless every year, there is something about receiving a real, live Christmas card in the mail that helps me retain those important elements of nostalgia and warm feelings that accompany thoughts and memories ...
A nursery for Clara
Hands shaking, heart racing uncomfortably. Seth's parents were at home with our four boys so we could enjoy an "evening out." Walking with bated trepidity into Fetal Studios I still felt some degree of hope that just perhaps I might finally hear ...
How a house becomes a home: { Part 2 }
The other day I was feeling a little gloomy. Okay, a lot. Disheartened, disillusioned, depressed. I wondered if my contribution to life, to the world around me, held any significance at all. We had just finished all of our Halloween ...
TGIF { Thank Goodness It’s Fall! }
Saturday night didn't end well for my guys. 24-23 for a last minute BYU loss? It was like our evening as a family began at an amusement park and ended up in a morgue. There were moans, groans, screams and yes, even tears. And then the house was ...
How a house becomes a HOME
I've decided that moving with a family of seven is pretty much like giving birth. Similar to the anticipation of a new baby in the home, we all greatly await the moving day, as if it is going to be akin to an elaborate vacation. Weeks before the ...
Our Little Hedgehog
We almost lost him. Twice. 1. Seth and I had been married for only a few month when we discovered we were pregnant with our first child together. We were elated and a bit terrified at the same time. Was our family ready to add a new one to the ...
My Amazing Ashton
The other day I had the opportunity to direct our elementary school's talent show. I'm not very good at being in charge of things, so this was kind of a source of stress for me--the ominous dreams at night, can't concentrate on anything else, heart ...
The not-so-awkward number Fourteen
I saw a meme once that said something like, "When you're having a bad day, just remember...you're not fourteen anymore." I was reminded the other day of the comical accuracy of that statement when I thought it would be fun to pull out my old ...
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