Two more weeks. That is all that is left of our summer break. The boys are beginning to lose their buoyancy, replacing cheerful adventurism with gradually deflating spirits as the school year looms ever closer. I don't understand this ...
Boys and Beauty
One of the things I love about raising children is watching them handle new and different situations. I never quite know how they will respond to challenging and uncomfortable things. Sometimes, I confess, I shudder in their embarrassment with ...
Can we just pause for a second?
You know how when you're a kid and the time between September and December seems to pass at snails pace and you wonder if Christmastime will ever come? Yeah, time doesn't move slowly like that for me anymore. Nowadays, I feel a little more like I ...
Mother’s Day
I have to say, boys are pretty special. They are so weird, and gross… but amazing. Even their weaknesses are strengths in disguise. Like when they fight over who gets to sit by me on the bench in Sacrament meeting because they have an uncanny ...
Our Birthday Caboose
Around these parts, February 24th to May 7th is our kids' official "birthday season", with four out of five birthdays falling within a five week span of each other. Throw in Easter, spring break, and our wedding anniversary and things can can get a ...
Double Digits for Ashton
Oh, this boy. He had such an unusually spherical (and huge) head when he was born that my sisters called him potato. Not that potatoes are known to be perfect orbs, but there was something about the roundness of his head that somehow required ...
We Have a Teenager
So, this was just a few years ago... And then this happened. What. (Receiving a "bill" for his data use over the last few months) We have a thirteen year old. (Now, tearing it up as one of his gifts...probably his favorite present of ...
Easter and Our Giant Egg
I love Easter. I have such fond nostalgia associated with this holiday. Tulips and daffodils popping up throughout the neighborhood, the always surprising excitement of spotting a successfully flown kite at the park near our house, coming home ...
Number Five, Naturally
I know. I deserve to be scolded. I have allowed almost three months to go by without a post. I am an embarrassment to the blogging world. However, I do have an excuse that I think just might suffice. Perhaps this once...? Introducing boy ...
A Few March Moments
It seems like the month of March has been swallowed up by some rather frenetic nesting instincts. I once gave birth four weeks early, and since then the penultimate month of every pregnancy has drawn out a certain panic in my already hyper-hormonal ...
