It was Christmas Eve. The little ones were in bed and snowflakes had begun to fall outside, the first time in weeks. I stood at our front window gazing out at their cadenced descent, illuminated by the glow of the colored bulbs on our roof line. ...
Easter Crafting…and a Curse?
I have needs. Like every human being, I require physical nourishment, cloth to cover my body, protection from the elements, and some form of nurturing. When these essential components are present, which of course they always are, I am able to ...
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 ...
An Awesomely Epic Weekend
Every year our delightful elementary school holds a Veterans Day assembly. The PTA is in charge and they always do a phenomenal job. A couple years ago they wanted to surprise the students with a balloon drop at the conclusion of the program. ...
A Christian Family Passover
After my freshman year at Brigham Young University I had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land with my parents on a travel study tour. We had two guides for the majority of the trip; one a ruddy and stout LDS Religious scholar of the Ancient Near ...
What Christmas Really Is
It was the evening after Christmas. The house was bustling with the sounds and scurry of little people, my own and my sister's. Seth was applying toppings to his homemade pizzas, his new pizza stone warming in the oven. I was enjoying long ...
What is Halloween anyway?
Halloween. All Hallows' Eve. All Saints' Eve. What is this strange holiday? According to Wikipedia, it is a celebration that marks the beginning of the "time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, ...
Sometimes I make cute stuff
I love to craft. I love to design and decorate and add pretty to things. Sadly, I don't have an abundance of time to do so. But every now and then I do try to carve out bits of time for such activities because it helps to keep my life in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
