I’m starting to get it. I am starting to understand why women say having a baby is the most wonderful time of their life. I am starting to get why people have so many children. I am starting to get it. I’m also starting to want more babies. Too soon? Probably. Guys, I thought I …
Merry Christmas
As we snuggle into our new place for our first Christmas just the two of us, it is fun to think about what has changed since we snapped this picture over Christmas break last year in New Hampshire. It has been a year of learning and growing for us, along with lots of play and …
Fear + Fall Layers
A small moment from this week I want to remember: I have a bad habit of staying up far too long after we’ve already gone to bed. Ben falls asleep quickly and I let the wonders of my phone entertain me until I’m too tired to keep my eyes open. Last night, Ben was fast …
What Being Mormon Looks Like
Last week I shared a post so many of you loved called “What Growing Up Mormon Looked Like.” Because of the response, I decided to do a little follow up piece this week. In the name of honestly, this post should really be titled “What I Wish being Mormon Looked like” or “What I try …
Sundays are for…
Warm Sundays in August are for classical music, uplifting church meetings, and quiet naps in the park. This particular one is also for speaking in said church meeting and a peaceful Sunday drive. Sundays are a blessed day of recharging, reconnecting, and renewing. Its always been a day of family, God, and rest. I can’t …
Back from a week of “roughing it” …and now off to take a much needed shower.
I’m back from a week of living in the woods, with 100 teenage girls, in a constant state of sweating, and I’m already kind of missing it (but then again, I’m sitting in an air conditioned apartment and about to go use a bug free bathroom, so only kind of). Every morning we stood, all …