So much on my mind right now. Where do I begin? The best part of blogging is the friendships I have made and the wonderful comments from my lovely readers. It is seriously so amazing when you go through a hard thing and everyone rallies around with prayers and sympathy. And now I need…
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Life With Three Kids
Life With Three Kids…(a few thoughts) Life with Three Kids is…not always picture perfect… But filled with lots of funny and memorable moments. Life with Three Kids can be a little tense at times… But filled with boundless amounts of love and kisses. And Life with a new baby is as good as it…
Words for 2012: Health, Frugality, and Family
My words for 2012: Health, Frugality, and Family. Health I am really embarrassed to admit how unhealthy my family has been eating. Especially since we had Little E, I kept excusing the fact that my children were basically subsisting on cheese sticks and chicken nuggets. Changing my family’s diet was something I really…
Changes for 2012
I’m back from maternity leave! And THANK YOU to all my guest bloggers who did a fabulous job filling in for me. Welcome to… This will be a big year for me and my family. 2012 will bring… A new job for Husband. A new place to live. A new house to live in….
Giving Thanks: A Tribute to My Grandparents
I made rolls today. From Grandma B’s world-famous recipe. And as I made those rolls, my mind wandered to the inventor of the recipe, the great woman who has produced six wonderful people, 45 grandchildren, and over 100 great grandchildren. The woman who was once in the Navy during WW2 where she met my darling…
Welcome to Holland
I just had a precious new niece born to my family the other day. She is just so beautiful. However, she was born with Down Syndrome. This was quite a shock to our family because there are no other family members with Down Syndrome and there were no signs leading up to her birth that…
Family Reunion Tshirts
Click Here to Enter the Stitches By Heidi $40 Giveaway! ******* Ahh…family reunions. A time for family to squish together in a cabin and have lots of laughs, tears, scrapes, and cuts. And of course the matching shirts. What would a family reunions be with the traditional reunion T Shirt? This year I decided to…
Capturing Raw Moments with Your Baby
So my best friend usually takes our family pictures. She’s done it for several years and does such a great job. But she lives in Utah and even in my three weeks there over the last several months, stuff kept coming up that prevented us from getting the pictures done. And now my baby is…
Our Christmas Adventure
Longest. Road Trip. Ever. Typically the drive from Arizona to Utah takes us about 10 hours. However, the days leading up to our departure were so incredibly hectic that we weren’t ready to go until the late afternoon. And we HAD to get out. Our kids were driving us crazy, you know the feeling? When…
Adopting Boston (Guest Post)
My friend Lechelle recently adopted her first baby. Adopting a baby is almost always a long process and filled with lots of hard and stressful moments. I asked Lechelle to share her story… Kelly and I met in college. He was working on his generals and I was nearing the end of my degree in…
A Story of Faith
I am very lucky. I have two healthy babies who have never had any major health issues or struggles. However, I know this is not the case for many other mothers. I often think about how difficult it would be to have to deal with a family member with health issues and find myself admiring…
