Finding The Good
We’ve had some life changes lately, so I’ve been thinking about the value of life. Here are my thoughts on parenting, life insurance, and the legacy we leave behind. *This blog post is written in partnership with Responsival. Thoughts and ideas are my own. Hi. Even though we hate talking about the hard things in life, like death and sickness,… Read More
I call it The Neverland Syndrome. It’s a condition I suffer from on every child’s birthday, every big milestone, and at every goodbye. I don’t want things to change. I don’t want my children to grow up. Why can’t we just stay the same forever and always? I remember when my Sweet Tween just… Read More
April’s General Conference was quite the whirlwind. We sustained a new prophet, began our new introduction to “ministering,” and of course, received modern revelation to comfort and guide us for the future. For those less familiar with LDS events, General Conference happens twice a year. It’s a weekend when normal Mormon church meetings are cancelled to allow everyone to tune… Read More
What is your story? We all have one. Mine started with Oreos at the dinner table. As I sat one evening with my family chomping Oreos together, I watched my kidlets start licking the creamy middles of their cookies. It brought back a memory from my childhood. I randomly sang out the Oreo jingle from the 80’s, “Who’s that kid… Read More
Well, as you know by now I’m big on family. And when I say family, I don’t just mean My Man and my kidlets but I mean the WHOLE family. The families we have now . . . and our families that came before us. I totally believe a lot of who we are now is because of the choices… Read More
Pulitzer Prize winning biographer, historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, to keynote RootsTech 2016 (SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—November 4, 2015)—RootsTech, the largest family history conference in the world, announced Doris Kearns Goodwin has joined its lineup of keynote speakers. Goodwin, a world-renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will speak at the RootsTech general session on Saturday, February 6, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake… Read More
RootsTech 2016!! Have you heard of it? I just got a ticket and signed my family up as well. FamilySearch announced this week that registration for RootsTech 2016 is now open. RootsTech is a highly popular and growing global conference where people of all ages celebrate family and are inspired to share their memories and connections. The annual event attracts tens of… Read More
I AM SO EXCITED to bring you this GIVEAWAY!! RootsTech has graciously allowed me to give away a FREE 3-DAY PASS to the RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 11-14 2015!! What is RootsTech you ask? Well . . . let me ‘splain. Remember my post last week about my Family Heritage Wall as a way to… Read More
Look at these beautiful women below. These are women who lived ordinary lives and yet they had extraordinary hearts. These are my Great Grandmothers. I have never met a single one of my great grandmothers. But that does not mean they are not a part of my life. This is Ann. My middle name is Ann after her…. Read More
Today is Sunday. I love Sunday. It’s my day to finally stop and think. It’s my day to think about what matters most in my life. The other days of the week are just too crazy. Monday through Friday is so scheduled. Saturday is always full. So Sunday is my day to really take a breather and focus on the… Read More
I’m sitting here thinking of My Man today. Father’s Day is here. I want him to know how amazing he is. I don’t talk a lot about my husband on this blog nor do I say much about fathers in general. This is a mommy blog after all. But today I am feeling very appreciative of good men in the… Read More
Last week we decided to take a break from all the boxes and stress of moving and go CAMPING with Grandma and Grandpa to Wasatch State Park and Midway, UT . . . How does CAMPING actually relieve the stress of moving, you ask? Well, I was wondering the same thing myself as we stuffed 10 pairs of shoes, 5… Read More