When we got home from Fair Oaks Farm, we almost jumped in to opening presents. Emily got distracted by a balloon that fell out of a box when we were getting tape for her adding her pumpkin to the wall. We blew it up for her and she played with it for awhile, which is…
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Emily’s Second Birthday – Part 1
Emily turned two last Thursday. It was an exciting and simple and normal day. We had quesadillas and raspberries for dinner – two of Emily’s favorite things. She tried gum for the first time and quickly swallowed it despite our best coaching efforts. We had our usual Thursday grocery shopping trip and we picked up…
October!
I love love love October. This month is magical with fall entering our lives in full force. I love bringing out flannel pajamas and blankets. I love spending as much time outside in the refreshingly cool air as possible and letting our house get as cold as we can stand. I love all the preparation…
Exploration Acres
This year I hit a major life milestone: I’ve finally lived somewhere long enough to officially have a yearly tradition! We went to Exploration Acres for the third time, and each year it gets better and better. We went with a group of friends which included three toddlers and two smiley six month olds. We enjoyed…
Happy
Andrew and I have been talking about the importance of what we put on our walls. We want to put things up that will influence our children and ourselves in positive ways, things that will be imprinted in our minds from seeing them so often. One concept that I really want us to remember is…
Outside
I haven’t been pulling out our nice camera very much this year (at least compared to previous years). It all stopped with morning sickness and I’ve slowly been getting back into photography, but feeling discouraged at how out of practice I am. I recently read this post about how photography helps this mother savor motherhood. It…
Pillow Project
When we bought our couch and love seat over four years ago, the nice family from American Fork made sure we didn’t leave their garage without the four brown pillows too. About two years ago it occurred to me I could sew pillow covers for them and I added it to my list. On Friday…
Thinking About…
Meet the Mormons. Somehow I didn’t see this movie until last week when we discovered it on Netflix. I love the inspirational stories, especially the last two. The song Glorious has been on repeat here too – what a beautiful message. Starting a commonplace book. I love the idea of filling blank pages with things…