Screen time is a hot topic with loads of opinions, research, and ideas. For me it as been a long developing journey. I’ll spare the details of how we got to where we are and tell you where we are at right now with just a teeny tiny bit of background. For the longest time…
Thoughts
Carving Wooden Animals and Accepting Me
I have been trying to be pretty strategic about the toys that enter our home. One on my list for awhile was wooden animals. Unfortunately the ones I really like are rather expensive, so I decided to make some. I started trying to carve with my pocket knife which was super slow going. Andrew came…
30 Weeks
First off, we are having a girl!! We think! We had the anatomy scan at the end of June. The tech spent about 45 minutes with us and tried many times to figure out the gender. No luck – we were told we’d find out in November. I went to Utah and three weeks later…
Brain Dump
I’m out of the habit of blogging. I have loads of pictures from the last few months to process and record memories from. I have so many thoughts and ideas to share. Ideas of posts are written out in lists to start checking off. But today, a brain dump about all areas of life, some…
A Few Words About Grad School Life
I rarely talk about life as a grad school family directly. This is mostly due to the fact I don’t think about our life that way. With Andrew working towards being a professor we will always have changing semester schedules and holiday breaks to look forward to. There will come a time with more responsibility…
Showing Gratitude for God’s Creations By Learning about Them
One thing elementary educators of all backgrounds seem to agree upon in my readings is that kids should be outside learning from the world around them. I’ve spent the last year prioritizing being outside mostly out of my own desires to be in the sun. As I’ve read about the details of nature study I’ve…
Accepting the Assignment
A few weeks ago I listened to President Nelson’s devotional to young adults. I was cleaning the kitchen and felt uplifted and then continued on. Last week I stumbled across a blog post on lds.org from President Nelson discussing what he learned from studying the Saviors life in the scriptures. That’s when a vague recollection about…
Learning in the Waiting
It was six months of waiting before we found out baby jackson one would be joining our family. At the beginning of the waiting we had an early miscarriage. I was devastated, depressed, despondent. I fell into a routine: Andrew left Provo at 5am for his 2.5 hour bus/bike commute to Sandy to teach. I got…
The Widows Mite
A good portion of my marriage I have been physically unwell. Between surgery, difficult pregnancies, challenging postpartum recoveries, and my bought with c. diff, Andrew has pulled a lot of weight taking care of us. During many of these periods I spend a lot of time apologizing and feeling guilty for not matching Andrew’s work…
Achieving Inbox Zero
My relationship with email has changed dramatically over time. In middle and high school getting an email was as exciting as a letter in the mailbox. In college I had it open almost constantly, answering emails as they came in. I only deleted junk mail, leaving everything else in the inbox so I could find…