At 20.5 months, this girl is growing up so fast! She loves loves loves letters. She has a few favorites that she finds on everything and everywhere. E, I, O, and C are the leading contenders, but she knows probably 40% of the alphabet. Maybe more. We also fill pieces of paper daily with letters….
Family
Routines
The last few weeks we have been establishing some normalcy in our household. I had the epiphany that I have a small window of time between morning sickness and the changes that come with a newborn to establish good routines and teach Emily some important life skills. Emily is really good about getting us to…
The Rest of our Iowa Adventures
After Derick arrived home on Friday, we jumped into our list of fun things starting Saturday morning. First we went and had family pictures taken. It was raining the entire time so we were confined to a gazebo, at least until the end when Emily finally convinced someone to go out in the rain with her….
Strawberries
Friday morning Emily and I were out the door at 8:45 to head to a strawberry patch. A friend of ours is helping with her friend’s garden while they are out of town, and this means picking strawberries every other day. The two large rows produce an unbelievable amount of fruit and I was happy…
Summer
On Tuesday I submitted final grades for the Technology Tools class I’ve been teaching this year. I officially finished my first semester of teaching at Mountain Heights Academy! I’ve loved working with the middle and high schoolers in my class. Having a nap time job from home has really been the best. Tuesday evening I…
Elder Moose Returns
The day I have been waiting for for two whole years arrived on Friday, May 29 at 5:20pm. Elder Moose returned home from his mission in Jacksonville Florida. I was thrilled to be there to welcome him home with our entire family and two of Derick’s friends. Andrew was kind enough to document the…
Nauvoo
For family home evening last Monday, Andrew taught a lesson about temples. Emily loved watching the video about why we have temples and looking at all of the pictures of temples. She said and signed temple through the entire lesson and loved spotting as many as she could. The next morning she woke up and…
Family Garden Project
Our home has a little fenced in backyard with a shed, patio, and grassy area. I had hoped to put a garden in, and once we found out Andrew was accepted to the phd program here and we wouldn’t be moving for many years I moved forward with those plans. This was our starting place:…
Moments
We are expecting baby jackson in November and couldn’t be more thrilled. The last two and half months have been quite the survival period as I struggled with morning sickness. This week I washed dishes and made dinner for the first time in months. Andrew has been doing the majority of the household running over here,…
A Rainy Day Project
After a bitter cold winter that kept us indoors for months, we are ready to get out and do. Many of our weekends so far have been rainy days so we have been working on some random fun projects to help get us through more days inside. Home Depot is becoming our go-to place for…