Andrew is spending the week in Las Vegas for a conference. He presented two papers, one of which we wrote together with our professor from BYU based on the thesis I did two years ago creating a sound recording curriculum. We opened the project back up in November and wrote the final draft in January. On…
Family
Uplifting Influences
This week I was uplifted, inspired, comforted, and corrected by: Approaching the Throne of God with Confidence by Elder Jörg Klebingat No matter what your current status, the very moment you voluntarily choose honest, joyful, daily repentance by striving to simply do and be your very best, the Savior’s Atonement envelops and follows you, as it…
Emily’s Lense
I had the camera out on Monday. Emily loves being involved in everything I’m doing and picture taking is certainly not an exception. It turned out to be a really fun few minutes as I shared something I enjoy with her. I love how the pictures tell so much about Emily’s world right now. What…
9:53pm
9:47pm Emily woke up and cried for awhile, becoming more and more distressed. She’s teething and so we went to get her some medicine. After she took it she was convinced she needed to eat yogurt. We got her a bowl made up while she chatted wildly and mimicked words with great excitement like I’ve…
Valentines Day
I recently found The List Andrew and I made when we were first dating. It was our way to keep track of different things we wanted to do and then enjoy the satisfaction of checking them off. This original document quickly morphed into a multi page Google document while I was in Jerusalem and I…
Chinese New Year Reception
Yesterday we went to a Chinese New Year reception hosted by the Confucius Institute at Purdue University. It was around 5 degrees outside so Emily and I bundled up for the 1/4 mile run from our parking spot to the event. Andrew met us there and helped us shed our twenty layers of gear. When…
Moments
Emily has developed a love for small spaces. She hides behind the chair in her bedroom or climbs into the laundry basket. Sometimes she brings things with her and hangs out by herself, but often she wants to have a really intense game of peek-a-boo. In the case of the laundry basket she likes to…
Mrs. Jackson
I have now been Mrs. Jackson for an entire week to 79 middle and high schoolers. Over Thanksgiving the opportunity arose to teach one class at an online Utah charter school. After collecting all of my teaching information and gathering letters of recommendation, I applied in early December and found out just before Christmas break…
A Little Bit of Emily
She sleeps with books like other kids snuggle with stuffed animals. She literally cuddles with them and won’t go to bed or take a nap without one. She also reads them by herself when she wakes up, and then we read them together immediately following her diaper change. Putting her finger in her belly button…
Jackson Family
We took advantage of the fact the entire Jackson family was together by doing a quick photoshoot to prove that we were all in the same location at the same time (thanks Hannah and Sam for suggesting it and pulling everything together). We decided to go to the Salt Lake Public Library, but we were…