When we arrived three weeks ago we were a little worried we hadn’t packed more (*any) winter gear. Overnight it switched to eighty degree weather with lots of sun and all we can think about is finding ways to stay cool. There is a pool in our complex and yesterday we thought it would be fun to…
Family
Kansas City Adventures: Arthur Bryant’s BBQ
Yesterday I woke up to a letter from Andrew on the kitchen table. At the very end was some very exciting news: We were going to head out at 11am with the rest of the techs for lunch at Arthur Bryant’s BBQ. It was a good little adventure. We had two guys riding with us into Kansas…
Moments
We are just 12 hours away from Andrew completing his second full week on the job. It has been (and will continue to be) a pretty intense summer with his crazy hours. We are living on miracles, he and I. Neither of us get much sleep these days; Emily is waking up so often I…
Kansas City Adventures: Crown Center
Mondays are the best days ever when your husband does security system installs. We all get to go to bed at a reasonable hour on Sunday night (although Emily chose to wake up every hour last night) and the car is in our city so we can go a play in the morning aka I…
There’s No Place Like Home
We’ve been in Kansas for two full days now and my heart is overflowing with gratitude for all the help we had getting here. This move required packing up everything we own and sending it to one of three places: a storage unit, a very generous friend’s basement, or squeezed into our car to bring…
7 Months Old
Dear Emily, Seven months suits you well. You have been an absolute gem this week as we have gone into the final days before our move. I think this has a little bit to do with your ability to access a ton of things we normally wouldn’t encourage, and the options are ever changing as…
I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.
I have been trying to pack up our apartment and do big cleaning items this week so that next week will be less insane and exhausting. Yesterday I was about to box up the iron when I remembered that Andrew and I talked about me making a case for some of the spade bits he…
Quick Update and Easter
Time is flying, the to-do list is long, and blogging is falling lower on the priority list lately. We are moving in two weeks and in addition to packing I have a few big projects that I’ve been working on every spare moment that I’m almost ready to share here. Fortunately Emily started taking semi-predictable…
A Few Big Things
General Conference comes every six months and I always look forward to it with much anticipation. Last week it was soul soothing to to sit and listen to the messages of the prophet and apostles on the earth today and other inspired leaders. I received the answers I was seeking, the peace and comfort I…
A Little Dress
I have a pile of old clothes that I was going to take to goodwill but then it turned into my repurpose-clothes-for-Emily pile. In my mind that was going to be a summer project; I don’t really know why because I’m not taking classes, it just seemed fitting. Then we decided to move to Kansas for…