For the last few months we have been spending a lot of time exclaiming, “I did it!”, “You did it!”, and “We both did it!”. Emily started it and I quickly jumped on her bandwagon. I have been amazed at just how powerful that phrase is. Last night Emily really wanted a certain pickle out of…
Thoughts
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…
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…
Laundry Corner and Homemade Laundry Detergent
I’ve been trying to fill our home with little, important reminders of how we want to live life. With the laundry corner part of our kitchen, I decided to design two quotes that are both semi-food related as well as instructive. It took a few months to hang them up above the dryer, but I’ve…
My BYU Magazine Moment
I spent my senior year at BYU writing a three unit class fusing together my major and minor, Technology and Engineering Education and Music (I focused on sound recording), then teaching my curriculum during student teaching. It was a lot of work and I probably would have given up a few times if Andrew hadn’t…
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…
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…
Unpacking
I had the realization recently that in the last five years I have moved ten times. I’ve updated my official address with the U.S. Postal Service ten times with each of these “permanent” moves. I stopped unpacking our pictures three moves ago and we’ve lived without the pillows and coat that serve as padding. We…
Let’s Get Rid of the “Bad” and “Mean”, Moms
I’m sure you’ve seen this scenario. Mom A picks up her baby and begins trying to control her running-away nose with a tissue. The adorable baby begins screaming and wiggling in protest, very distraught over her mom’s attempts. Mom A turns to Moms B, C, D, E and F and declares, “I’m such a bad…