Static archive of a family blog, 2008–2017. This blog is no longer active.
family blog, 2008–2017
Olive turned one! During the first year of her life she spent a lot of time over at the Groslands. They are our neighbors. Their daughter Sam watched her all the time. The whole family feel in love with her. So it seemed only appropriate…
Our sweet, quiet, peaceful girl just turned 3 and both Chad and I are hoping she'll be our first one to not turn into a crazy person during this year. But we won't hold our breath ;) She had a simple party and loved every…
We went to Trappers! And it was amazing! Mom and Dad came with Janeia, Rosie and Janeia's friend. Michael and his family came. Harris with Hailee and McKenzie came. Shayna is due in about a month so she keeped Ainsley and stayed at home. Kyle…
This April Fools, we had a tea party. Auretta and I picked out little cups and plates at D.I. for each little girl invited. They sat around a little table eating strawberries, veggies, cheese, meat and crackers. It was surprisingly simple and delightful! Our little…
Patrick's birthday was a ton of fun this year. We went to one of those trampoline parks. We took two of his friends, Jacob and Kaden. We had so much fun just jumping around. He started around his birthday a mad scientist class. He went…
Desperate title? I know. (Quick back story: I'm with the woman in Chad's family right now. We're spending the weekend together scrapbooking, shopping, eating, etc. My sister-in-law is filling out a baby book for her little boy and asked us, what we though when we…
Chad and I met 10 years ago and I'm all nostalgic and whatnot. Here's our story: Jan 6, 2014 First class at BYU-Idaho, 7am Calculus. I walked across the frozen campus to sit nervously in a seat. I was hoping a cute boy would sit…
My mom is always smiling. My mom plays with kids...often. She laughs with them, runs with them, gets on the ground and rolls around with them. My mom is silly. My mom laughs. My mom cries, especially with others who are crying. My mom loves…
Patrick's smile pretty much says it all For the kids fall break, we drove up to Montana to see potato harvest. The first two years Chad and I were married, he worked harvest for his dad. It is long, hard hours for 3-6 weeks with…
I'm listening to Harry Potter again. He's my cleaning buddy for a month or two during every year. What can I say? He's magical! With him, our kitchen stays pretty clean for awhile. But that's beside the point. I was thinking about the two houses…