How do these things happen?

In a house containing a father, mother, and 4 big kids…. how do things like this occur without anyone taking notice? Yes, it’s red. Yes, it’s permanent. Yes, that’s travertine. After a combined effort involving both parents and 2 of the big kids, and a pack of Magic Erasers, it is no longer red, but...

Jaxson’s 11th Birthday

On June 13th Jaxson turned 11. Dad got home the day before, so he was here to celebrate for the first time in 3 years. I can’t believe Jaxson is already 11. He is such a good kid. One of my favorite attributes of Jaxson is how much he loves people. He is the best...

I’m so glad when Daddy comes home…

After three weeks apart, it was wonderful to have our dad back home again! I got sick the day before he flew in, and still had a lingering headache, so my brother, Ryan the Great, picked up Jason at the airport and brought him home to us. Needless to say he was smothered with love...

Day Camp

Katauna got to go to Jeremiah Johnson day camp this year for Activity Days. And, lucky me, since I am one of the Activity Days Leaders, I got to go as well. It really was pretty neat and the girls had a lot of fun. We had 21 girls in our group, so it was...

Grandpa’s 60th birthday!

I can’t believe my dad is this OLD. It’s funny really, I used to think 40 was old, but now that I’m only a few years away from it, it doesn’t seem too old at all. The more I think about it, I don’t really think 60 is that old either. I think we all...