Notre Dame Football. Go Irish.

You know, we aren’t really football people.  Come to think of it, we aren’t really spectators of any sports.  I mean, we enjoy watching a game now and again, but when it really boils down to it… who really cares?  How does it affect our lives one way or another which team wins any sporting...

Blue Gills and Happy Girls

Ever since we moved here the little girls have been eyeing our lake, silently hoping that their dad would help them go fishing.  Okay, not silently.  The opposite of silently.  Too bad for them mom has been keeping dad busy with projects around the house: helping me build a kitchen island, building a new bed...

Look out Pinterest

So, there are things I love about this house, and there are things I don’t really love.  The kitchen falls in the latter category.  For such a big house, the kitchen is TINY.  As in, two people trying to work in there together gets very annoying.  And the “eat-in” dining area of the kitchen is...

Brian Head

We just got home from a most excellent weekend at Brian Head resort near Cedar City.  The snow was deep and perfect, and the weather was divine.  Our kids have been skiing with dad since early December up at Sundance, and this is the first time I’ve come to watch them since the very first...

Burying our Little Girl

The days after Emerson was born went by in a blur.  By the time she left our home on Saturday, it was early evening.  Family slowly trickled out until it was just the 9 of us left at home, Jason and I and our 6 big kids, and our little guardian angel.  Exhaustion started to...