Looking back over 2011, I can honestly say this has been one of the hardest and best years for our family. We dealt with severe financial stress due to the economic downturn killing the construction industry in Utah. We were on the brink of foreclosure…. more than once. We had to spend a few months...

Christmas morning dawned bright and early in the Perry household. It was a Sunday. I love celebrating Christmas on a Sunday, when you get to go to church and be reminded the true reason for the season. This Christmas was peaceful and enjoyable. We had the kids fooled thinking we accidentally bought xbox 360 games...

When Rae and Jaxson were the only two kids we had I got very ambitious and made them both quilts for Christmas. They still sleep with those quilts….even though they have seriously outgrown them. Well, I don’t know what I was thinking, (actually, I was thinking all my kids would be in school every day...

When soccer season ended, basketball season began. Katauna and Teegan both played basketball this year, and for having no experience in that sport, I was pretty dang impressed.

Along with mad basketball and soccer skills, Teegan and Katauna have also decided to try their hands in the musical field. For the Christmas concert Katauna played the violin and sang, and teegan played the recorder and sang. I’m pretty impressed how much they have learned in a short time. And they are pretty sharp...