This year we decided to start earlier than usual on our Christmas spirit, so we put the tree up during the first week of December. I think that is a record for us. In our last house, we didn’t have a lot of space for a tree, so we bought this cute little skinny tree...

I was planning on a little bit of a sad thanksgiving this year. I left Utah the night before to fly back home. I knew my whole extended family would be gathered together the next day celebrating and feasting. I had thought that we would have a couple sad little dishes and a quiet evening....

When we moved away from Utah and left our Stephi there with Grandma and Grandpa, I was hoping she would get engaged sooner rather than later, giving me a reason to come back and visit. Well, she went and did just that! Luckily for me, being a photographer, I got to go home twice…once for...

As this has become a regular part of our homeschool afternoon, we are trying to figure out a way to call it school. Any suggestions?

Yes. Homeschool. I know I know, I thought I would never do it again either. But when your teenager comes to you and expresses that they don’t like being at school with the foul language and filthy stories and violence, what do you do? You pull them out and start homeschooling them. Rae and Jax...