Last night, we decided to go to Barnes and Noble. George wanted to pick out some guitar learning books, so he took the baby in the stroller and I headed over to the kids section with the two other boys. They read through some books, played with the Tho...

It’s the last day of the year! The day you spend (or at least part of it) thinking about the things that happened during 2008 and setting new goals for2009. I’ve thought about and made some New Year’s Resolutions, including: 1) Spendi...

George and I have been married for 9 years now and I’ve never had a White Christmas (in my entire life). For the past 2 weeks, it’s been snowing in Seattle and the kids and I have been indoors due to bad road conditions. The boys throwing s...

Last night, we had some guys from George’s work over for dinner. We had pizza – not just any pizza, but a 28-inch pizza. It was huge! I had a hard time getting through the doorways in our house – trying to get it to the kitchen! Here ...

Last night at around 9:30 p.m. there was a knock on the door. George and I were ready to go to bed and the kids weren’t even close to falling asleep, even though they were in their beds with the lights off. We had no idea who’d be knocking ...

I am SO EXHAUSTED! The culprit: baby Sam – don’t let the cute smile and cute face fool you! I thought I was so lucky for a while because Sam was actually sleeping through the night. Not now! He thinks it’s great to wake up at 3:00 a.m...

Here is the recipe for a super yummy cookie recipe I am giving to friends and neighbors this Christmas season. It’s called Secret Chocolate Kisses Cookies (I altered it from the original recipe – title and ingredients). Ingredients: –...

Yesterday, school was canceled because of an expected snowstorm. Here is the snowstorm – 1 day late! Looking out our front door Our backyard My car is under the snow We spent today at home. This morning, after I put Sam down for a nap, Brian and ...

My task this week is to bake 4 batches of cookies to give away as Christmas gifts to friends and neighbors. This doesn’t seem like a difficult task, but factor in 3 energetic little boys and a 1 hour baking project can take 3 hours to complete. A...

Last night, we were getting ready to go to a meeting and I was packing up some snacks for the kids. I usually grab a bag and include magna doodle drawing pads, some board books, and some snacks. George was standing next to me and saw me a holding a bag...

Today, we had a birthday party for Brian’s 5th birthday. I’ve decided that an hour and a half is plenty of time to hold a birthday party for little kids. During this time, we did the following: – played with the party blowers – ...

Yesterday, George and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. 9 years ago yesterday, we were married for time and eternity in the Oakland LDS Temple in Oakland, California. Since we got married during a holiday break (we were both going to college wh...

When I went to high school, I wasn’t one of those people that liked to “hang out” at the mall and I still am not one of those people. I haven’t been to the mall in over a year, but went this weekend with some women from church. ...

I’ve had a few experiences with bad drivers recently. The other day, I was pulling into the parking lot of a store (I was turning left INTO the parking lot). There was a man waiting to turn left OUT of the parking lot (he had a stop sign and had ...

Do you remember in school when your friends would pick on you or make fun of you or leave you out of games? You’d think that grown-ups would behave differently. We had an event the other day that got a little out of control. The event was for the...

A week ago, George and I were able to go on a date without the kids. A friend of ours offered to watch the kids for us. We went the movie theater. There were a ton of “R-rated” movies, so we decided to watch Madagascar 2 – something t...

Some of the moms from our playgroup go to Remlinger Farms every year so the kids can enjoy the rides and other activities. When we first arrived, I asked the boys to stand next to the big scarecrow and pumpkin sign (pictured above) – ya know R...

Do you ever find that your laundry pile never seems to go away? The dishes are constantly there and needing to be washed, dried, or put away? Your magazine pile grows quickly and you don’t have a chance to read through them, but you don’t w...

Pop quiz! What do you do if your baby has a poopy diaper, you are in the middle of a miniature amusement park, and there are only porta poddies around? You can’t go far because your kids are on one of the rides and they want to go to another ride...

I read Dr. Laura’s blog each time she creates a new post. She says a lot of good things in both her radio show and on the blog. This time, she had a post on a new “Feminist Studies” graduate program available at the University at Sant...