I just got back from morning exercise to find Jim awake and both of my kids in our bed sound asleep. I exercised with some ladies from church and my mother in law who runs the show. She knows how to kick some butt, let me tell you. I brought up the rear with most, […]
That my kids are three? When we asked Holly and JD what they wanted for their birthday, their response was always the same. A Darth Maul cake for JD and a Hello Kitty Cake for Holly. I did a lot of internet searching to make sure I came through for them. We didn’t do a […]
It’s not exactly a club that you want to be in but here I am joining my mom and my sister in the no thyroid club. About eight years ago I had thyroid problems. I couldn’t stay awake for a single movie, I lost a lot of weight, was always cold and had a bump […]
It has been eight years since both Jim and I graduated from BYU so with Matt graduating we decided to make a family trip out of it. We talked about it for weeks with the kids and they were just as excited as we were to go to Utah. The kids did great during the […]
Every girl needs a best girlfriend. I’ve never actually had one outside of my sisters, so when Sadie moved to Concord from Utah it was instant friendship for our kids and the two of us. Then 10 months later she moved to Monterey, two hours away. Not cool. We’ve both taken little road trips to […]
I’m gonna try to get back on the blog thing. I’ve taken a lot of pictures recently and Holly and JD are growing fast. We were excited to celebrate Easter this year. I found an Easter book that we read a lot to help the kids understand that Easter isn’t really about bunnies, eggs and […]
For Valentine’s Day the kids got new books from Grandma Hopkins. Books they have since fallen in love with and memorized. “Scary Sid” is one of the most favorite books now. The kids take turns being Sid and reading the book to us. Holly needed a little help and JD was right there to pitch […]