My Apartment/Studio 25 Aug 2011 | 03:30 am

Finally! A blog post! Thanks Carrie for making me promise to post these. Sorry, I'm a week later than promised. I moved into my own place at the beginning of the summer and feel unbelievably blessed ...

New Haven 13 Mar 2011 | 01:37 pm

It's spring break so I had to make the most of it and get out of Roanoke. Nathan (my second oldest brother) agreed to drive 11 hours with me and the kids to visit our oldest brother David and his f...

Motherhood 26 Feb 2011 | 05:43 am

As I was driving home from class today I had a few thoughts on motherhood. 1: You know you’re a mom when you feel a great sense of accomplishment after shaving your legs. 2: You know you’re a Mom wh...

Mae Roberts 9 Feb 2011 | 03:21 pm

John was with me today. It surprised me because I haven't felt him around in a long time. I didn't know why I felt him near today until tonight when I checked my email. My friend sent me Mae Robert's ...

Halloween 6 Nov 2010 | 04:57 am

The kids and I went out shopping several times this year before settling on costumes. The chili pepper costume in John's size that said "Hot Stuff" across the front pretty much sealed the deal. We dec...

Bike-A-Thon 28 Oct 2010 | 12:12 am

 Lizzie recently started attending Salem's montessori school. It is amazing, and yesterday's bike-a-thon was further evidence of this fact. The kids (ages about 2 through 5th grade) got sponsors and r...

Miss Dada 26 Oct 2010 | 01:52 am

This morning while I was changing Lizzie's diaper she looked up at the picture on the wall of John holding her. She said, "Dada hold me!" Then she became very pensive and said, "Dada gone. Night. Moon...

A Day in the Life of Emily Jones 23 Oct 2010 | 06:42 am

I wrote the following short (except it's kind of long) story in response to all those of you who have been asking what I do all day. I started it a few months ago, right after John was born. Life has ...

Where is she, Mama? 22 Oct 2010 | 05:06 pm

My parents attend a single's ward where my dad is currently the bishop. Usually I go to a family ward, but last Sunday we attended the single's ward with my parents because Lizzie was too sick to go t...

Nutty Putty Cyclers Cross Country Bike Trip for Charity 21 Oct 2010 | 01:24 am