Weekend highlights... 26 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am

Friday: *Morning at the park. *Last minute stop at DI on the way home and thanks to running into a friend and the help of her kiddos playing with my kiddos - I had half a second to shop for me and c...

Cosie's clothing line... 23 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am

I am reading a fascinating book called The Spark, A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius. It is told by the mother of a boy who is a math and science prodigy and at the age of 12 is a paid researcher in...

Zucchini boats... 21 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am

For Family Home Evening last night, we talked about Nephi building his boat so we had to make zucchini boats (which just so happens to be my favorite use for zucchini). We floated them in our kiddie ...

Plum crazy... 20 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am

Once when I was 10, my brother and a couple of his buddies were hanging out at our house. They were discussing "swirlies" and somehow they convinced me how cool it would be if I gave myself one. Impre...

The story of a boy and the sprinkler... 18 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am

Kiddo updates... 17 Aug 2013 | 06:54 am

I took one picture this week - one. That isn't normal. I would say on average I take 25 pictures a week and with a newborn that average is bumped up to 50. So only one picture is so not like me. In c...

Everyday joys... 13 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am

 Watermelon bowls. Grab a spoon and dig in. The power of introverts. The first day Paisley went back to school, Cosette colored for at least three hours (not all in one sitting). I think she was happ...

Sawtooths A - Z... 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 am

We had a moment of bravery and took all the kids camping this weekend. It went better then we expected and Perry was voted #1 camper. Here is our trip alphabet-soup style: A is for amphibian B is f...

The evolution of smiles... 9 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am

"Cosie - SMILE!" "OK." "Is that your "real" smile?" "Yes - I am smiling!" "Like really smiling?" "Yes Mom!" "You are right - there it is!

31... 7 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm

Blake had a birthday yesterday - it was as awesome as he is! Well actually it was probably kind of lame since he got socks, books, an outdoor ornamental owl (in hopes to scare the birds) and dried fru...