I guess they aren't Parent Teacher Conferences anymore, they're "Student Led Conferences", but to say, "let's go ...

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This smiley new teen had one heck of a celebration.  The partying started Friday afternoon with 16 young ladies, an aunt, a grandma, a mom,...

Meet the first snowman of the season. We love snow at our house. Something about a fresh coat of snow invokes feelings of love, kinship and ...

December 10, 2016 The most common word spoken when a camera is pointed is, "smile!"  Well today,  I didn't have to say it. ...

November 27, 2016 My sis-in-law started selling lipsense and these girls are gobbling it up! They already adore their aunt KJ, now just th...

November 1- I had to laugh. When Ash realized our car was broken and she would have to walk the 2.3 miles to guitar (with me) she threw h...

My kids did not even bat an eye when I told them I would only put up Halloween decorations if they helped me.  Since no one offered, we had...

After the eye appointment last month, we ordered 4 pair of glasses for these cuties.  Zenni.com is the place to get them! We got these 4 pa...

Ashlyn is a classic bibliophile.  She can not get enough books.  Her expanding collection is constantly being thumbed, assorted, arranged, ...

This is finally happening!  Ashlyn has been wanting to join the swim team for over a year but hasn't quite been ready. After a fluke run...

Flashback-  Summer 2011 Ashlyn age 7 I came across this cute picture the other day and wanted to post it here.  This just reminds me so...

August 22, 2016 This not – so – little girl started junior high today. She was so nervous that she couldn't eat breakfast. Poor thing :-...

Routine. In our little neck of Utah, ninth grade is still considered junior high. That doesn't make it any less terrifying for mother t...

I adore this girl.  She is so fun to shop with.  She is understanding that she can't have everything she likes (even though when everyt...

August 9, 2016 Janica Pickett.  You amaze me.  Your little body has been through the ringer and you always have a smile on your face.  Th...

July 5-8 2016 Ashlyn has watched and helped me for hours upon hours as I served as the YW camp director in our ward.  Now that I am no ...

July 5, 2016 Despite being more scared than she has been in her entire life (and mine) she didn't hesitate to get up at 6:30 to go ...

July 4, 2016 After our accident earlier today, Ashlyn was a little stiff and had everyone worried, naturally.  All she was concerned abou...