This is a post I do not want to write. Some of you already know that we recently had a tragedy in our family. March 16th, 2013 marked the day we received the terrible phone call, letting us know that my younger brother and his wife lost their only son, 14 year old Luke. I…
Sometimes a little trip to the country is good for the soul. We get to see family and friends, we get to enjoy the big beautiful outdoors, we get to eat 5 Guys with fry sauce, we get to jump and run and play and laugh. Happy. Headed home…
Sometimes Daddy is off work for a little while. And sometimes the sun shines warm and bright on our patio early in the mornings. And sometimes we eat Cuties. And sometimes, all those things happen at the same time. And it is bliss. The really cold days were rough on my bougainvilleas. Hoping they recover…
I woke up early. 6am. I stumbled to the bathroom as dim sunlight peeked through the curtains. Crawled back into bed. I stirred around for awhile. My back was aching and the sciatica in my left leg was starting to act up. I turned on a heating pad and proceeded to burn the uncomfortable feeling…
The week after Christmas, all of us caught a yucky cold dashing any and all plans of traveling for the holiday break. As someone who always wants to go somewhere, I had to find ways to make up for our down time. One of those ways was to go see snow! I wanted to go…
Each year, we swap where we spend our Christmas. Last year was Utah, so this year was local. And as much as I missed my side of the family, it was fun to spend Christmas Day it with lots of kids because they really do make the magic. It’s always great for us to see…
Thanksgiving 2012 was so busy and so fun. The last few years we have been spoiled rotten and had two Thanksgiving dinners. One in San Diego with Paul’s relatives on the actual day, and then one at my mom’s house in So Utah over the weekend. The biggest downfall of having two Thanksgivings? All. That.…
To wrap up the very busy month of October, we’ve had some visitors in our area. And lucky us, they are all some of our favorite peeps! My Utah bestie and her husband came to see us while they were on their babymoon to SoCal. She is pregnant with her 4th baby, and is just…
During our family reunion, we took a day away from the nice, cool beach to spend some time at fun, hot Disneyland. I loved going with more kids and more family than I usually go with. It is always a treat to spend time with everyone. But to spend time with them and take snapshots…
Stay-cation Day #4 was the official start of our family reunion. Aunt Patti arranged a beach house for everyone to come stay and the next few days were strictly reserved for sand, sun, and waves. We body-surfed the time away and then would go back to the beach house to relax and visit. We had…