Moms are softies.  They love things that probably shouldn't be kept and especially sentimental thank you's.  I have waaaay too many ...

I was contemplating where to launch one of my most recent projects (always a project going) and I revisited my blog here.  I am bewildered a...

Sometimes Christmas gets overwhelming, especially when you have many kids who are eager to ask the world of Santa.  For larger families, giv...

Finally, this project is complete!  I actually finished it and in the whirlwind didn't post.  I'm sorry!  Your lives go on just fin...

So if you remember I posted a couple of days ago about trying to figure out how to create my own stencil equipped with My Silhouette machine...

We just moved into our new home, and couldn't be more excited!  We love the area, the people in our neighborhood and the big back yard (...

We're living with my in laws while the majority of our things are boxed up waiting to be moved into a storage unit as we build a new hou...

I was reading an article last night on upworthy ( this story ) about 8 simple words to say when someone is grieving.  At first I agreed with...

In our house, there are 2 universal truths (among others) 1. If there is a spill in any room of the house, I will find it and step in it. ...

I haven't posted in while, partly because of my schedule, and partly because of my bad attitude, but thanks to a little love from my sis...

I generally know that I have the personality that LOVES to overdo events.  So I should not be surprised that the holidays were for us a smor...

My husband's nickname is Phyllis.  It came from my inability to get the saying right from Webster, the 90s tv show.  Instead of saying &...

I believe some of the cheapest (or maybe most frugal?) people live in Utah.  I love Utah, and I claim it as my own, but really, I'm very...

Earlier I would have called today a frustrating day. We sat down to breakfast to look out our window and see a police vehicle pull up at o...

Last night Dan and I were driving home with a car full of kiddos.  Ahead of us I noticed a Utah licence plate that I've never seen. &q...

Time is a complete anomaly for most kids under the age of 7.  I think that you could say 'Ok, I'll be back in 10 minutes to check if...

Who can resist the Fall when there are field trips to go on, pumpkins to carve, harvests to gather and apple crisp to eat?  Yay fall is her...

As I was wiping the table off tonight, collecting huge gobs of spilled food and rocks (normal at the dinner table, right?) I realized that ...

For Part one, follow this link True to form, as I have done several times, I only spoke in Spanish after my brain surgery.  Not that I can...

Today was much better (anxiety wise) than yesterday.  My upset stomach continued until about 7pm, but really, others often have it so much w...