It is always fun to look back on a year in terms of the word I chose as my theme verb. This year is especially exciting because of how poorly my word went! 😂 I’ll start this post with the really pessimistic view of the year: I started out in January great. I worked really […]

I thought it would be nice to post some of what we’ve been doing for the past couple months. This post won’t have a cohesive flow; it will just be pictures with explanation. Enjoy! Our pear tree became ripe enough for the kids to start enjoying pears in late August. Here they all are with […]

For the 4th of July weekend, we finally made it up to visit my brother Joseph and his family in Billings, Montana. Everything we knew about Billings before we went we had heard from Joseph and Maren and it was basically this “Billings isn’t much of a tourist destination.” But here’s the truth: we weren’t […]

We celebrated this gorgeous girl on May 7 as she turned 12! She is such a joy and gift in our lives; we’re convinced that everybody who has ever encountered Fay is better because of it. Fay is an absolute party of a big sister! She is super creative and loves to lead her siblings […]

Yesterday we celebrated the best boy I know as he turned 10 years old! It’s always very exciting to move to the realm of double digits! Some things that Carter loves right now include: Some things that we love about Carter right now include: We love Carter a million million! He is such a fun […]

Yesterday was a magically celestial day for the Monson family. Our magnificent Portia Eve was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. 🤍🤍🤍 It was so special to be there for this ultra-important day in Portia’s life. As I […]

Happy Birthday to our BEAUTIFUL little Bianca! She is truly such a little gem and joy to have in our family that I’m not confident I’ll be able to adequately put it into words. But I’ll try my best. First of all, Bianca just loves. She loves everybody in her life—parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, aunts […]

Helen celebrated her 6th birthday this past Tuesday, March 12. She had a grand and magnificent vision for her birthday, and she lived up every moment of it! Helen wanted a St. Patrick’s Day themed birthday party this year. I loved that because, since having two birthdays within a week of St. Patrick’s Day, I […]

Birthday season has begun for the Monson family! And today we got to celebrate a super exciting birthday with Portia! Turning 8 is an especially big deal because now Portia can be baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost! She is super excited about making covenants with God, and understands what it means […]

Pictures for this post will be things I made in the year 2023. I’m so excited to share my theme word for 2024! I knew exactly what I wanted my word to be for this year even back in October, and so far I am having a lot of fun with it! My word for […]