This past Wednesday we celebrated seven fantastic years with our best boy! For his birthday, Carter knew he wanted Minecraft. We are fairly slow adopters of cool things like video games, so even though Minecraft has been around forever, this was the big birthday where Carter finally got his own copy! He also requested Minecraft […]

Our gorgeous, spirited little chunk of chub turned one year old on Monday! We are SO glad she is part of our family forever! I greeted Bianca multiple times on her birthday by calling her the Birthday Baby. That was the only day in her life she will ever have that position! She’s already only […]

I’m a few days late, but this past Friday–March 12–Helen turned 3 years old! All the people who came to wish Portia well on Wednesday also mentioned how Helen’s birthday was coming up very shortly; and she seemed a little confused by it. When someone would ask her anything about her birthday (the date thereof […]

Yesterday, Portia turned 5 years old! She is so excited to be five because she knows that she gets to go to kindergarten when she is five. We’re excited that she is five, because that means we have had her in our lives for five whole years! For Portia’s birthday she requested Reese’s Puffs for […]

Have I ever mentioned that I love Valentine’s Day? (I know I have; but lest you had forgotten, I thought I would mention it again.) I get the notion, from things other people say on the subject, that many people think that Valentine’s Day is exclusively about ultra-romantic love, provided primarily by the man. I […]

For December Fast Sunday our family fasted for a safe, happy, healthy Christmas. I fully believe in the power of fasting to invoke the power of Heaven into our lives. During December, and the Christmas season, we got COVID, Josh got the world’s worst canker-sore, I got a pretty significant ear-infection, and Josh seriously injured […]

This post will also include our Christmas decor for the year. I had so much fun with those two years I decorated the whole house and made it all official, and one day perhaps I will do it again. But not this year. At the outset of this year I decided that I just wanted […]

We had one humdinger of a Halloween this year! We had all kinds of new adventures and experiences thanks to good ol’ COVID. The coolest one was that Josh totally became famous for his Halloween display this year! He should probably be famous every year for his Halloween display; but we’ll take what we can […]

I have been the worst at blogging recently (it happens every time I have a new baby). But this past week was definitely one to remember; so I am taking measures to remember it! The kids were on fall break this whole past week and we did fun stuff basically every day! Monday The kids […]

I haven’t written anything since August, but all there really is to share is that at-home school is busy, but getting more manageable. I wanted to focus today’s post on each of the kids. They are all so fun to be with, and I love each of their personalities so much! So here’s just a […]