This past week, the Monson family all got together for 4 days at Bear Lake. Mom and Dad rented an amazing cabin that felt spacious even with all 19 of us in it. We spent the days playing at the beach, playing at the cabin, playing lots of Nertz, and eating as much raspberry shake […]

Josh really does look so good on his skateboard (see the post 30, Flirty, and Thriving). And I really wanted to document it. Plus, it is now a family affair that everybody loves, and that is obviously worth documenting as well. So here I am. Documenting it. Charlotte LOVES to run and play chase with […]

On Saturday, Fay was baptized! She was so excited to finally get to do it, since her birthday was back in May. I’m so proud of her choice to make covenant promises with Heavenly Father, and so impressed by all the ways she has prepared herself. She is truly an amazing young woman and I […]

Plus some other stuff. On Friday, I FINALLY turned 30! I feel like I’ve been living the life of a person in her thirties since I was 22, so I’m really glad to finally just be official! For my birthday, Josh got me my dream tea-set! We have had tea (aka: steeped herbal beverage) with […]

This week we endeavored to ignore the pandemic by camping again! Although, I feel like it was boarder-line glamping. But it was still lots of fun! We finally made it to Jordanelle to play at the Utah-beach! Our campsite had hookups so we had a fan going during the day and a heater on for […]

We have so much playing the past few weeks! It almost feels as though life has recommenced since COVID began–but not quite, because we just got notice that we are un-returning to church now. 🙁 But STILL, we have done a lot of fun summery things! The first thing we did was Fay’s family party […]

All the things have happened since the last time I posted! School is now officially over, Fay finished up dance after having a 3-week bout of sickness, Bianca is two months old, we went to church last week (!!!), and things are really getting summery around here. Since it has been so long, I’m going […]

Our favorite Fay finally reached the great milestone of 8 years old on May 7th. She is anxiously awaiting the day when the world will open enough for her to make her long-anticipated first covenants with Heavenly Father through baptism; but for now, she is still excited to have left the number 7 behind her. […]

Carter turned six this past Tuesday! Josh and I were looking forward to this birthday even more than normal, because it was the day we got all our cuties back after Bianca’s arrival! Carter really got the best of both birthday worlds, because Grandmother made his dream birthday breakfast before bringing the kids home. Then […]

I know that the title of this post is a big statement, especially considering the events comprising the first Easter. But here’s my thought: everything that made that first Easter miraculous, amazing, world-changing, and glorious is STILL in effect today, just as much as it was on that day! So the events of this past […]