“. . . the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. When the focus of our lives is on God’s plan of salvation . . . and Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening—or not happening—in our lives. Joy comes from and because of Him. He is the source of all joy⁠“

— Pres. Russell M. Nelson

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  • My Little Graduate

    On Friday the 23rd, Lily had her last day of preschool and graduation.  She was so excited, and Kevin and I were both able to go to the celebration.  They had a very cute program where they showed us things… Continue reading

  • A Quick Trip to Sea World

    As I said in Lily's birthday post, she chose to go to Sea World instead of a party, and so after she was done with preschool on Monday, we all headed to Orlando, Florida.  We made pretty great time, and… Continue reading

  • The Makings of a Great Birthday

    I am finally getting a minute to post about Lily's birthday weekend,  As I said in my other post, she turned 5 on Saturday, and she was very excited about it.  Here are some of the highlights: *Looking on-line for… Continue reading

  • The Boys and the Girls Go Camping!

    We had quite the full weekend, what with Lily's birthday (which I will hopefully post about soon) and everything else.  This weekend was also a big weekend because both the boys and the girls went camping, but not together. The… Continue reading

  • A Look Back at My Lily

    My baby girl is five years old today – a benchmark of sorts.  It is the birthday where they really become a "kid."  She is getting all tall and skinny on me, I buy her clothes in the girl's section… Continue reading

  • The Many Adventures of Mother’s Day Weekend

    It was a wonderful, and yet wild weekend for us, and it all began on Friday morning with . . . TAKE DADDY TO SCHOOL DAY: All the dads were invited to Lily's preschool on Friday morning to help with… Continue reading

  • (P)

    Kevin doesn't often give me license to brag about him, but today he did, and so I am taking full advantage :).   After months of hard work, a few set backs (including breaking the same toe twice, maybe three times),… Continue reading

  • Seven Years and Counting

    Seven years ago today, Kevin and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple.  In some ways the time has flown, and other times it seems like just yesterday that we were these two crazy kids at BYU just starting… Continue reading

  • Brothers!

    Kevin and his brother Scott were able to get together this weekend after 3 years of not seeing each other.  (We live in Georgia, they live in Oregon – you can't get much farther away.)  Scott was in the area… Continue reading

  • Too Much to Post About

    Sometimes the posts just seem to pile up, and so I have to do a few at once.  Today I was finally able to post about Kevin's Golf Adventure #2 and #3 (yes, #3), and also about our weekend.  And… Continue reading