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  • An Inspiring Conference Weekend

    As the years go by and the world gets crazier, I find myself longing more and more for the amazing comfort, peace, and direction that myself and my family receive from listening to twice a year General Conference of The… Continue reading

    An Inspiring Conference Weekend
  • One Year . . . Since Everything Changed

    One year. How much can change in the course of a year? One year ago I was in emergency brain surgery to remove a large walnut sized tumor on the left frontal lobe of my brain. And with that discovery,… Continue reading

    One Year . . . Since Everything Changed
  • Happy Father’s Day

    I am so truly grateful for good fathers in this world, especially my own daddy, Kevin – the father of my children, and Dennis – my wonderful father-in law. I loved seeing this message that the General Young Men’s Presidency… Continue reading

    Happy Father’s Day
  • A Wonderful First Week of Summer

    When I woke up on Monday morning, I cannot tell you the emazing relief and peace that I felt knowing that I had the summer to recharge and rejuvenate. Teaching was a gift, but so is this break, and I… Continue reading

    A Wonderful First Week of Summer
  • School’s Out & Goodbye May!

    How can one month feel so very long, and then also disappear??? I know so many people have taken to calling the month of May, “Maycember,” because it battles with December for the amount of activities and other things happening… Continue reading

    School’s Out & Goodbye May!
  • Miscellaneous May Adventures

    May is so busy. All of the school things for me, activities for Arthur, anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day, concerts, and treatments and doctor’s appointments. It is a tornado of things. So many of them are really good things, however, like… Continue reading

    Miscellaneous May Adventures
  • Celebrating 25 Amazing & Adventurous Years

    Twenty five years! What an amazing blessing and gift it has been to be married to Kevin this past quarter of a century, and I cannot even express how grateful I have to have him as my partner for eternity.… Continue reading

    Celebrating 25 Amazing & Adventurous Years
  • Our Singing Arthur

    With two older siblings grown up, it really has become Arthur’s time to shine – especially when it comes to music. He watched them for years and years, and was dragged from concert to recital to play, and so on.… Continue reading

    Our Singing Arthur
  • April Adventures

    April has been jam packed with all the things, but in the middle of it all, I have still had my treatments and appointments and such. My latest chemo just happened to fall on the Friday that Kevin was in… Continue reading

    April Adventures
  • Getting Our Lily Home

    I am not quite sure how it happened, but our sweet baby girl grew up and finished college. What?! Wow! Technically, because she wasn’t able to get an internship (wow, they are hard to get), she is taking an online… Continue reading

    Getting Our Lily Home