I love Easter morning. And Jesus Christ. I know He lives. Conference doesn’t start till 11am and it was a gorgeous brisk morning out, so we went and the South Bosque trail. Being from Arizona, I have never really experienced Spring before. And it is beautiful! Almost overnight, everything is green, new, and full of … Continue reading Easter

Happy Anniversary to me and Marc! Baby Ruby Marc graduated ASU Marc started dental school Halloween 2016, little did we know that we actually did have 2 tacos... Ice ice baby! Hazel coming in hot Marc goes on dental school rotation to Northern Arizona for 5 weeks. Everyone else gets crazy sick (strep, double mastitis, … Continue reading 8 years!

Today was a marathon mothering day. I felt like a boss waking up early to do some weight lifting and was dressed and showered before the kids got up. Marc and I defused an oatmeal meltdown with some baby-flying-airplane bites for Ruby. (She actually likes oatmeal, but I think the fuss is more of a … Continue reading A marathon mom day with peanut butter whack-a-mole

Wednesday mornings are dance days at our house. I’m feeling like a real winner that I have finally figured out the timing and flow to get to class on time. Finding that balance between getting everybody to go potty, ballet hair up, two back packs with dance shoes and water bottles, the girls dressed in … Continue reading And life goes Marching on

After dinner one night Ruby said she needed to talk with me. And that she wanted to be alone just the two of us. So I suggested her closet. She brought in her larger Grammy blanket and put it over our heads creating a tent of sorts and a cone-of-silence for our conversation. I smiled, … Continue reading A little talk

This was our first Christmas just as our own little family. We missed seeing the grandparents and playing with cousins, but it was so nice to just take our time and just relish on the sweet day together celebrating Baby Jesus. The chicken in Hazel’s stalking totally stole the show Christmas morning. She carried it … Continue reading Christmas!

One day we painted. Specifically, Ruby painted Christmas trees and Hazel painted rainbows. Ruby finally grasped the idea of “ish”. She made a greenish tree, needed cleanish water, blueish sky, etc. These little breakthroughs just tickle me. The Taylor’s invited the girls over on a brisk December morning. So I got to spend some one-on-one … Continue reading The most wonderful time of the year… some of December