First on the agenda on Christmas morning was checking for evidence that Santa had been there. The missing carrots and cookies were the giveaway! Once Santa’s visit was confirmed, the boys were so excited to find that it had snowed overnight. They patiently waited for all of their cousins to…
We hit up our favorite indoor swimming pool at the Kamas rec center on Christmas Eve. Back at the cabin, the kids were super entertained with their holiday specs while the adults worked on Christmas Eve dinner. The glasses transformed the lights on the tree into magical images and it…
As if I didn’t already sufficiently cover our fall happenings, here are the remaining undocumented memories captured from my phone. I’ll start by going all the way back to Labor Day weekend. After Troy’s epic surprises on the Saturday of my birthday, we took it easy for the rest of…
Finn loves his nie-night and thumb more than anything. He tries to sneak his lovey out the door every time we leave the house. Most of the time he is successful because it just makes him so happy. We had to wait a long time at Rainforest Cafe the other…
We spent a few days down the coast in Carlsbad in between Christmas and New Years. The main reason for the quick getaway was to spend a day at Legoland. We told Nash when he turned five that he could earn a big prize if he stopped sucking his thumb….
Did I just type eight months? Great, now I’m crying. These short months keep speeding up faster and faster. I wish I could slow them down with all my might. At eight months, the inchworm crawl is Finn’s preferred mode of transportation. All of those crumbs and LEGO pieces under…
Finn is quite possibly the happiest baby I have ever known. He just smiles nonstop; at anyone and anything. He is quite the little flirt. At four months, Finn is rolling all over the place. And just like all of his brothers at this age, he gets pretty mad when…
Once upon a time, there was a baby boy who found his thumb when he was three months old. His parents were delighted because his thumb could put him back to sleep at any hour and it couldn’t fall off or get lost. The boy grew older and still relied…
At the beginning of each school year, I write a “verbal snapshot” of what’s going on in our lives. I didn’t quite get it done at the beginning of school this year, but I still want to compile our snapshot in words (and a few pictures) before 2012 is history. I…
I was taking pictures today simultaneously with my phone and my nice camera. My sister-in-law asked me why I was alternating. I told her it was because the pictures from my phone could be posted on Instagram in “real time,” whereas the pictures from my camera most likely wouldn’t be uploaded and…
