Mommy Stay-cation

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Over the past week I’ve taken a spring break of sorts – no, the kids aren’t out of school, no I didn’t have work off. But in mind and body I’ve been on vacation. Even though I was still meeting with more of the Utah CSA farmers and heading into the office, I let the [...]

We Can’t Change Them

Here we are with another late morning post. Ironically, I was once again up at the crack of dawn doing my workout. Thankfully, I was able to get my run and my weights done long before (just barely) the day got crazy. It’s a long story… Suffice it to say I got to work late, [...]

The Innocence Dilemma

After Thanksgiving dinner our entire family, all 26 of us, sat down to watch the movie Super 8. Granted, I knew the movie involved something from space, a train wreck and a bunch of kids – but I really had no idea what the actual story line was going to be or how scary, violent, [...]

Mackenzie-isms

After sharing yesterday about Mack’s “hole in a shot” I thought I’d tell you about some of his other funny catch phrases or things Mack has said at inopportune moments. Anyone reading this that has kids of their own knows that sometimes children say the most ridiculous things – sometimes we have to hold back [...]

Challenges and Joys

Being a parent provides many moments of joy – unfortunately, those little buggers also have a way of showing us that “no, we are not in fact smarter than a fifth grader toddler.” There are times when I am so proud of Mackenzie and can’t help but silently think to myself “wow, we’re such good [...]