last week was a good week in pictures. I mean, you can have good hair days, I even declare some days good handwriting days, so why not a g...

we endured quite the storm here. it was a great night for a windstorm of epic proportions to keep us awake. (that was sarcastic.) I had j...

we've talked about peyton's prayers in the past.  they only get better. with all the "bad dreams" going on around this jo...

i had to jot down this sweet moment that happened this morning when it was just me and peyton.. we were getting breakfast ready, she was be...

I don’t think faith is a foreign subject around here.  I would like to think that I post about it often, because it is an area where I have ...

This morning, Ashley had a major freak-out. I mean, epic . It has been building for a while now, the anxiety started over Thanksgiving bre...

Heaven knows I love my girls… But I am thankful for bedtime tonight! They are crazy/hyper/fun/silly/emotional/demanding little girls fro...

This might just sound silly, but today, I am thankful for the talks given in sacrament meeting about Gratitude. I felt kind of funny sitti...

The culmination of this day started a week ago. It has been a constant prayer ever since.  There was more constant praying the entire day ...

I am thankful for answered prayers. To have a sweet daughter, who knows how to make her mom smile. I am thankful for sweet notes, to rem...

Prayer has always been in my life.  Some people pray only when times are difficult, some only when they are in need of help, but it is somet...

I have always had a hard time saying “no”. I do say it, when needed…  or maybe not, I did attend a totally ridiculous meeting at 7:30 AM o...

I am feeling extremely blessed today. It’s not just today in particular.  I have seen the hand of my Heavenly Father in my life more frequ...

The other night Merrill was working the evening shift which left me to have family prayers with the girls.  We normally take turns saying th...

There are lessons that seem to repeat themselves in our lives as often as old M*A*S*H re-runs. Faith and Prayer seem to be the top two bei...

Yesterday, I took Lynnie-lou to the dentist for her little procedure. She spent the days leading up to her appointment, worrying, and aski...

She has been doing very well saying her own little prayers.  We usually get bossed during them. “ARMS!!”  she whispers, but very sternly...

We have been working, trying to get Peyton to pray. We have tried whispering it in her ear, which only results in giggles. We have tried...

I started blogging to document the daily blessings, the way that the Lord’s hand had touched my life in the every day.  That way, I would ha...

At our house, to prevent the arguments that naturally come with small children and who gets to pray, we have the rule (if you can call it t...