When you only have one daughter and four sons and you move into a new house and she asks to have her bedroom painted pink….you get it done and paint the girls bedroom pink! My sweet daughter is so wonderful. For her whole life she has had to share a room with the babies. She…
M & D meetings {Also known as Mom and Dad Meetings with Cookies}
I think communication in a family is so important. Children need an environment where they can feel safe to talk to their parents and even siblings about life! Our kids are pretty verbal, and don’t have a hard time telling us how they feel. Sometimes a little too much 🙂 About a year ago my…
StayMade Bedding Review + Giveaway
Do your kids love making their beds? If your answer yes, you have one very spectacular child! My kids, especially if they have bunk beds, totally hate making their beds. They hate it enough that they just get a blanket and put it over them and sleep on top of the comforter at night. I…
My Baby is One – This Year Went Way Too Fast
One year ago today I didn’t really care about St. Patricks Day. Then to my surprise on our way to church this sweet little man decided it was time for him to join our family and made me the luckiest mommy in the world! Now I love this day!! I love this boy more than…
Healthy Peanut Butter Treats
Today I want to introduce to you one of my kids favorite snacks….Peanut Butter Balls. Let me start off by telling you how I used to make these. When I was 12 I was looking through the Friend magazine and came across a delicious recipe for Peanut Butter Balls. {We called them Poop Ball cookies,. Isn’t…
Keep A-Goin’: Through Never-ending Laundry, Fighting Boys, and Crying Babies
I was a guest blogger on LDS Living.com a long time ago, but forgot to post this post to the blog. So here it is! 🙂 “It was one of those mornings,” I said to my mom the other day when she called. She knew exactly what I meant. She had had plenty of hard…
The Terrible 2’s – Just Smile and Pray
I had always heard people talk about the Terrible 2’s. I thought I was SO lucky to have passed that stage with my three older kids. They started to get hard when they turned 3, and it is way easier to reason with a 3 year old than a 2 year old. My three year…
Cherish that Role that is So Uniquely Yours
Look who is sitting up already (at least for 10 seconds before he falls on his face)! Can you even believe how fast that time has flown by? He is six months old but he is still such a little guy. He doesn’t sleep through the night yet, but I really don’t mind. It’s…
The Best Investment We Have Ever Made – Legos
Some people like to invest their money in nice clothes, a closet full of shoes or home decor, but Legos have been the best investment we have ever made! It is the one thing that when I am at my wits end with my boys {and even my daughter} I can say “Go play with…
Hold Your Kids a Little Closer Today….
20 Children Died in Newtown, Conn., School Massacre this morning. Wow! What a sad sad day it is today. I didn’t sleep at all last night, I am getting sick, and my daughter is really sick. I woke up just feeling blah, and I thought is was a bad day. Then I got on facebook and…