Well, the first snow is always magical – but I think the kids caught a glimpse of what makes Utah's snow "the greatest snow on earth." Everyone was thrilled to wake up to the snow, and we had to rush a bit to unpack the box of snowpants and mittens so that everyone was ready…

They do all kinds of work (hence the name) – got their start picking up crabapples for a penny each… until I quickly went broke.  Luckily they enjoy all-around work and have voluntarily "washed" my car (and basketball hoop), raked leaves, and picked up the rest of the million crabapples for free.  :) (It was…

Since Nate spent the weekend in Rochester for a conference, I thought we'd visit another (closer and more manageable) place we used to live – so the kids and I took a road trip to Logan.   We visited the Logan temple:   Including the spot where Nate asked me to marry him… crazy to…

I would have to say that our family definitely gets their money's worth out of any baseball clothes we have ever bought… mainly due to Zach's orchestrating all kinds of uniform-requiring activities.  (This is just a regular Friday afternoon…)

I wasn't surprised at all to see this as I walked in the front doors on the "Community of Caring" board at Emma's school.  Emma is a fabulous student!  Every teacher she has ever had says they wish they had a hundred Emma's.  School is definitely one of her talents!  And she is all of…

We have absolutely loved Gage!  We have had such wonderful teachers, the kids have made such wonderful friends, we couldn't have lived without Miss Jane at the front desk and her endless patience, and we just have such happy memories here.  The littles and I snuck in for one last lunch with Zach (since his…

I remember loving this as a kid!  Can't believe it's "heater" time of the year already.

As bad as Wal-mart usually is, it is worse with a cart that inexplicably shocks you the entire time you shop, a container of broken eggs, and 4 hungry kids – one of whom hates the cart and is more than ready for a nap.  Even though the milk and bread SEEMED like a necessity…

Apparently, Meg is serving pets for dinner tonight.  (In addition to the cats on plates, there is a toy dog "rising" under the towel in her bowl…)  She is very matter of fact about it all.  Hilarious. Meanwhile, Carter and I are making sugar cookie dough.  Do you think he likes the dough as much…

   Well, this was a memorable hike.  We had some friends who had taken their family letterboxing at one of our favorite hiking sites and thought that might be a fun new twist to a hiking adventure.  After following the directions carefully (except for the one that suggested wearing long pants since you might have…