In the car yesterday we got into a conversation about “accidents”.  Zach wanted to know if grown-ups ever had them, “not usually”, and if I ever did when I was a kid, which prompted the sharing of a most embarrassing moment in first grade where I didn’t dare ask the teacher to use the bathroom.…

Especially for camping.  We LOVE camping in our backyard!  Satisfies everyone… the kids love to sleep in the tent and the campfire; we love the proximity to the bathroom and not hauling camp gear for 3 kids more than 30 feet.  You just can’t beat it – and it gets even Carter and me to…

Carter and I went to Target tonight, forced by the dwindling amount of food in the pantry and fridge since we have been embracing summer fun and avoiding taking 3 kids to the grocery store.  I usually go after we get the kids in bed, which has been late lately – they don’t fall asleep…

My 4 favorite things about the 4th of July: -The fireworks (some in the cul-de-sac and some seen at a park accompanied by our screaming baby while I tried to console him, Zach slept on the blanket, Nate got eaten by mosquitoes, and Emma said over and over “wake me up when they start” the…

After one of our many conversations about not having a pacifier out of her bed, Emma declared, “I don’t need my paicifier to go to sleep anyways.  I want to throw it in the garbage.”  I have to say that I was not pushing for that… even tried to talk her out of it… I…

Zach last night, holding up a [squished] package of hot dog buns he was supposed to be putting on the table for dinner:  “Oh!  I didn’t know they’d squish if you sat on them!”

So when we came back from vacation Zach’s buddy Henry had taken off his training wheels – so Zach had to take his off too.  Nate was gearing up for the transition… and all it really took was helping Zach learn to get started and by the next day he was cruising all over!  He…

I am so lucky to have such fun girls in my families!  Besides a great mom and a great sister, my brother and all of my brother-in-laws picked such fun wives!  While we were in SLC, I got to go for a pedicure with the girls on my side of the family, and have a…

Since we were headed to Salt Lake for Nate's vacation, we decided to bless Carter while we were there so all the grandparents could be there.  We did it on Father's day at Nate's church after stake conference with just our families, and had a nice lunch at the Adams' afterwards with everybody (thanks Mom…

They woke up at 7 and it was only 8 when I couldn't take the begging any more and I let them out to run in the sprinkler.  Never mind that it was only 67*…. they didn't mind a bit, and the looks from the neighbors were priceless.