When Chris and I got married, one of our ‘lifetime goals’ was to always get our kids’ pictures taken each year around their birthdays. So far, we’ve been pretty good about doing this. We were a little late getting Hannah’s
Reality – Week 1
We are officially back to reality as the holiday is over and Chris is back to his long hours in the city. Add on starting up school with the kids again and my week flew by but dragging along a
The Winter Freeze
We are so grateful not to be in our upstairs apartment in Jersey City where we heard complaints every day about how loud our kids were. We are so grateful for the space to let our kids be kids and
Happy New Year!
Our kids were so excited for New Years Eve! Chris only had to work half a day so he was able to spend the afternoon getting some things done. Then we had a family over from our branch for Family
End of Year Wrap Up
What we’ve been up to: – Went into NYC to ‘play’ at the American Museum of Natural History. A few lessons learned that trip: o Don’t go into the city to ‘play’ between Thanksgiving and New Years. It’s WAY too
Pink Christmas 2007
This year I participated in Pink Christmas. I first heard about this ‘girlfriend gift exchange’ last year and waited all year long to sign up to do it myself. Basically you get to know someone you don’t necessarily know either
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
We had a full Christmas Eve day getting little projects done around the house and getting it cleaned up for Christmas. The sense of anticipation has been high all day as we continually tried to rein in the kids’ excitement
Hoagie Poagie
Now that it is winter time we love having soups. While we were at my mom’s house for Thanksgiving she served a soup called “Hoagie Poagie.” I have made it before but not too often. Caleb couldn’t stop talking about
Christmas for Others
We had the opportunity this year to gather some gifts for a family in our church branch who otherwise would not have had a Christmas. With the way things turned out I had to go to the store to purchase
Primary Christmas Activity
Phew! We made it through our first Primary Activity as a presidency. I am glad it’s over but I’m happy with how it turned out. We have 19 active kids in Primary (not saying they all come on the same