An Open Letter in Support of the Utah Education Fits All Scholarship
I began writing this letter to my state legislators but felt that it should be shared more widely...
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Category: Parenting
Faith is Stressful
Amidst our home’s chaotic renovations, I unexpectedly signed up to host missionaries for dinner. Facing an unready house and a tight schedule, I learned a profound lesson about faith, family teamwork, and divine timing. Discover how our frantic Sunday turned into a memorable evening of connections and growth.
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When Will I Be Ready?
A few years back my mom was in some sort of regional church meeting with one of our worldwide...
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COVID-19: Tips for Homeschooling Under Duress Part 2 – Curriculum
When I started this post series it was under the assumption that most students would be back in...
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Beyond 50/50: The Ever-Evolving Dance of Domestic Duties
Discover how my husband and I navigate the delicate balance of work and home responsibilities, drawing insights from our unique journey and shedding light on the importance of open communication and shared decision-making. Join the conversation!
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MyTechHigh Reimbursement Tracker
UPDATE 6/6/2024: I have updated this tracker to reflect new budget amounts for kindergarteners and to support half year enrollments. The 2.0 version works much better but if you really want to use this version it should continue to work. The one tricky thing is that if you change the selection for full year/half year […]
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Travelling Media with Kids
I’ve been asked several times how our family sets up tech in our van when we’re on long trips. We’ve come up with a pretty awesome solution that keeps the kids very happy for the long trips, without fighting, and without spending a fortune. So what we’ve done is purchased Kindle Fire Tablets (http://amzn.to/2taMVqj) […]
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Happy Mother’s Day – to Women Without Children
Today, as we celebrate Mother’s Day, I feel keenly aware of the women within my circle of friends for whom this day is a reminder of the imperfect situations they might find themselves in. Whether they are unmarried, struggling with infertility, single parents, feeling overwhelmed with many children, have wayward children, children they gave up for […]
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What’s Santa bringing you for Christmas?
When I was a little girl I remember every year being excited to sit on Santa’s lap, tell him what a good girl I’d been and ask for something special for Christmas. I loved watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. My parents didn’t make a huge deal of […]
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Life with Three Kids
Featured Photo Credit Lavon Maiersperger. Aren’t they cute?? Since having Maeli 6 weeks ago I’ve been frequently asked what it’s like to have 3 kids. This was my day today- Woke up to get Sam ready for school. Laid out all his clothes and then went to get myself ready. Came back 10 minutes later […]
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Mooooother I love you, Moooooother I doooo
Today is Mother’s Day and across the world Primary children will be getting up in sacrament meeting to sing a song to their mother’s in honor of the day. In our family we have a joke about my mom’s least favorite Mother’s Day Primary Song – Mother, I Love You. If you’ve never heard this […]
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How He Loved Them
For Christmas this last year my family went back to my parents’ place to celebrate the holiday with my family. We were there for the Sunday before Christmas and got to listen to the bishop give a few thoughts on the holiday. He told a story of his family from when he was a young […]
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