Back to School Bash II

We had so much fun going to Utah in March and visiting our new niece Gwen and our new nephew Leo.  We all loved snuggling on those sweet newborns!

Admittedly, I haven’t been running too often since we’ve ben here.  Josh was afraid for me to leave them alone the first two weeks when Rusty wasn’t here, so I snuck off early a few morning to squeeze some miles in, but I felt pretty guilty about it.  As he’s been here longer and feels…

I think I’ve blogged about this before, but one of our favorite family traditions is “kid dates.”  Each month one child gets an alone date, and the other two get a shared date.  We do lots of fun things, and the kids enjoy that special one on one time with Mom and Dad.  This month,…

Our church practices fairly strict Sabbath Day observance.  No shopping, eating out, housework, playing with friends etc.  We try to listen to good music, and watch only uplifting TV/movies, if any at all.  It is a day set aside for church worship and family time. But, last week my 1/2 marathon happened to fall on…