In Primary yesterday we were talking about temples. The Primary President was making the analogy that sometimes our houses get messy and chaotic, but that the temple, God’s house, was always clean and peaceful. The PP asked the kids if their houses were ever messy and Halle STANDS UP and yells out, “My Mom and…
For the first time in many, many years, we didn’t host Thanksgiving. Instead, we went down to to Colorado Springs and spent the holiday with Brett and Kami and some of the Johnson family. It was such a fun time. Kami was an amazing host and it was really fun to get to know some…
Here are some pics of our humble abode 🙂 We love the open kitchen/living room, and the outdoor space—it’s so much fun. We do not love the very steep stairs (Rusty and Blake took a tumble today), and the tiny little closet of a master bath. But all in all, it is so great!
Santa found us again! We woke up to a VERY white Christmas morning. Our kids never wake up early on Christmas, a fact that Landon and Cole are pretty grateful for. They got up around 8 and everyone gathered round to see what Santa brought. Their eyes grew huge as they took in their GIANT,…
I’d like to thank Rusty for this contribution to the blog. Even if he doesn’t use complete sentences. Or puncuation. 😉 Tara and I are on a plane home from Newport. Sans kids. We left our kids in the LAX airport which is quite an interesting feeling. We planned on our flights leaving about the…
Landon convinced Rusty and I that we should all take a helicopter tour. And we are so glad we did. It was one of my favorite things I’ve ever done. We drove out to the airport about 7:30 in the morning, did our quick safety briefing, and then we were on our way to the…