Graduation!!! That Great 'right of passage' into 'your life is your own'! CONGRATULATIONS to Isaac, our oldest child and only son!!!! We are so immensely PROUD of Isaac as the first thing he has chosen to do with that life of independence is to serve a 2 year mission for our church. His call arrived just over a month ago and in another few days he will be entering the missionary training center Continue Reading
How Do You Get A Tooth Out? – Is That Blood?!
We invite you to join 'kid world' as our Zoie Grace, just turned seven, realizes she's just at the beginning of her road to 'real'with one of those life-growing experiences, her tooth falling out! My brother happened to catch this big childhood event on film! As you witness her 'woose toof', you may ask yourself, "Is that blood?" Or cry out "This is weally scary!" Proceed with caution as some Continue Reading
Happy Memorial Day
One of our favorite family traditions is our annual blue and white memorial day family picture. It started 21 years ago- I showed up to take CaMarie on a date for a hike up Logan canyon. When she opened the door I was shocked to see that we both had identical blue and white striped shirts- big surprise for both of us! We had a great hike up what we named "Voss trail", talked about some great Continue Reading
Music Memories with my Mom
From my earliest memories I can remember with such warmth, happiness (and detail still!) my Mom playing the piano and my sister (2 years younger) and I RUNNING to the piano to sing with her. Mom was not an expert pianist, far from it she would admit, but it did not matter in the least, we LOVED to sing beside her as she picked out the tunes. Simple songs that taught lasting lessons in their Continue Reading
Singing for Others – Celebrating Service
For family night this week we headed to the nearby assisted-living center to sing. SO MUCH FUN!!! The kind smiles and welcoming arms of our friends there filled our hearts with joy. Amazing how going to serve someone else always lifts your life the most. The children loved it! - even the babies! We've tried to remind the children often "it's more blessed to give than to receive". Celebrate Continue Reading
Celebrate Sharing!
With a large family you share almost everything. But that's when you find that joy multiplies in the sharing. When you finally just surrender what you think was yours, realizing it wasn't yours in the first place (just as I remind my kids I gave 'it' for them in the first place, I expect them to share 'it', I try to remember God gave 'it' to me in the first place, I need to share 'it ' - Continue Reading
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