• 1st Day of Joy School

    Alayna had her 1st day of Joy School today! She has been counting down the days until she was going to start school again. She’s been counting by how many Church Days (Sundays)…

  • Summer Photoshoot

    So…. back in April I took pictures of Eli for his Baptism portraits and swore I would return the next week with Walker and Alayna. Well, it’s only been 4 months and I…

  • Twice the Joy!

    In just about a week Alayna will be starting her 2nd year of Joy School! 😀 We took a few pictures for her window and this was the one ‘she’ chose to use.…

  • Summer of Swimming!

    I think my kids became part fish this summer! 😛 We participated in every session of swim lessons this year but one. Only because I wasn’t aware they started so soon after school…

  • Boys’ 1st Day of School

    Here we are again!! Another school year had begun! We had a great Summer, but it’s back to routines, homework, and poster board projects! 🙂 Walker is in the 6th grade this year!…

  • Faith in Adversity

    I had a few people ask me to post the talk I gave on Sunday…so, here it is. 🙂 The topic this month has been faith in adversity. We’ve heard wonderful talks. Sis.…

  • Boys!

    It seems like it is Boy Season around here. There are several ladies in the ward that either just had a boy or due to have one in the next few months! 🙂…

  • Amazing Jakes

    Last week Alayna got an invitation to one of her Joy School friends, Jeilissa’s, birthday party! Even better..it was at Amazing Jakes! It’s basically like LasVegas for kids!! LOL! Even better than that..the…

  • Oasis in the Desert!

    Summer has arrived and it has brought its usual scorching high temps!!! Luckily Jared’s brother Jeff invited us over to swim in his apartment’s pool and have a BBQ! It was a BEAUTIFUL…

  • 1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

    We took the kids to Lakeshore Learning Store on Saturday. They offer FREE kids art activities every Saturday during the summer. You can’t beat that! 🙂 Such concentration! 😛 They were quite proud…