• Young Women In Excellence

    Tonight was Alayna’s Evening In Excellence for young women. The girls talk about and either display or perform whatever it is they have been working on over the last year to help them…

  • Happy Birthday to Me!

    This birthday kinda snuck up on me. This whole year has seemed to fly by so fast actually! It was a low key birthday this year. The family was sick so we stuck…

  • Let’s All Go to the Mall!

    Alayna is in full swing teenage mode these days. She is into all things girly and that includes being obsessed with going to the mall. LOL! So far boys haven’t been anything to…

  • Deck the Halls!

     The weather has FINALLY cooled and it has been raining. Summer has felt like it was never going to end this year. The cooler temps and cloudy days have felt AMAZING! It has…

  • Poor Sammy

    We didn’t have any rain this summer but we finally have seen some of the much needed moisture this fall. However, Sammy is NOT a fan. As he’s getting older he has gotten…

  • Club Tryouts

     After months of agonizing over which Club team to try out for it all came to an end today! Alayna had several Clubs wanting her to play for them and it made the…

  • Charcoal

    Some beauties Alayna has recently done using a new favorite medium, charcoal. 🙂  I LOVE this one! The eye, the trees, the birds, the reflection, so cool!!!

  • SVJH vs Desert Ridge- Semi-Finals!!

    Last night was the Semi-Finals!  I came home exhausted after Alayna’s game. It was supposed to be an easy win.  The 1st set was 25-4. We won.  This is how the rest of…