• The Reception

    The reception was a week after the wedding. We all needed time to recover from traveling before we put on our planning and executing hats for a reception in the desert. This is…

  • Squeezing in All the Celebrations!

    This year Firebirds honored service men and women by offering a free meal. We decided to surprise Eli, and while we were at it, we’d also celebrate Jared’s birthday and Father’s day before…

  • Labor Day Weekend

    Jonita and Nicole came from Texas over Labor Day weekend for a quick visit. Now that Jared’s mom and pop live here we are seeing a lot more of them! 🙂 As the…

  • Thanksmas!

    Jared’s family got together for a combo Thanksgiving/Christmas over the weekend. His sister Julie and her special guy realized it’s much more affordable to travel between holidays than on the holiday. ;P So,…

  • You Guys Earned It!

    This school year has been cRaZY and we wanted to celebrate these 3 kids for handling all of it so well. They went from online, to hybrid, to online, back to hybrid, and…

  • Happy 70th Birthday Dad!!

    My dad turned 70 yesterday! We all got together for lunch at Macayo’s to celebrate this milestone. Every time I see my dad his hair gets longer and longer! It cracks me up!…

  • Little Moments

    I love finding my kids having genuine connecting moments together. I was walking by and saw these two talking and laughing and I just wanted to freeze time! <3

  • Happy 70th Birthday Mom!

    Today we all got together to celebrate my mom’s 70th Birthday. It’s really tomorrow but this was the best day for most of us. Sadly, my brother and his family couldn’t make. We…

  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    I felt so loved and spoiled this weekend!  Jared made strawberry stuffed french toast with homemade strawberry syrup for breakfast Saturday morning.  Alayna planned a special surprise for the two of us to…

  • The Melting Pot

    We took the family to The Melting Pot! We haven’t been in several years. It was a fun night! ❤️ It was a huge surprise for the kids. They had no idea we…