Things I’ve completed in the last 2.5 hours since I sat down at my computer with the intention to work on my Sunday School lesson (in sequen...

Coming back to work after being away for awhile is hard. Especially in the summer when I can wake up and say, "I really don't NEED ...

Living in the “Marmalade District” on Apricot Avenue sounds all quaint and romantic until the apricots from the neighbor’s tree fall all ov...

I just got a notice that my mailbox is 91% full and I need to clean it out. I went to my "sent mail" folder which I often neglect ...

I've had several friends / family ask how my garden is doing. Honestly, I'm worried about the brussel sprouts which seem to have bee...

I can't believe Chloe is almost eight years old. Last month I noticed she's starting to look more and more like a kid -- more so tha...

I knew I wanted to get some good pictures of these girls, but I wasn't sure exactly how to do it. The idea I came up with was to have a ...

I wanted to be consistent and make Sadie's portrait black and white like the other girls' but that strawberry blonde hair and those ...

I spent almost 24 hours with my four nieces last Friday while their dad was at work and their mom was in Manhattan. I got some great picture...

My newest Facebook friend is a girl who lived next door up until I was about 7 years old. She was kind of my first best friend and I played ...

As I'm anxiously anticipating eating this for dinner tonight, I wanted to share one of my recent finds that I can't get enough of. B...

The name Laura essentially means “victory.” I double-checked that as I prepared to teach Gospel Doctrine on Sunday. We were discussing Naom...

We'll see how the cantaloupe does. I've heard brussel sprouts are hard too. But like Ilene says, the square foot garden is magic --...

Up until today, the only place I could find a Navajo taco (unless I made them myself) was at the State Fair or the Utah Arts Festival. I act...

Ours was maybe the fourth or fifth house to be built on Littler Road in Sandy. When my family moved there in 1984, construction consumed the...

One of the many reasons I love having Annie around... Me: Annie? Were you just singing "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"? Annie: ...

If you're wondering why this parking validation is laminated, read on. I've had this validation for almost twenty years. Don't b...

In preparation for a yet to be published blog post, I was looking through ALL my old photographs Sunday afternoon. I found myself laughing o...