I had just been following the recent and tragic story of Jessica, the missing 10 year old from Colorado, whose body was found after she had been kidnapped. It made my heart sick. I can’t imagine what that little girl was going through, and what her family continues to go through. It’s horrible to know…
My kids are in love with finger painting prints. They literally won’t stop making them. It must be the ooey gooey goodness of getting your hands dirty. Or maybe it’s the surprise of the swirling colors when the print is made. Even I made a couple. I couldn’t resist! Here’s how to make them. Get…
Shawni is living the life she always dreamed of: the one where she gets to be a wife and a mother. After attending Boston University, serving a mission in Romania and just before graduating from BYU in Social Work she married David Pothier. They live in Phoenix with their five children. Shawni takes her job…
Did you know everything tastes better on a stick?? Just ask my kids; they’ll tell you. Put a bunch of healthy, boring food on a skewer, and you instantly have a yummy snack that they kids are excited about! It’s almost what one would call…amazing. Scouring through my fridge and pantry, I pulled out a…
I’m Janessa. As a birth mother, I feel like I am constantly trying to overcome the stigma that comes along with it. Even those that know me well sometimes still have their own preconceived notions of what a birth mother usually is. Many think that I am just different than most birth moms, and the…
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To read about my latest motivation chart, that encourages my kids to read, read, read, stop by Make and Takes (where I contribute regularly)! In the meantime, here’s some of my kid’s latest and favorite books (most of my their favorite books happen to be the ones that I read aloud. I don’t know if…
When Brad and I got married 16 years ago we never dreamed the adoption journey we would take to bring children to our family. We thought we would do what everyone does…..get pregnant and give birth. When our expectations weren’t what we wanted them to be we started to question life. I especially had a hard time with the diagnosis of infertility….it felt like a death sentence.
This past week, I’ve been preparing for a talk I have to give at church tomorrow, Father’s Day. My father and the father of my children/husband are both very important to me, so I’ve been trying to sort this talk out in a way that does them justice…without being a bawl-baby the whole time. While…
We have a post office box the mailman has never laid eyes on. It’s our family mailbox. And through it is exchanged all kinds of magical post. Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s magical letters to his own children, I’ve taken to leaving notes for the children here and there. A family mailbox made the magic official….
Hi there! I’m Veronica and I’m the really happy mom of nine amazing kids, blogging over at Nine a Plenty. (I usually take the pictures, so this photo of me with one of them will have to do!) We have a busy, crazy life, but it’s the best one around. I’m not the most clever…
Eeek! Is this the busiest week of your life, too?!? Between just getting back from a trip to the Oregon Coast, 3 kids in baseball, end of school festivities, dance recital madness, and a baby with a fever…I’m pooped. It almost looks like my son is in jail, in his orange jumpsuit. My sweet baby…