Lucy

  • “I don’t have to be perfect; I just have to be brave.”

    “I don’t have to be perfect; I just have to be brave.”

    Isn’t it an injustice that you can’t type on this in Times New Roman? I don’t know what to do with myself, I’m in unfamiliar sans-serif territory. Among other things. Anyway, this is Lucy, if you couldn’t tell. My parents have been encouraging me to share my thoughts on “the whole Mongolia thing” seeing as

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  • A couple more answers to prayers

    A couple more answers to prayers

    There are a quite a few things that we are trying to figure out in regards to our move to Mongolia, but there are two somewhat significant things that have happened recently that have been an answer to our prayers. Lucy is just finishing up her junior year of high school and so she is

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  • What my kids say.

    So I was just thinking about how my kids make me laugh every day. They all say funny things, not usually on purpose. Some of the newest things said that I can remember are: Matthew – “Mom, I felt a cold poofer (our family’s word for toot) and that was a sign I better go

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  • Singing in the bathtub.

    We have heard this song MANY, many times over the past little while. I find it funny that the one time I can actually capture it on video is when she is taking a bath. 🙂

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  • We learn by example.

    This is what I am trying to remember and what we are trying to teach our two older children right now. Others learn from what we do, especially those who are young and impressionable. This was not staged. Lucy just saw her daddy reading his scriptures one morning and she wanted to do what he

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  • “Wooding”

    Growing up with a wood stove to heat our house, I have very fond memories of “going wooding” every fall (and into the winter sometimes it seemed).  So when Tom told me that the Elder’s Quorum in our ward asked for volunteers to help split 40 cords of wood, I told him it sounded like

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  • Lucy’s First Ponytail

    The ponytail is a little thin yet, but so cute! Our little girl isn’t so little anymore, I’m thinking.

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  • Discovering Dandelions

    A fower. (Hmm. . .What is this yellow stuff on my hand?) And of course. . .dissecting.

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  • Recent Pictures of Lucy

    Recent Pictures of Lucy

    Just a few photos of our sweet littlest. Lucy with static making her hair crazier than normal. She loves to play on the couch and this is one of the results. Sleepy little girl. I found her like this one day when we were all recuperating from being sick. Why are sleeping pictures so precious?

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