I recently read Karen le Billion’s book: “French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters.” (Really I skimmed the book since it was due back at the library before I could finish it.) It was an eye opening book…

I have two realtors coming this week to give us a market analysis, and do a walk through. It’s made me see the house through their eyes and realize I really need to start checking off some of the projects we need to finish. But for some reason I just can’t get motivated to do…

This picture is about a month old, but I couldn’t resist! Monday night instead of making dinner I made fresh lemonade and Lemon sorbet. Bring on the summer!

Several years ago my friend Becky Brown, then Nelson encouraged me to make a list of 50 things I wanted to do in life. She’s done the exercise and found it really revealing. I took her up on it, and have kept the list ever since. Tonight, I found it and looked down the list,…

A combination of events got me thinking about excellence. At first I felt, I am not excellent at anything. I tend to be happy with the sufficient. Its the minimalist side of me, why do more when you could do less? I see “more” as equating to stress and I want to avoid the stress-riddled…

Last weekend Poppa and Grandma Foutz were here. We had a wonderful time. I was thrilled with the opportunity to revel in the sweetness and cuteness of my child without fearing I was boasting. It was so wonderful to see him so loved. It made me even more sure that moving west is the best…

After much contemplation, I decided to participate in “This is Kirtland” this summer. It’s a musical theater production our church puts on to honor the people who sacrificed so much to establish The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I’m not proud of the way I approached the auditions and first rehearsal, but I’m…

This weekend my friend Meg was here from Texas. She’s been through a lot lately, and it was Claire and I’s attempt to bring a little joy in. As it turned out, the timing couldn’t have been better. It was wonderful to have a chance to be together again, the three sopranos. Our friendship is…

I always know when I’m long over due to blog because my mind keeps going over and over ideas that I haven’t hammered down. Writing keeps me sane. The problem is, when I go this long, I don’t know where to start. Should I dig into our responsibility for the stuff we own, and why…