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So, embarrassing true story: yesterday, Matt and I had the pleasure of attending the baby blessing of this sweet little guy  (my nephew). Well, when he was born two months ago, my sister sent out a mass text telling us his name, weight, and so forth. The text said that his name was Bode, so …

It’s official–we are in the thick of the holiday season! Matt and I kicked things off by putting up our Christmas tree, sipping sparkling cider, and sharing a beginning-of-holidays-but-not-quite-at-midnight smooch. And this weekend it’s home again, home again for us as we head back down to Bountiful to celebrate the holidays with my entire extended family. It should be …

So the day after Thanksgiving, I decided to drag Matt and his mom (our photographer) out so that we could get some nice pictures of the two of us, thinking we would have some good Christmas card material (if, of course, I ever get around to actually doing holidays cards this year). Later this week, I’ll …

Sometimes when I have twelve students all jabbering to me at once and I hear eight more talking loudly to their friends and the school loudspeaker goes off all at once, it’s difficult for me to enjoy the chaos that surrounds me. But something that I’ve been thinking about today is that without noise, there …

After the success of last weekend’s spontaneous date night, I figured it would be pretty hard to top that (hence the reason I’d planned on staying in and baking all weekend). And I figured, “Hey, if I’m spontaneous all the time, it no longer becomes spontaneous: it becomes routine.” Right? I’ve got some sick reasoning …

I look forward with great anticipation to the weekends (I’m sure you’ve never felt the same way, right?). And each weekend, I try to have something to look forward to so my week seems a little more bearable. Last weekend, it was our little spontaneous date that Matt didn’t know about until I told him to …

As mentioned in my last post, Friday was a day of much pondering. I don’t know what it was, but I just kept finding that my mind was drawn back to the past, which is something I don’t do much. After I thought of that perfect day of horseback riding so many years ago, my …

So, while all the children are out getting into their costumes and trick-or-treating and enjoying this wonderful holiday, guess what I’ve been doing all day? Staying home sick from work. I’ve had this nasty cold/cough for a week now, and after a particularly stressful day at the school yesterday, I decided that I needed to …