We spent most of the entire day between the wedding and the reception decorating.  Someone was there from 10 a.m. until five.  We had the family dinner at 6.  Dinner was...

Dani and Richard were married last week.  The bigger boys, Slim and Spanky, and Tammy all came home from Utah for the wedding.  Slim was Richard’s best man.  We got up...

Spike Spike turned four the day Dani and Richard were married.  We celebrated his birthday the day before so he didn’t feel forgotten.  In our house, we open birthday presents first...

I am sitting in relative quiet for just a few moments as I scribble this out on the computer screen.  All of my children are home, in one place, at one...

This isn’t all of us!!  We are missing our YCL (youth camp leader) and our other cabin leader (adult) from the photo.  We took it as a surprise for our other...

I am not sure what I want this post to say or express, so I am just going to ramble a bit and see how it all turns out. When I...

pintrest.com Saturday morning, my kiddos and I went off to clean the church building because it was our turn.  We returned home from straightening, vacuuming and dusting the chapel to find...

copyright: Karen Larsen photography   Just FYI, I am taking the week off of blogging.  I will explain next week!!  Have a wonderful week!  Read over the General Conference Messages if...

My patriarchal blessing speaks of my leadership abilities.  Through my callings, I have been a leader serving many times in the primary presidency, the relief society presidency, and the young women’s...

With President Packer’s funeral being broadcast today, I was thinking about his last message in General Conference.  Specifically, I was pondering what was the focus of his last message and Elder...