Elora is becoming quite the spiritual little girl. She loves to go to church, learn about the scriptures, sing primary songs, and especially pray. Her favorite things, next to watching Blues Clues or Mr Rogers is actually...
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So how do you prep to move your family across the world? By stocking up on our favorite chocolate bars whenever they go on sale so we can ship them all home. Who needs to bring home clothes, blankets, or kitchenware? We have 30+...
Elora is a very unique little girl… we have quite a few interesting moments with her in the house, so we are posting just a couple. She likes to be “Fancy” so here she is all dressed up for a fun day of playing...
So back in October, the trees all around our house started dropping tons of chestnuts. We saw a little boy and his dad bagging up hundreds of them, so we figured we’d do the same and roast some in the oven. We looked up how...
We interrupt this newborn Marion-baby bloggin moment to bring you a look from the day before Marion was born. Here are a few views of “the belly”. I call this one the “bullet belly”. Here’s the...
A friend of mine gave me a whole bag of fabric, which I could have chosen to ignore seeing that I am very pregnant and sewing is not as easy as it used to be… but I found some fabric that I loved and decided to load up on...
Oliver and Elora are not allowed to jump on the bed (because Elora would be fine, but Oliver always ends up falling off…) so they have found a substitute. They sit on the bed and bounce as high as they can, giggling away...
Here’s a picture we’ve been meaning to put up. There is only one other family with a child in our apartment, just one boy who is 4 years old. His name just happens to be Maximillian. Even more awesome than that, they...
We think it’s important to plant a garden. There’s something very fulfilling about planting a seed, having a bit of hope and faith that it will grow, and then caring for it with water, etc. The kids really love it...
So apparently Google Street View recorded our home town (previous) of Glendale, Utah just after we left. It’s great for a trip down sunny Southern Utah memory lane when we want to forget the cold here in Vienna. Ya, sure it...