The everyday life of our average family. Monday, December 15, 2008. Will post about the excitement when we get back! PS Michael was officially set apart as a missionary tonight. Saturday, November 29, 2008. Chad, Michael, and Jared. The Big Boys at Play.

Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Sledding and Seattle with Friends. We were going to go together to visit this before Christmas, but never got around to doing it so now we were doing all our activities on back to back days with each other. Monday, December 28, 2015. My Mom reading the kids a bedtime story.

Thursday, November 7, 2013. Courtney and I had the idea for the Thing shirts. I had seen them in Disney world and thought it would be fun to do with a big family like ours. All nineteen grandkiddos at Fort Worden.

Monday, July 19, 2010. But today, I decided I want to make a change! And the change starts with myself! I pray that I can make it through this journey. Shane has finally graduated! I am so proud of him and I love him so very much! He is my rock.

Thursday, April 30, 2015. When I started classes with BYU-I last fall I avoided planning out my college future like the plague. I felt so stressed thinking about years and years of school filled with class after class after class. To alleviate that stress, I ignored it completely. Pretty mature, huh? I finished fall semester and still did not feel strong enough to tackle that mountain. Just as I was finishing winter semester I decided I was ready to see how long it would take to slay this dragon.