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Zach and Rachael did not come home for summer this year, and I had some fun coach get togethers planned so made a trip out to Utah! My flight was cancelled so I had to stay in a hotel at … Continue reading
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It was kind of nice to be in NYC for Mother’s Day and to have Zach there (that was my Mother’s Day gift to me). (Josh is up tree planting in northern Alberta this summer again, and Sam is also … Continue reading
The last in our family’s biggest birthday month: Happy Birthday Zach! I always get a bit nostalgic and emotional for Zach’s birthday bcs this is where motherhood all began for me. Where telling time was different, where my thought process … Continue reading
It was a week of homecomings! Gabe had not been home since Christmas 2018. We saw him and Shannon several times in 2019 (including for their wedding and then a trip to Hawaii with them). But then Covid hit, and … Continue reading
Nineteen years ago this guy was born and there hasn’t been a birthday since that I have not spent with him. And last year, I fully anticipated that he would be in Tahiti, coming up on his year mark for … Continue reading
This has to be the strangest mission! After arriving home on March 30 from Tahiti due to Covid, Zach quickly adapted to being “Zach” again! I have to say, it was kind of nice having everyone quarantined together for so … Continue reading
The other night I was looking through my Dad’s old missionary journal with Zach. So fun since Zach knew all the places he was talking about and even saw my Dad use words that he used (the Tahitian/French slang). We … Continue reading
As I mentioned in my last post, once we arrived safely home from Barcelona, we started working on trying to get Josh home. Luckily BYU Hawaii had suggested pretty early on that people who could go home should go home, … Continue reading
“Faith is taking the first step even when you do not see the whole staircase” Martin Luther King Jr. It was a different Christmas this year. And truthfully, I’m not sad to see it go. There were many amazing things … Continue reading
Why do Missionaries need to be supervised at all times? Why do they have to have a companion? So I wrote this blog post last month sometime and it has been sitting in my drafts. I’m glad it was there … Continue reading