How is my oldest granddaughter a senior in high school already?!!! One of my favorite things is when she calls to ask if I will help her make her dance flowers. Tonight, we had a fun time together as she created this cute boutonniere for her date…
Read MoreYou may have seen the little Jesus figures popping up all over. I love them because we can all use a little more Jesus in our lives! I ordered three bags of 100 for each of our three kids and their little families for Grandma Camp this year…
Read MoreLast week it was our year to enjoy our kids and grands for Thanksgiving! I start early preparing each place setting name card, and planning how to best accommodate our growing family of 18! We like to send everyone home with leftovers…
Read MoreIt’s been a busy week for our family! One of the best things was adding one more precious soul to our collection of grands...
Read MoreA little over 40 years ago, I married the love of my life! Ronnie is an incredible man, and I’m so blessed! I wanted to share a project he and our son-in-law Tyler have been working on since last fall. It fills my heart with LIGHT and love each time I look at it…
Read MoreI’ve posted about Lake Powell before, and yes, we spent another lovely week down there last week. It’s rare to have an entire week of perfect weather on the lake. Storms are common, sometimes daily occurrences, but not this time…
Read MoreAfter having to postpone three times this summer, we were FINALLY able to have Grandma Camp! It’s been a crazy summer filled with lots of unexpected twists and turns, and with grandkids ranging in age from three to fifteen…
Read MoreThe day before school started, we had one last outing to celebrate the end of summer. We have a kind and generous neighbor who is a volunteer at Utah’s Hogle Zoo…
Read MoreHere in Utah we celebrate the 24th of July as a state holiday. It is the day the pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. I am grateful for my pioneer ancestors and the sacrifices they made to make my life what it is today! I am greatly blessed…
Read MoreI wanted to do a fun game with my grandkids on our recent family vacation to Hawaii. I decided on a scavenger hunt and found these tiny rubber animals, fish, and birds at “Teton Toys”…
Read MoreThis past week has been a dream come true!!! We were blessed with the opportunity to come to Kauai with all 15 of our kids and grands…
Read MoreWe thought we would be staying with Florine and his wife again, but there had been some issues there with Florine’s sister prostituting herself out in their apartment at nights. It was a dark place…
Read MoreThe day after we went to Branistea in search of Dumitra’s original birth certificate, Nic took us to yet another government office in Galati…
Read MoreThe day after we got Errin, we were required to go to the local hospital and get the first of two HIV tests. I was nervous because HIV was high in newborns in Romania…
Read MoreHalloween of 2020 was one of the first times we gathered together as a family during the Covid 19 nightmare. However, looking back, it was one of the funnest LIGHT…
Read MoreThe next morning, our first in Galati, Lucci brought the usual platter of sliced sausage, cucumbers, tomatoes and radishes for breakfast. As hard as I tried…
Read MoreWith the recent death of Queen Elizabeth, I’ve been thinking a lot about my ancestors. Some came from England and some…
Read MoreThe apartment was very small, very dark, and the smell of moth balls was beyond pungent. As soon as we got inside, Florine and his sister brought me five piece of blank white paper…
Read MoreMy great-grandfather Ulrich Stauffer and his family was baptized as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints…
Read MoreAs I sit to write this post, I realized I am writing it on the 31st anniversary of the infamous phone call. The call that changed our lives forever, the call to come…
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