The 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 MoreThe first part of day one consisted of sandwiches for lunch from “Subway”, the bounce house from “The White Castle” rented here in Davis County, Utah, bubble guns…
Read MoreThe past couple of years have had some challenges on our dates for Grandma Camp. Last year one of our littles got sick and ended up in the hospital – so we had to postpone…
Read MoreOnce I got on the plane and sat down, I turned and looked out the window and let the ugly-cry-sobbing out. I tried to be quiet, but my heart was sad and broken…
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…
Read MoreToday’s post is short and sweet because we are now in the crazy month of May! It seems like many families have a lot of birthdays clustered…
Read MoreI mentioned before how we went through Val Cocariu and his wife Nancy for Errin’s adoption. Val and Nancy are both Romanian…
Read MoreIn our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the positions held are all volunteer – meaning no one gets paid for whatever calling they fulfill. This is all the way…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I gave a little snippet of our adoption experience. One of the reasons I started this blog, was to share this with you. I’ve back-tracked to the beginning of the story…
Read MoreIt has been almost 31 years since I traveled to Romania to adopt our daughter Errin. Our family would not be complete without her…
Read MoreWhat is it about a bowl of hot homemade soup that just makes you feel good – especially if you don’t feel well? We like soup…
Read MoreAs a little girl I have fond memories of many amazing hard working men in my family. We lived in Bennion, Utah…
Read MoreEach year for the past 28 years, we have spent Black Friday in Morgan, Utah decorating my mother-in-law, Eileen’s. home…
Read MoreOne of our family favorite meals has always been homemade mini-individual size pizzas. Ronnie is the master-mind of this creation, and we have been doing…
Read MoreThe past couple of years have been a challenge for many of us. Trying to think of ways to stay connected in 2020 wasn’t easy…
Read MoreI’m happy to report the second day of Grandma Camp 2021 was much smoother than day one! After a quiet restful night, everyone woke up happy, refreshed…
Read MoreGrandma Camp 2021 finally happened after rescheduling four times for various reasons that couldn’t be helped. We used our same tents from last year…
Read MoreGrandma Camp 2020 was a huge success!!! We went with the “Rosie the Riveter” look and everyone came dressed in overalls…
Read MoreWho would have guessed we would ever experience a global pandemic in this day and age? Being in lockdown in the early part of 2020…
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