Mostly this week we’ve been focused on Maria – the play Cassia, William, Jessalyn and Dallin got to perform. They had four performances this week. The play was inspiring and uplifting. I’m sure they’ll remember the experience forever, as well as all of the miracles that helped it come to pass. Here are some pictures…
There was something very inspiring about the movie The Walk, but also something really sad. We watched it on Friday night – it is about a man who pursues his dream to walk on a tight rope across the World Trade Center towers. He is discouraged by many and circumstances were often not in his…
We got to celebrate some accomplishment yesterday. First of all, James finished his reading lesson book (it took quite a while, partly because I’m inconsistent and partly because we would sometimes lose the book and we’d have to read from different books).This felt like a pretty big deal, so we went to Baskin Robbins. James…
I just finished the book, “Maria: My Own Story” about Maria von Trapp. My kids are performing in a play about her life story. Cassia, William and Jessalyn are children in the Von Trapp family and Dallin is in the Hitler Youth. (Come see them for free at Weber State on April 27th, 29th or…
I heard an analogy on KLUV the other day about a pumpkin. The world’s largest pumpkin is 2323 pounds. He mentioned that despite it’s gigantic size – it started with a pumpkin seed. He said something about how it grew because it was connected to it’s vine and that we can stay connected to our…
We took or oldest two to watch Mockingjay Part 2 tonight. We have all read and enjoyed the books and have now seen all the movies. We have liked discussing the social commentary and in what ways we are like the society in Hunger Games and what that means in how we live. As we…
So a friend sent me an article about morning habits that successful people have in common… I liked it. It was motivating. I like lists and being inspired by others who have done great things by small and simple things. I thought I could work on #2 and #7. I get up around 6AM everyday,…
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