I’m a firm believer in competing against our own best selves over trying to compete with other people. That being said, I am all about having fun friendly competitions once in awhile because they are just a great way to motivate yourself. Growing up as a middle child in a family with ten children it […]
Those of you who read yesterday’s blog post learned that my 20 year old daughter Ashley’s birthday present to me this week was to write a few blog posts that I could use in order to give me a few nights off on my birthday week to enjoy myself. This post she wrote below is […]
First remember to keep calm, it’s only a four day work week and you are one down, three to go! I think a four day work week is great – except all that stuff we all pushed off last week with the excuse that we would do it after the long weekend turned up TODAY…so […]
I never thought I would visit the land down under, but my husband and I have just completed an amazing adventure there traveling with a great group of people from the BYU Founders Board that I serve on. Our adventure started with an incredibly long flight from Salt Lake to Sydney Australia. That was for […]
January can sometimes feel like a little bit of a “let-down” month after coming off all the exciting holiday bliss of December. The decorations are all put away, the vacation time came to an end, there aren’t as many exciting holiday parties and family gatherings to be excited about, and what used to seem like […]
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” –C.S. Lewis Last week was a great experience. My husband and I took both our sets of parents as well as several other couples we are friends with along with our son Dalton and […]
“There are some people in life that make you laugh a little louder, smile a little bigger, and just live a little better.” -unknown Yeah…those are true friends and having them makes life SO MUCH BETTER! I have been incredibly blessed in my life to have amazing friends who have been a part of my […]
“You can always tell when two people are best friends because they are having more fun than it makes sense for them to be having.” I love that quote and it is so true. I have been able to take some time this week to hang out with my husband and my son now that […]
Welcome back everyone! I hope all of you had a fantastic Thanksgiving Holiday! I definitely loved the time with my family. The food was amazing, although I ate so much I am quite certain I won’t be able to fit into my clothes tomorrow…sadly…one thing I don’t love about the holidays is the aftermath that […]
Yes that time has come again – Thanksgiving weekend is upon us! I am SO EXCITED for the holiday time to spend with my family! My kids came home from college late last night for the rest of the week so I am super happy right now. There is nothing better in life then time […]
Last week my family and I went down to spend a glorious week at Lake Powell with a group of friends. We had a great trip, and although we all came home with colds…yet again…the trip was worth it. We had gone down to Powell a few days before our guests arrived because we wanted […]
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw There has to be truth to that. I really believe that if we can find a way to stay young at heart that it will affect our physical age. I can’t prove its true, but I do […]
“Once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed how much more life she had time for.” Tonight was a good friend’s birthday so we had a small group over to celebrate. Nothing elaborate, just bbq, swimming in the pool, a lot of laughter, playing fun games, and of course dancing…in our family it isn’t […]
Tonight I came home after working an incredibly long day with the subcontractors at our home and collapsed into a chair. My daughter came home and I told her that the rest of the night was all time just for her and I to spend together. We sat together on the couch and started having a […]
Victoria Quintanilla is an angel, serving other angels. Let me explain why. Tonight we took a group of our youth to volunteer at the Road Home. The Road Home is a non-profit organization that operates the largest homeless shelter in the state of Utah, providing beds and warmth to men, women, and children. They never […]
It is officially TOO HOT OUTSIDE! I am usually a fan of the warm weather, but my goodness it is hot! I walk out of my house and I am instantly covered in sweat, and I don’t ever sweat! In fact, it is so hot that my sweat is now sweating! It is hot as […]
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