Life is so, so good!

This is happening every day over here.

Baby Alive videos.

Who knew?

Apparently, there are videos for everything, and Tymber and Annie's favorite thing lately is to look up these videos and follow along.

They are keeping up with the other kids on data usage limits each month. 

Sometimes, I just want to hide all the electronics, and I do, but it is so sweet to listen to them talk sweetly to their babies, and then pull up a video about feeding them and watch as they gently wipe their face and slowly spoon feed them water out of the cat dish. 

Time is flying by.

I want everything to stop and just stay the way it is, but I know that isn't possible.

We have two kids in college that I wish were this little again. I don't want them to miss anything in their siblings lives, so we have revived the blog!

I am so excited to be able to record the everyday again, along with my thoughts and perspective, and my kids' opinions on how things went.

The football game that didn't go well, or the Homecoming week full of funny spirit days and a great halftime show, and everything in between.

I had put the blog on the back burner, because of some technical glitches, but everything is up and running, and I am determined to take a few minutes each day, and record this amazing life of ours. 

Life is truly wonderful. 

It is full of twists and turns. Lots of sincere prayers. It's really hard sometimes, and really wonderful other times.

I am so grateful to be a mother. I am so grateful for getting to be a part of each of our children's stories. 

It says in my patriarchal blessing that it is very important for me to journal my life.

I never really understood that as much before, as I do when I revisit the past years on our blog.

I thought I had an impeccable memory. ( I can remember birthdays and phone numbers of friends in junior high school when I lived in Alaska.)

But, I don't always remember the details in the moments. 

I know the way I felt when my husband saw Annie for the first time and my feelings as I watched our oldest graduate from high school, but I want to remember the joy one of our kids felt as they made up with a friend, or the great dinner that everyone loved, or those quiet moments each night as I put an extra blanket on each of the kids on a snowy night.

I don't want to forget anything.

I want my girls to know that things like motherhood, marriage and eternal friendships are the things that bring true joy. 

Not cell phones and Birkenstocks. 

I want my boys to know that life is full of challenges, but if you work hard and love those around you, life is incredible. 

And I want John to always know, that I love being his, and only his, FOREVER!

Long live the blog and the memories, accompanied with pictures and messes and lots and lots of FUN!