documenting :: march 24-30th

the chicken's first egg!! and much to our delight: mint green!!! turned out to be rosie's. scarlett & tweetcaster lay golden brown eggs. :)

the girlies posing at church in darling spring dresses from nama & michael. ♥

this is hilarious on so many levels. livy-portait of daddy. we laughed all day.

i loved my bed this particular week. haven't been feeling so hot as of late. consulting with doctors on what the heck is the matter with me.

my craft room has reached epic proportions of scariness. i decided to clean up so we can eventually use that room for something productive.

after!! took a while: but i got every craft supply i own to fit into this happy little closet. 

discovered an AWESOME, mind blowing trick for cleaning showers. equal parts vinegar & blue dawn dishsoap. put in a spray bottle....spray on glass....let it sit for a bit & then scrub down. :) my life has been changed forever. ;)

livy's daddy is a bad influence {not really, haha} & taught her to love the song "thrift shop"....edited version of course. she seriously GETS DOWN & it is hilarious. slightly inappropriate, but hilarious.

new journal. loves.

made broccoli salad for RS meeting. ♥ it was yum. thank you pinterest. :)

olivia "scrapbooking" pics of her & holly. the girls miss holly so much. almost as much as i miss holly. ♥

i was at winco & they had licorice that reminds me of grandpa dent. ♥ miss him so. love him with all my heart. love his wife/grandma dent equally. ♥

the easter bunny came on saturday this year! the girls were delighted! ♥darling necklaces = missthingbling. check it. :)

and then for the annual easter egg hunt at granny & gramp's house. :)

pretty much, my kids live for this. :)

"curly headed rachel" blowing bubbles with liv. ♥

good times had by all with cousins. family = what easter is all about. :) grateful christ made it possible for me to live with these peeps for eternity. ♥

documenting :: march 17-23

chlo' displaying her rad desert habitat artwork

spring is my absolute favorite time of year. i live for it! and it most certainly does not last long enough. :)

livy helps me in the yard a lot. :) clearing a spot for another pomegranate shrub. :)

new pack of waters colored by liv. she likes to keep things interesting around here. :)

one day i was mopping & she randomly got up on the chairs and fell asleep! to say i was SHOCKED would be an understatement.

libs LOVES to color. so do i. we bond over art, her & i. :)

the top the girls dresser. a beautiful mess. :)

one of my young women's value experiences is to get the backyard cleaned up. first step was creating a habitat for the chickens so that they didn't leave a mess everywhere. this shot is about halfway through the process. :)

sometimes i take mental health days & just lie on the couch watching cartoons and playing toys with livy. it's good for the soul. ♥

i melt when i read things like this. such a lover, that chloe. so grateful for her spirit in our family to constantly remind me what is very most important & how blessed we are to have each other. ♥

my bff came into town from far away & i had a fun visit with her and her new beautiful baby at the park. love her always. ♥

how could you not love him. he's so adorable. and i'm not talking about the chicken. though she's pretty cute herself. :)

this was an awesome opportunity! the entire group of youth in the stake participated in a walk to the gilbert temple! it was a little over 8 miles. :) before the walk, each youth selected an ancestor to do temple work for. so the walk was a symbolic event....walking with our ancestors to the temple. it turned out to be a very powerful, inspiring experience for me & the girls.

my awesome first counselor & friend, kim. she's basically the greatest. :) sporting our attractive tie-dye t's we made at mutual. :)

our youth group + bishop, looking sharp at 6am. :) good times.

how i print my instagrams :: the most ghetto way possible

hello.
a few kind souls that i love asked how i print my instas.

disclaimer is that i know nothing about computers and i'm sure there's five bazzillion more efficient/awesome ways.

1. go to followgram.com & find my instas.
2. right-click & save-as all my instas i want to print.
3. go to picmonkey.com [free photo collage-making website]
4. select the option to make a collage
5. do the ducks-in-row collage....2-4x4 pictures
6. then i insert one insta into one of those slots & save that.
7. then i upload that to costco to print as a 4x6.....and it obvi prints it 4x4. :)

see, 1 million steps & it sorta takes forever.
but cheap.com and the image is big. :)
for project life, it's a good size because usually you cut the photo down to 3x4. :)
works for me and my bootleg ways. :) 

amen. 

documenting march 10th-16th

 livy's 4th birthday!! how did my baby become 4? she wanted a monkey party. girlfriend LOVES monkeys. :)

some of my favorite things about livy: her creativity, her sense of humor, her sweetest balance of tomboy & girlie. she's a rough & tough, tender little girl....full of spunk and sweetness. ♥

livy was SO spoiled by all her family. her granny d. made her homemade doll clothes & gave her a dolly to match. she loves it so much. i remember granny doing that for me as a girl, and grandma dent too. makes my ♥ happy. we are so grateful for our extended families who are so generous and gave her the funnest fanciest clothes and toys.

she's been enamored with her doll ever since....the apple doesn't fall far. :)

here's a picture of my cute freckled husand & his favorite freckled chicken, tweetcaster. he loves his livestock. ;)

chloe & her buddy brinlee having a playdate. it was spring break and friends over is what kept us all sane & happy! playdates are good for everyone involved. :)

panda lover & monkey lover

we were without a car...so we pretty much walked everywhere. the camry's radiator busted. no bueno.

we went to the park with these fun adams friends! we also had lunch and a day-long playday with the eyestones. it was fun to catch up with both! i was happy to see them. i am so lucky to have friends who, even after we hadn't connected in while, are still kindreds. ♥

my never-ending life of laundry and ironing. always behind.  ♫ always & forever. ♫

my silly girls love their green veggies. it's a mystery to me. i certainly didn't have anything to do with this...but i don't complain! i'm happy they love broccoli & spinach & the like! maybe their good examples will rub off on me someday. ;)

i've been reading aloud to the girlies. seriously nothing makes me happier. times like this, i feel closest to my heavenly father. raising my babies is a gift that i try super hard not to take for granted. i am so grateful.

me looking like a hot mess. what i look like...no makeup/sweats/myron's t-shirt....90% of the time.

when i beheld this scene in the kitchen....the song, "you're gonna miss this" popped into my head.

pretty chloe at dinner. almost always happy. love that smile & her bright, kind eyes.

on docmenting ♥

between all the forms of social media [facebook, insta, twitter]...it's hard for me to decide how i want to keep and preserve my memories. blog book? photo album? project life? scrapbooking? i know that i love to share & be inspired by others online, to an obnoxious extreme. it's fun & makes me happy. i'm pretty sure i annoy everyone on my feed & friends list, but as myron often hilariously reminds me, "sheryl crow says- if it makes you happy, it can't be that bad." haha

i take lots of pictures....and eventually i'd like to have them all in order & documented for safe keeping. :) it's important to me. :) so i think i'm deciding, for this year at least - i'm doing project life. and i love, love, love insta because i take pictures about little details of my life, all the time. and then they are in order when i go to print! plus i have a closet full of craft supplies that i'd like to put to good use.....plus, i'm teaching again at ETC this summer. :)  party! :)

here are my first two weeks of project life....all journaled out. super simple, but still colorful and matchy- the way my brain works best. ;) ***i know all of this is just for fun and extra, and not imperative to my eternal salvation........but it's something i enjoy & it reminds me of blessings. it helps me be grateful for my simple, little beautiful life. and i think i need to surround myself with more of those things.

i would still like to blog here & there about random stuff every once in a while. truth be told, i'm not on facebook as much these days......i'm sorta over the distractions & uncontrolled influx of random opinions & information i get on there. insta & project life are where it's at for me in 2013. i'll let you know how it goes & i'll probably use this blog to organize my photos in order of weeks. :) i'm excited & i have a few buddies doing it with me, so yay. ♥

my favorite talk :: bruce d. porter

print found here//quotes found here

"in the world, ye shall have tribulations,
but BE OF GOOD CHEER,
             i have overcome the world"

>>>have an abiding trust in the savior<<<

GOD IS WITH US ♥ FEAR NOT

"trials may come. and we may not understand everything that happens to us, or around us. but if we humbly, quietly, trust in the lord, he will give us guidance & strength in every challenge we face. when our only desire is to please him, we will be blessed with {DEEP INNER PEACE}."

as we rise up each day, may we look up to heaven with faith & say,
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING♥

tender

just came across this picture, and it makes me happy. 3 days after a gave birth to liv, and i was utterly exhausted. yet life seemed perfectly complete and wonderful. hard stuff existed for sure, but the important stuff was there.

today i am feeling similarly. i am grateful for a husband who is a rock in my life & someone who i can always rely on for the the things that matter most. and he's funny. really funny.

i am so thankful for an amazing support system in my life. i have a group of the most supportive and selfless family & friends & coworkers. how did i get so lucky? i'll truly never know. ♥