Monday, December 1, 2025

NOVEMBER

 BE curious & brave - become AS A little child

 Isaiah 12:2 -  "Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.” Excellent things He has done in my life: 

🌲 Allowed me JOY despite being such a foolish mortal OFTEN 

🌲Blessed my life to come together smoothly…

 πŸŒ²I live in UTAH!

 πŸŒ²I am married to Michael Joe (absolute man of my dreams & love of my life) 

🌲We have 3 beautiful, amazing, strong, hilarious, curious, awesome daughters teaching us how to be better humans. 

 πŸŒ²surrounded by beauty in our neighbors, wildlife, mountains & temples 

 Hymn: Thy will, oh lord, be done “To save our world of sin by love”




  
My birthday. Sweetest neighbor Jess gave me the most fitting, brilliant gift of a magic puzzle. So awesome. Julin and Chris got me eclairs from Sundance?! The BEST ones I have ever had. 


Shopping for Christmas decor…

The girls have such awesome opportunities to serve here. A Saturday morning spent prepping and serving at the Food and Care Coalition. So so great! Some grateful people and some meanies mixed in this time :) All good, character-building opportunities! 


Finished this baby blanket for our new baby Murdoch girl coming in February!

Blind, deaf, mute challenge with our girls. We made a dinner…salad, an autumn drink and gluten free Mac and cheese! Us leaders literally used a microwave for Rice Krispie treats and still managed to explode it all! I realized later we put a whole stick of butter in when it calls for only 3 Tablespoons! OOPS! 

Cutest black babies. 

Cutest human babies. Shoppings at scheels this year for winter wear!!! Twas wild & fun. 

This guy sat outside in our backyard like this for a couples hours! Sweet. 
Discovered this bird/squirrel channel for our kitties. They LOVE it. So funny & sweet. 

Clara and the Nutcracker. 
LONGEST DAY EVER for Noelle. She had to go in for rehearsal at 9:30 and we brought her lunch around 12:30, then she had shows back to back and THEN I volunteered to be the “clean up” crew after the shows so we did not end up leaving til 9:30 PM! 

She was the cutest though with a big smile on her face. So graceful & happy up there. 


Oh and we decided we wanted carpet in our living room so this happened!!

These girls…talked me into another hair cut for the year😍

This year we did a Maglebys order for Thanksgiving. Good stuffs. Loved the ham, salad and stuffing. Michael Joe loved the sweet potato casserole. Girls loved the breadsticks, of course. Noelle made our mashed potatoes and we all loved those! I did an apple pie that I basically ate by myself over the last week! Yum. 


Wicked 2 with my gals while Michael Joe watched football. 
Popcorn and candy for dinners! We loved it but this one was more somber and sad overall. 

SNOWING last day of November!!! 

Also finished my puzzle on the last day of November!

We FINALLY got professional photos of us this year. We just never do it, but thinking we should continue from this point on. Also I sent out Christmas cards?!! Who even am I?
We do not have our Christmas tree yet…so theres that;) 












Sunday, November 9, 2025

OCTOBER

 HAPPIEST OCTOBER




General conference 2025 impressions πŸ€speak as kindly to my own children as I do to my young women 
 πŸ€”Jesus STILL wants us for a sunbeam” Tracey browning
 πŸ€allow your soul to be still
 πŸ€”our faith - which is our loyalty to our Savior” 
 πŸ€Uchtdorf- lean into talents (reference his talk AND come up with our own)
  πŸ€LET & ENCOURAGE my young women to lead the activities 
 πŸ€Kevin G. Brown πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯Jamaica  Mom kept saying “fiery” and “oh we need someone like him!”
 πŸ€Eyring - I need to write as Moroni did regardless of who will read/listen/mock. Keep writing… 
🀍“Trials are EVIDENCE of his love”

Trusting that Gods reasoning can steady us when our own runs out  (Another definition of faith by Rebecca’s dad - Jared Morrison)  
He doesn’t give us a map just a direction and then more when we start walking. 
If He did give us every outcome we might trust the plan but never learn to trust the planner! 
 Humility is the posture of revelation!? 









A full Sunday schedule 
  πŸ‚Primary program 12:00  πŸ‚Young women’s (stuff for closet, stuff for Jess, stuff for girls, cookies for brinn, journals!) 1:00  πŸ‚Ward youth council 2:30 πŸ‚Tithing declaration 3:30  πŸ‚Dinner with Hedengren’s 4:45  πŸ‚Fireside with MJ 7:00 

“Your worth was established by Christ On the cross.” John Hilton 














































October was FULL, BEAUTIFUL, MAGICAL & so much FUN!!! 🀩