Little houses nestled deep into the jungle. One time Tyler asked a family if it was hard living so far from the main road. They looked at him oddly and said of course not. It probably was like people asking us if it was hard to live in Herriman instead of Salt Lake. The beautiful […]
There is this one girl from church that will come spend the weekends with us about every three weeks or so. She is ten and I don’t ever want to leave her. I want her to live with us forever and ever. But I bet her sweet grandmother wouldn’t love that. Angie has a story, […]
Baby mine, don’t you cry. Baby mine, dry your eyes. Rest your head close to my heart, never to part, baby of mine. Little one when you play, don’t you mind what they say. Let those eyes sparkle and shine, never a tear, baby of mine. If they knew sweet little you they’d end up […]
You know the feeling when you are just bursting with joy that you can’t contain it? That you are grinning from ear to ear all on your own. No one is telling you a joke or looking your way but you just are smiling as big as your face will allow. Man it felt good. […]
Our first Costa Rican was laid back, hot, meaningful, full of happy tears, some sad tears, silly worries, fun, new friends, lots of skype sessions, yummy food, special moments, and moments of CHILDREN YOU ARE ALL DRIVING ME CRAZY—all rolled into one. Actually the kids were really good. I just have noticed every Christmas Eve […]
When I introduce my sweet girls to the ocean for the first time I have a certain ceremony I do. First I get a picture of them being held over the ocean all Lion King like–I believe it is called “the simba” in certain circles. Great, lets see how long it takes me to get […]
A month, we have been living in Costa Rica for a little over a month now. I feel like we are finally settling in since we moved to the new house. My life is completely different over here and I am in love with it. Pura Vida. Sweet Shae’s hair is curly out here, beautiful […]
A couple of days ago I went to say goodnight to the girls, but they were all fast asleep. So I picked each of them up to kiss them and cradle them. Every single one of them was all of the sudden bigger. Who told them they could grow up? Who told them they could […]
When the girls would ask to see the city we were living in “on your computer” only one real image pulled up for our city–a statue of a mermaid. So in all of the pictures they would draw, all the conversations they were in with people asking where they were moving, and all their daydreams […]
When your mom finds bats, cockroaches, frogs, fire ants, iguanas that poop on your head all in your house, you become a bit on edge. And then your mom finds you holding onto each other like this during a silly Scooby Doo episode: Oh I am glad they have days like this where they are […]
love of local in Utah
