Josie’s new smile!!

 

The Daily “Why?”

 I gave Perry my credit card to run into Kroger. I reminded him to keep it secure and not lose it. Later when I came down stairs and headed back to the laundry room, Perry just said “Look to your left…”

He taped my credit card to the wall. Why?

“You said keep it safe and don’t lose it.”

Well, ok then.

Alaska & Canada

Dad took us on an Alaskan cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line. It was incredible!

Juneau was a shockingly sad small town, but I enjoyed the hike there as well. 

We rented a car in Skagway and road tripped through the Yukon in Canada. We got out and explored several times. It was perfect. This was my favorite day of the cruise.

Glacier Bay was stunning! 

The word I'd use best to describe the views on this trip is majestic! So much of alaskan territory is just immaculate! It felt like we were viewing sacred land that has been unmarked by human kind. 

Happy 4th of July USA... from Victoria Canada?!

 Our country had its 250th birthday! The cruise dining rooms were decorated in all things USA. It was cool! Dad & I watched a World Cup game on the jumbo screen at the pool deck. The sun felt nice. There was live music on deck and the cruise cameras were capturing passengers dancing. A couple of times the camera landed on us, and dad would grab my face and kiss me! :)

We spent the evening going ashore in Victoria Canada. Felt a little wrong being out of the country for such a big day. But it was beautiful and we were amazed by how clean and well kept the city is. We especially liked the cute floating homes on the wharf. 

Ketchikan, Alaska

 This was a cool drizzling day. Ketchikan is known for its cloudy year round rainy days. They rarely get below freezing here, which surprised us to learn. We took a tour trolley to see the sites. We saw a sunken ship, several bald eagles, and visited Saxman Village; a native village of the Raven & Eagle clans. All are welcome to live there. They're a friendly and welcoming community. It was cool to see street signs in their native language. We even got to see the famous Nathan Jackson at work on a new totem pole. He used a chainsaw and both Dad & Perry said, "Where's his protective eye wear??" I guess when you're almost 90 yrs old, you probably don't care.

From the internet: Nathan Jackson (of the Tlingit Raven clan: Yéil Yádi) is the most famous and celebrated totem carver in Ketchikan and an NEA National Heritage Fellow. He was born in 1938 and has been actively working in Alaska Native arts since 1959. His work is world-renowned, and he even has pieces featured inside the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

Something else of interest, totems only last a decade or so before they deteriorate. When totems need to be retired, they carefully lay them to rest on the ground and let the earth reclaim them naturally. I thought that was cool. I enjoyed learning about the native cultures in all the Alaskan stops we made. I felt a solemn respect for how well they keep their traditions alive. 

The trolley ride was missing a glass panel on the side where we sat, so we were wet and cold. The blankets they offered helped, but dad & Jo couldn't take it and moved to the other side. Odd that a trolley tour in a location known for constant rain, would have open air transportation. 

We stopped at a salmon hatchery site, where bears are often sited this time of year. But we did not get to see any bears. Just lots of incredible eagles. We did buy some freshly smoked salmon and a locally made root beer at a shack before we boarded the trolley to go back. That was a tasty snack and a new root beer brand to add to dad's list. While waiting back at the shuttle pickup to go back to the ship, dad ran over and bought the local favorite "Jellyfish Donuts". The 4 of them agreed, they were delicious. A freshly made warm donut on a cool day really hit the spot. 

Glacier Bay National Park

I don't think there is a more unique national park than Glacier Bay Alaska! You can only get there by boat or sea plane. The park rangers boarded our ship by no easy task: their ranger boat captain is a pro at matching the speed of the cruise liner, pulling up along side the ship and keeping a steady speed while the rangers climb a rope ladder, carrying bags of souvenirs and teaching supplies! They had a "floating visitor center" at a table in the observation lounge. It was so cool! For all that work, of course we had to buy some souvenir patches & stickers! We were beyond in awe. I only wish we'd known when they were boarding and could have witnessed them boarding like champs!

On the way to the glacier we say families of otters and sea lions. They were swimming in the turquoise ocean water and lounging on "bergies" (small icebergs). At first we went to the bow of the ship, but it was really crowded. So we went and found a deck on a lower level to experience it with just us. The glacier itself was magnificent! It moves 2-3 feet per day, falling into the sea as it reaches the shore. The glacier begins a mile behind the shore front. I'm so glad I packed binoculars! Dad & I both had separate moments of viewing the glaciers and huge chunks of it broke off and crashed into the ocean!! It was amazing! 

After the glacier was far out of site, we went and played games at the Galaxy Pavilion. Dad did the soccer goal challenge and made a few goals against a mechanically moving "goalie". He was awesome! :) Josie & Charlie did virtual games: Charlie a race car and Josie a zombie/creature shooter game. After dinner we went to a comedy show with Jared Kassebaum. In his intro, he mentioned he's from Indiana then asked if anyone in the crowd is from Indiana. Of course we all hollered from the back row of the smallish club. As he asked what part, we were all shocked to learn his parents live down the street! Jared says he lives in LA now but goes to Geist Coffee around the corner all the time when he's visiting home! A lady snuck over to me right after and said, "We're from Fishers too! We live on Cumberland!" ha! SMALL WORLD!!

Before going to bed I went to try to watch the sunset. But the sun stays up for so long in the summer here. I was too tired every night to stay up for it. Although the photo I took tonight was worth staying up a bit longer. This earth is so gorgeous. Our Creator and our Father truly made wonders beyond wonders!

 

2026 Jo & Perr Youth Conference

Josie and Perry had the incredible opportunity to go to youth conference. They took charter busses to do a church history tour to Palmyra NY, Kirtland OH and ended at the Cleveland OH open house.

In one trip they visited the first modern day temple built and the newest temple built! So cool!

Lucky INR result

 I just did my home blood check and got an excellent blood level, only matched by the coordinating date!

2.6 on 6/26/26! 

The Summer of Independence

 

Charlie is 12, Josie is 14, and Perry is 16 with a drivers license. For the first time all my kids are of an age comfortable and capable enough to go and do stuff on their own. 

At the beginning of Summer I declared this year their “Summer of Independence”! We have encouraged them to go ride bikes and skateboards with friends. Meet friends at the movies, or a restaurant. Perry should take his siblings on outings and get their buddies to meet them. We are empowering them to be confident, capable, and responsible.

So far Josie has gone to movies with just friends twice. 

Charlie has had friends over and twice starting making them all lunch before I could even say “lunch time”. 

Perry is driving himself to meet up with friends and organizing stuff to do.

As for me, this is the summer I take the boat out during the day on my own with the kids and their friends. I am comfortable doing all the boating things, except parking it on the lift when we’re done.

Wearing the Armor of God

 Charlie and I were playing pogs with his “armor of God” coin. When we were done he ran upstairs and came down like this! 😍

Josie's week at Young Women's High Adventure Camp

 I had a great time at High Adventure this last week. We were near Mammoth Caves in Kentucky, and we stayed at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park camp. The car ride was about 4~ hours long, and we watched The Avengers and Muppets Most Wanted (a truly excellent movie). When we got to our campsite, we had some trouble backing in the trailer, so our campsite neighbor (who happened to be a truck driver) offered to help us, and we were finally able to get our tents out and set up. We took forever setting up our tent, though, about 25-35 minutes. We then had a devotional, made s'mores, and went to bed. The next morning, Lily and I woke up thinking it was 7 o'clock (we didn't have our watches) and headed down to the bathroom and then got dressed and walked around our campsite, not questioning the fact that no one else was awake. When Sis. LaLanne came out of her tent, we asked her what time it was. It was 6 AM, and we had been awake since 5. We then went to the Hidden River Cave and went repelling. I went third, and was one of the slowest people to go. For everyone to go, it took about 3 hours. As one the first people to go, that was not very fun. When we started on our way to the cave, we put on headlamps and hardhats. The cave is significantly cooler than the outside air, and a river cut through it that we had to wade through, about knee high (for me). There was a few parts we had to climb or crouch, but that was because we took the off-trail tour, which is much more difficult. Our guide was very nice, and he seemed to really enjoy our group and all the questions we would ask him. Our guide, Lily, Anisa, and I were in the front group the whole time (but not me, apparently, if you ask Lily 🙄). The tour took about 3 hours, and because there was only one entrance, we had to loop back around. At one point along the tour, we stopped and everyone turned off their lamps. In the almost complete darkness, our eyes were drawn immediately to any light. Sis. LaLanne had her watch on, and the glow was incredibly bright compared to the darkness around us. We couldn't even see our hands in front of our faces. The light when we exited the cave was almost blinding compared to the dim light of our headlamps. We ordered pizza for dinner because we got back so late, and everyone was exhausted. The next day, we were supposed to go on a hike to a waterfall, but the leaders decided that we had hiked enough, so we had free time to go swimming. At the pool, we played a lot of chicken, me being the reigning champion with Paige and Lily on my team. There was a frog stuck in the pool, so we got him out carefully, though he was very stubborn and sat still while we poked him repeatedly. We had rented out a water obstacle course-thing for an hour on the lake and had a great time. When our time was up, we went over to the free half of the lake and spent a good half-hour trying to stack a four person chicken. We finally were able to do it, but only long enough to take a few photos. Every night, we had a challenge with 3 groups. The first night was a shelter-building (we lost), the second was fire building (we won, but only because of Anisa), and the last night was a dessert making challenge with Bishop as judge. (A close second, we only lost because our mystery ingredient was cotton candy and we had caramel, apples, and cookie dough). We went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and were supposed to go on an alpine slide, but it rained. It was overall a very fun and spiritual experience, and I had a FANTASTIC time.

This post was written by Josie, about Josie

Dad, Perry, & Charlie's young men High adventure

 

Charlie's entry: This week I had High Adventure with the deacons and the young men. Our theme for this year was canoeing in Kentucky and going to Mammoth cave afterwards. On the first day we met up at Kroger, divided into groups, and then drove to Kentucky for a four and a half long drive. on the way there we stopped at Bucky's and got lunch. When we arrived we ate lunch at the canoe providing place/campsite and ate lunch. Then we got on a bus and went to the river. After we were divided up into pairs, me and Alex got divided up so I went with brother Grondel instead. the first day we went 12 miles and it took 3 or 4 hours. On the way we saw a lot of cows and a bald eagle. 

Perry's entry:

Dad's entry:

Mimicking the Mama

 We had already finished family scriptures and prayer in our room and sent the kids to hop in bed. During the summertime dad still needs to get to bed early for work. It's hard to get the kids to go to their own rooms quietly when they want to stay up and play. 

When Spence & I went into our bathroom to brush teeth, we could hear them sneak back in our room when we shut the bathroom door. They were giggling and "whispering" (our kids don't know how to truly whisper, since it’s still loud enough to hear).  Dad & I were slightly annoyed at being ignored and he opened the door to tell them such and shoo them off to bed. But when he looked out he was confused and started laughing. I was still near my bathroom sink when he told me to come look at what they’d done. I was ready to lay down the law for whatever it was. But I was stopped in my tracks and my words cut short at what I saw: Josie dressed like me at bedtime, mimicking me working on the computer! It was too funny and too spot on for us to be annoyed! They recorded it too and the video is even funnier.

Gma Lee's Funeral and Sacred Family Time

 

Grandma Lee 💕

Obituary of Lee Hargrave Jones of South Jordan, Utah, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on May 13, 2026, at the age of 70.

She was born on March 7, 1956, to Stanley and Genevieve (Debe) Hargrave in Santa Rosa, California. Lee met her sweetheart, Brian Jones, while he was serving the Lord as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern California. After Lee joined the Church, she tracked down her missionary, and the two quickly fell in love. They were married in 1978 in the Salt Lake Temple and shared 48 beautiful years together, on their way to eternity.

Lee loved her Savior with all her heart. She loved camping at Pole Creek with Brian and her kids, gardening and seeing her yard full of beautiful flowers, traveling, worshipping in the temple, and spending time with her 18 beloved grandchildren, who were among the

 great treasures of her life. She loved her family fiercely and would travel to visit them any chance she could.

Lee loved to cook, and her famous Swedish Twists were well known.

Her memory will live on every Christmas morning in many of her sons' homes as they carry that tradition forward with their own families.

Early on, she spent countless hours driving her boys to practices, games, school events, and every place they needed to be, happy to serve from behind the wheel as a true "soccer mom." In later years, her activity was limited by debilitating disease, yet she continued to love and serve in every way she could.

Lee had a tender heart, the most beautiful smile, and the best laugh.

Her husband, Brian, always knew how to make her laugh. She loved and was loved by her many dear friends, wonderful neighbors, and all who knew her.

She is survived by her husband, Brian; her sons, Daniel (Kira), Brad Keeli), Spencer (Nancy), and Matthew (JayDee); her twin sister, Lyn; her brother, Neil; and her 18 grandchildren, who will miss their Grandma Lee.

You're never ready to say goodbye to a loved one. Especially a parent. While it wasn't a surprise that a new physical trial had occurred for Grandma Lee, we were shocked that it resulted in her passing. 

Grandma Lee's health had been suffering for many years and Papa had dedicated his life to caring for her.  Her balance had been bad for decades and she developed uncontrollable hand tremors. Papa took every precaution he could think of to help her. Even installing a bedside switch with a red nightlight for when she needed to use the restroom at night. The red light was so they both could see without eyes harshly adjusting to bright lights. One night the week before her passing, she didn't wake him to help her to the restroom. She ended up falling and broke her back. In the hospital they did all the imaging and deliberated on best treatment course. They were going to fit her for a back brace to heal and avoid surgery. But while she was there, she was having trouble eating and they discovered a blockage in her abdomen and fluid gathering. They attempted to remove the fluid via an NG tube, but she aspirated and her heart stopped. They did CPR for a while and got her heart beating again. But there wasn't much brain function. Papa sent me a text that said: 

"... The surgeon on duty came in and said the blood numbers weren’t headed in the right direction and they would check next for more intestine loss. If that’s the case we have a decision to make. He ordered a steroid shot, which for some can help the patient become more cognizant of their surroundings and even communicate. Personally, I think she’s already gone. Yesterday I was in shock and plead with her not to go, that I couldn’t live without her. Today, before her surgery after she looked at me and I told her I loved her, I kissed her and told her she could go, she nodded and squeezed my hand. We have an eternal marriage, and through serving her with her increasing disability, injuries and pain I have learned to love her and cherish her more deeply than ever. 

I think the machines are keeping her body going, and that it will fail when they are turned down. I know I will be with her again, and that for the first time in a very long time she will be without pain. I just need to live worthy in the intervening time until it’s my turn."

After we'd gone to bed and Spence fell asleep, I stayed awake to wait for updates on Grandma. Papa texted me that the family was all gathering at the hospital at 10pm UT time to say goodbye before they turn off the machines breathing for her.  I told Papa I'm sorry we aren’t there to be with him and we are praying for them.

It was midnight for us, but I felt like I should wake up Spence and let him know.  When I told him, reality hit and he broke down weeping.  I held him while he cried like I’ve never seen him cry before. After a long while, his breathing calmed down and I remained holding him until he fell asleep. 

She passed away at 10:33 that night. 

We enjoyed spending Christmases and Thanksgivings together for many years. Before her body became too weak, Lee was a hands on Grandma. She made Christmas cookies with our boys when they were little, and got down on the floor to play with the kids. She'd snuggle and kiss them and make them squeal and giggle. She read them books, sang to them when they were babies, and doted on them with gifts. She was the one who bought Kaden his special "Singing Sunshine" that he had since he was a baby and kept in his bed until he was a teenager. That toy was the reason "You are My Sunshine" became our special song for Kaden, and I sang it to him every night.

As the kids got older, Papa & Grandma would take them to the movie theater and buy them treats on their visits. She enjoyed asking the kids for updates on what they were involved in and always had lots of follow up questions. She often related family stories and experiences to note similarities to what the kids were involved in. Saying "Did you know your dad used to..." or "When I was little my grandma would...". I don't know that they were absorbing it all, but I always appreciated her efforts to make connections.

Lee was a great listener. She intently listened and tried to offer advice when something was challenging, or solicited Papa to tell a relevant story to offer counsel. She cared deeply and wanted to help. 

She was generous withe money and would often slip us some large dollar bills when Spence was in school at BYU and again when we lived in New Jersey in grad school. Dad would come to the grocery store with me and would buy our purchases. We were always so grateful and plan to follow their example with our own college kids, which we've had the chance to for Kaden already. 

All people are imperfect, so Grandma Lee is no exception. She could be stubborn, opinionated, and as her twin sister Lyn said, "she was bossy", ha ha. Yet Lee loved deeply, was loyal, forgiving, and tender hearted. She suffered with a lot of things in life, so it is right that we give her some grace. 

I had the honor of doing her hair for burial.

Charlie’s 12th birthday in Utah!

Mothers Day 2026

 

May 7th “Why?”

 

Can you guess who did both of these?

Tender & Miraculous Sunday

It's been a heavy few weeks...months... year or so. We have been tried, and stretched, and exhausted in unexpected ways. We have done our best to lean on the Father and utilize the strength of the Savior. 

We are observing that this generation our kids are growing up in, find it deeply uncomfortable to do many required, normal life skills. For example: talking eye to eye, starting conversations, going out of their comfort zone. etc.

We have been working so hard to motivate and empower our teenagers. It's been a concerning challenge.

Dad is a good example of doing hard things that are way outside his comfort zone. He went from enjoying many years of working in a lab, to being given a position that requires him now to have daily meetings. He has to talk  one on one with people all day long, something that has always been a pain staking task. It drains him so much. However... he steps up to do whatever he needs to do, every time.

Another way he goes out of his comfort zone, is taking me dancing.  Dancing outside of our home, the idea of anyone watching him dance, is nearly intolerable. But not only does he take me dancing when the opportunity comes up, he even learned to dance for me! He bought us an online dancing course to learn at home.  He's even good at it! But he still doesn't like it. He does it for me. Because I do love it so much.  

Today during fast Sunday, your dad --my sweet introverted husband--  did the one thing you and I have never seen him do: he got up in Sacrament meeting and shared his testimony!!

The moment occurred like this:

Dad likes to poke me to get up every Fast Sunday. I don't like it, cuz sometimes in coincides with the Spirit poking me to get up. :) Today he joke poked me but I said, "I don't have it in me today. It's been a hard month, babe." He knew and assured me he was just being playful. Then he put his around me and let me sink into him.

Jeremy Dodge got up and shared a sweet testimony about God's work & glory being to bring His children immortality and eternal life. Then Jeremy shared what he felt was his own work & glory, raising his boys to come to Christ and be good men, etc. It was sweet and my eyes watered a little as my heart stirred with the love I have for the Dodge boys and their parents. I pointed to JC Raney who was sitting in front of us, and teased dad, "If JC gets up, then its a sign you should follow after both your friends & go up there..." He smiled and said, "If JC gets up after Jeremy, I'll get up." I was shocked he said that, even as a joke.  I said, "Well, it would be good for the kids to hear you share your testimony up there. No pressure though, honey. I know how uncomfortable that is for you."

He had a look on his face. He was smiling softly and his eyes were searching the ground the way they do when he is contemplating something. I thought, "Is he actually considering going up there?" So I started praying, "Father, please inspire JC Raney to go up to the pulpit! Please, please, please..." and started pouring out my heart for all the ways it would be good for Spence and the kids and me, etc.

But JC didn't get up to share his testimony. A new member who just moved here named Bro. Hurst got up. His testimony was very nice, but I was bummed bc now there was no chance Spencer would get up. So I sat a little deflated. Then Spencer whispered to me, "You dare me to go up?" Me, staring straight ahead: "I dare you." To my shock, he was suddenly standing! I don't remember saying it, but Spencer heard me blurt "Oh MY GOSH!" And he walked to the pulpit!! I leaned over and made all the kids look up and pay attention. Perry had his head down in his arms like he was sleeping. I reached across Jo & Charlie and said, "Perry, look up this is something you've never seen in your entire life, sit up!!" 

Dad stood there smiling and looking to me like an angel. He stated that it was probably a shock to see him up there because in our whole marriage he has only done it maybe once. (But that "once" was in Princeton. And I wasn't there. I was home with baby Kaden. I only learned about it from a sister who told me later that she enjoyed my husband's testimony the previous week. I was shocked and deeply sad I missed it. But this afternoon as we discussed that, Spencer admitted he has no memory of it. He is convinced that the last time he bore his testimony on fast Sunday was right after his mission. That Princeton sister must have mistaken him for someone else. So today truly was the first time in over 2 decades that he voluntarily braved the pulpit.)

He talked about the challenges & desires we have to raise our children to follow the Savior and to be strong good people, functioning adults, etc. He mentioned that we've been focusing on encouraring our children step up & out of their comfort zone and do the necessary hard things. So what better way to be an example then to get up here and do something that is so uncomfortable for him. Then he shared a sweet, simple, and spiritual testimony of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and families. I wept the whole time. When he sat back down next to me, I held him and cried into his shoulder. I was overwhelmingly proud of him and kept whispering that to him, "I'm so so proud of you!" 

I'm so grateful for my husband. He has always been such an incredible example to our kids. Today was a very big deal to me. And for Spence. I hope you kids recognize what dad did for you today. Follow his lead, step up and step out of your cozy ways. Doing the hard things are scary sometimes, but the growth and confidence are so much bigger than the momentary discomfort & nerves. The gain is worth everything!

After Spencer came down, we sang the closing hymn. Then to our surprise, JC Raney did go up to the pulpit... to say the closing prayer! Dad whispered, "We both went up, just in the wrong order." :) ha ha

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Another sweet part of our Sabbath happened after church. Encouraging Perry & Charlie to get their patriarchal blessings has been on our hearts a lot. Dad thought we should have a family devotional about it today. So he gathered the 3 kids on our bed and we watched a talk on the computer. It was called When to Receive Your Patriarchal Blessing by Kazuhiko Yamashita in the April 2023 General Conference. 

Dad asked if they had questions, and Charlie asked a few. We invited Josie to share how it's been helpful for her to have one. Dad shared some special parts from mine and he talked about why it's important for us all to have one. We encouraged them to pray specifically and ask "Heavenly Father, do you think I am ready to get my patriarchal blessing?" If you don't feel calm, peaceful, or get that warm loving feeling... maybe try asking, "What do I need to do or stop doing to be ready?" Then wait on your knees and see what comes to your mind. Maybe you'll think 'I should be more patient with my sibling, or I need to give more time to scriptures, clean up the music I listen to, language I use, etc. And when you are done praying, look at the calendar and pick a day to work for. 

We encouraged the boys to go find a quiet space to be alone. Charlie went off into craft room and took a white noise device. After a while he came out, smiling sweetly and looked pleased. He asked to speak to me privately. Then he shared his special moment with Heavenly Father in prayer. Saying that he asked Him, then when telling me this next part, he teared up. He said "I felt so peaceful and full of joy & love and I know He thinks I'm ready." I held him and cried with him. He said they were happy tears. Then he confided some other important and special things with me and we had a really wonderful talk. Charlie is very good at verbalizing his thoughts and feelings, and it makes it so easy to communicate and know how to support him. It's such a blessing! He said he's ready to get an interview with bishop and get his Patriarchal blessing soon.  I am so so excited for him!

Perry is also praying about when he should receive his. He is about to get his license, has been job hunting, putting out power washing fliers, etc. We know he wants to get his patriarchal blessing and we look forward to him having that sacred & personal "love letter from God" too.

Mom & Dad Prom date

 

Arabian Nights Church Prom

 Perry and his friends took a group of girls to the dance on Friday. The girls were Brianna Steed, Aubrey Walter, Mazy Sparks, ---- James. I had the boys come over the night before to make the corsages. The Grondels fed a massive group of these kids at their house! I’m still in awe of that. Perry's group had a good time at the dance and I'm glad he had this experience.

Dad & I got to go the next 

Connecting with Kaden

 Kaden flew home tonight from Utah.  We parked and waited for him in the main airport court. I cried when I saw him come out of the concourse. I held him so tight and couldn’t talk I was crying so much. 

The kids were happy to see him. They hugged, did some show & tell of things that changed since he was gone. They rapid fire caught up on life with everyone talking at once. 

Josie showed him all her crafts and drawings and they bonded over a show they both like called  “digital circus”. He was very sweet praising her art and craft projects. Josie was eager to show them all to him.

Charlie wanted to show him piano songs he’s worked on. Perry wanted to Bro down over memories and songs and jokes. 

It was so lovely to have him home enjoying a meal and laughing around the table.I can’t fully explain what a blessing this is. 

Having us all home together again brings a relief and wholeness like nothing else can. 

We love you Kaden!

Today’s “Why?!”

 Perry stuck all the little bears in the hall light fixture. Why?!

Spring Break 2026

 

Puerto Rico!

Such a cool place with nice chill people and gorgeous turquoise blue beaches! 

Great Girls think alike…

 Lindsay Barbosa & Josie dressed so similar today. Such cute girls! 

New Jeans, Classic Comedy

Once upon a time, I bought a new pair of jeans. Actually “new” as in, I did not get them from a thrift store (…but they were on deep clearance). I didn’t try them on since they were my usual size. I wore them for the first time and I admit, they were a little tighter than I thought they would be. But the husband loved them and the teenage fashionista daughter approved! So I was feeling good. 

That is until I bent over in my front yard, rear end facing the street. I heard a loud “rriiiipp”. I reached back and felt a giant tear, straight down my bum and and completely wide open!! 

The End, of my dignity.

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