by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 18, 2013 | for Body, for Fun
If you have children (we have six), you know how every waking moment can be consumed just trying to keep them alive…especially when they are toddlers. And teens. Because of that I don't like dangerous things. I don't like swimming pools, rivers, lakes, beaches, guns,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 8, 2013 | for Fun, for Good
[This post is very belated. But on the actual anniversary I was on the road back from a family Disneyland vacation. Then I got lazy. So I'm posting this today and after a while I'll backdate it.] Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day Mormon Momma first went...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 12, 2012 | for Fun, Yea Big
[While in the car with the kids, discussing how it was 12:12 on 12/12/12.] Samson (12): Oh! When is the next one? Mom: We won't have another one like that until 1:01 on 1/1/3001. Monica (15): I don't think we'll still be here then. Mom: I don't plan to be here. I'd be...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 10, 2012 | for Fun
While in the middle of frantic Christmas preparations, myriad performances for the school kids (musical theater, orchestra, ballroom), finals week for the three college kids, planning a three-week health extravaganza, and all manner of insanity—including preparing a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 27, 2012 | for Fun
I'm not sure when it happened. But one day a few years ago I really stopped needing presents. For Christmas I would always ask for “peace and harmony”—and it drove the kids to distraction. But that's really what I wanted. They preferred to give me...
by Amy Lockhart | Nov 21, 2012 | for Fun
I was leaning against the wall, waiting for my boys to exit their weekly science class at a local nature center/preserve. Gazing dreamily at the beautiful fall colors (God really did know what he was doing during the whole creation thing). Listening to the myriad...
