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Details: Grease is playing at Midvale Main Street Theatre at 7711 S Main Street (700 West) until Saturday, July 18th. There are matinees on Saturdays at 2pm–(Today!) It plays Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. (No Wednesday show.)  The cost is $15-$18. (They have $5 discounts for anyone dressed up like they’re readyContinue reading “Grease Is The Word… Is the Word… Is the Word….”

<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> I had to give a sermon of sorts in church yesterday. The bishop asked that I share some of the remarks from this talk: The Family Is Of God by Carole M. Stephens, 1stCounselor in the General Relief Society The family is of God: Sister Stephens says this: “We each belongContinue reading “I Talked in Church on Families Yesterday”

Mornings have always been hard for me. I am a night person. I am now married to a morning person. He cannot stay up past 10 pm. It is adorable. As eventful as mornings can be, I still find myself wanting the solitude of the night. So after everyone fell asleep last night, I snuckContinue reading “Last Night”

We had a lovely Father’s Day weekend. Because of our work schedules, bed times, and the fact that my dad works every night until 9 pm, we decided to go and see Inside Out Sunday afternoon as a family. After church. Sorry people who had to work to accommodate our family. Oh wait! My husbandContinue reading “Sometimes We Watch Movies (No spoilers here)”

Story 1: Yesterday, because Daniel is a fish, he spent the majority of his day in water. That is… until the very last part of the day… where he spent some time in straight up dirt over at his Grandma’s house. She has an awesome pile of dirt in her yard right now, and weContinue reading “We Are Weird. Three Stories.”

I’m feeling very thoughtful today. My brain is dashing from one thought to another. There are connections and revelations and epiphanies colliding in my mind. Normally, I lay everything out and then allow the words to fall into a pattern or a conclusion. Perhaps that will work today. Perhaps not. We had a racist, hatefulContinue reading “Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Shooting”

Daniel got a scooter from his grandma. He’s been practicing on his scooter every day. And every day he gets better and better. He is bruised all over from the falls. But I’m really proud of him, because he hops right back up. He is a determined child. After one particular fall, he needed aContinue reading “Learning how to Scoot”

Lately, I have felt poopy. Just tired and hot and allergic to the sweet flowers and grass. I love my family and my dog and my life. But there’s this thing about every day consistency. You really can’t get behind. It all piles up and you just have to keep up with it. I feelContinue reading “Feeling Like Poo”