I am starting to work on our summer alliteration schedule. I like to have a general idea of what to do each day. Having a loose plan for the summer gives me a little motivation and a little direction. And I like the activity to start with the same letter as the day of the week (alliteration) because I’m weird like that.

Remember I am trying to make small healthy improvements to our 5 standard lunches. I improved our pizza here and our mac and cheese here, and the next lunch to healthify was the basic sandwich. I mean what’s a lunch menu without a sandwich?

I love traditions. And not because I am sentimental and nostalgic and family oriented. Rather I love traditions because I am lazy. So I decided I wanted to set a tradition for those Monday holidays where the kids are off school…like Memorial Day!

I was reading a blog post last week about how “Busy” is the new “Fine”. When you used to ask people how they were doing they would say “Fine”, but now the common reply is “Busy”. I laughed because I have heard myself say the same thing. Anyway, we are all busy and have lots to do, so I thought I would share with you my way of keeping it together — My way of getting things done while maintaining priorities.

It feels like it’s been a while since I did a really Mormony, Mormon Monday. But I feel like doing one today. And I want to talk about temple attendance. I heard a talk at our Stake Conference back in February that played a significant role in a paradigm shift for me on this topic.

I feel like I am literally standing at one of the crossroads of life and staring it in the face.  I need to make some hard choices and I am sick to my stomach about it. Maybe that is a bit dramatic, but that is how I feel. This week,…