Happily Exhausted

Mommying Hard

Category: Our Family

THE HONEST TRUTH ABOUT PERFECTION IN MOTHERHOOD

We live in a college town with many young families, many well established homes, and many students from all over the world. Our kitchen window faces out onto a main road and throughout the day I see all sorts of people walking by. Older couples enjoying their daily walks, groups of university students…

Read More

YOUR WORTH AS A DAUGHTER OF GOD

The last year and half I’ve changed the way I study my scriptures. You can get all the details from this podcast Come Follow Me For Us  (love this woman and everything that comes out of her mouth, so much!) on the process of my scripture study.  One of the things I think…

Read More

EVA TURNS 5!

My sweet baby girl turned 5. When my other three turned 5 it was such a big deal to me, but she has seemed like a 5 year old to me for a long time. She is such a kindhearted little thing. She loves her siblings and hardly ever wants to play by…

Read More

PANDEMIC SCHOOLING IS NOT HOMESCHOOLING

It is day 173 of social distancing. I’m just kidding, I have no idea but I do think it’s Thursday. I’ve been talking to mom friends and seeing funny tweets about what a nightmare homeschooling is and wondering why we homeschooling parents would ever wish this upon ourselves. That leads me to wanting…

Read More

HOW TO START HOMESCHOOLING FOR THE WORRIED BEGINNER

You’ve decided to homeschool! Are you terrified? Excited? Overwhelmed? Welcome to the club, my friend! I don’t think I’ve met one homeschooling parent who didn’t feel this way at the beginning of their journey. So, take a deep breathe. This is going to be an amazing ride. Here are some of my tips…

Read More

ADVICE A HOMESCHOOLING MOM OF 6 WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW DURING A PANDEMIC

We had just come off spring break the day I really felt concern about COVID-19. My house was full of sand, our bodies were covered in new tan lines, and I was wondering when the pile of towels created offspring. We immediately began prepping (ordered more toilet paper, hello, so many bums to…

Read More

Our New Favorite Place

We ventured out this week in hopes to find a new park or something of the like. I randomly drove around our area and hit the jackpot! This has become our new favorite place.   Checking it all out.   So happy to have each other. that tongue ^^ always sticking out. I can’t…

Read More