Greg & Heather's Family Blog

Today I took lunch to my Grandpa as part of his Christmas present, and thought it would be fun to include elements of the 12 days of Christm...

Happy Halloween! This was Becca's last year trick-or-treating, so I decided to let her choose the costumes for the year. Her choice...

So, it has been a while since I have posted for several reasons, but thanks to Haylee taking pictures of Becca's birthday, and only giv...

Yesterday Greg showed the girls a picture of a baby otter. He asked Rachel, "Do you know what this is?" She said, "Yes. ...

Any time my girls come shopping with me I have to avoid the cereal aisle because they will inevitably see the Dinosaur Egg Oatmeal and want...

Thursday was quite the day around here. We woke up just after midnight to the wind. We knew it had the potential to be quite the storm, bu...

Friday we decided to take our girls on a mini-stay-cation. We got tickets for the opening day at the Museum of Natural History & took t...

This week we went to a piano recital for Becca and Ellie. The girls did such a great job; it is also nice as Primary President to go becaus...

I was asking Rachel the other day what she wanted Santa to bring her for Christmas. She stopped playing for a minute, and told me she didn...

So while I am grateful that I can exercise, today's post is just a funny story. Today as I was exercising I felt like I was getting tir...

I think I have laughed about fifty times today. Nothing consequential. I read "Blue Hat, Green Hat" to the girls and we laughed ...

In Sacrament meeting today we heard a talk about the importance of doing the simple, every day things with our families. They talked about ...

Greg and the girls never knew my grandpa Hodgkinson (first and third pictures), but he was quite an amazing man. In addition to serving fai...

Thursday nights are typically the heaviest nights of homework around our house. Spelling tests and homework packets are usually due on Frid...

Last night we were able to visit with Greg's parents for the first time using Skype. It was SO great to see them and talk with them...I...

I love the story Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed . In the book, Mary does something kind, which prompts the recipient to do somethin...

There is something very nice about the psychological benefits of a little more time. I don't know why 25 hours in a days seems so much m...

We woke up this morning to a white world. The girls were thrilled to spend the morning making snow angels, sledding and having a snowball fi...

Today the kids received their report cards. They did a great job. I also had the chance to volunteer at the school, and I was reminded about...

I have always loved nature, and there is something thrilling to me about fall. Today as I was picking up Rachel's room I was feeling a l...