Mavenhood: The musings of a pathological helper

Personal collection of info and opinions on the things I'm interested in: Motherhood, Adoption, Statesmanship, Leadership Education, Homeschooling, Christianity, Church of Jesus Christ, Home Economics, Healthy Eating, Cooking, Organization, and Books. My friends are probably tired of hearing me say "I've got a book about that!" I can't help it--when I learn something new I just have to share it!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Christmas Picture

So if you are on my Christmas Card list I'm spoiling the surprise but this is too cute, I have to post it. Chloe and Liam just turned 1...

Monday, July 13, 2009

Back to Basics

Wow! The last 7 months of my life have been crazy wonderful. Our twins, Chloe and Liam are doing so great. Check out recent pics of them her...

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

How to be Inspired Instead of Overwhelmed

I wrote this essay for my bookclub meeting. We just read Walden by Thoreau. Many of us are pursuing less-traveled roads. Once you start do...

Sunday, December 28, 2008

I have twins!

My husband and I found out about a week and a half ago that we are adopting twin babies. It's crazy but wonderful situation. You can r...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

All Things Pumpkin

I love pumpkin. In addition to pumpkin pie, for Thanksgiving I make pumpkin biscuits and serve them with cranberry butter. I think Isabel...

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Comfort Salad

I love comfort food. Relying on food to soothe or enhance my emotions is one of my ongoing struggles. I hope to someday conquer it. In the m...

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Green Smoothies

I absolutely refuse to be sick this Christmas. I have spent too many Holiday seasons with a cold or the flu and last year was the worst. I c...

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Pieta and Motherhood

I was first exposed to Michelangelo’s Pieta when I read My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok. The story’s protagonist, Asher Lev, is drawn...

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Dorothy's Halloween

Isabel was Dorothy for Halloween and thoroughly enjoyed the role. She especially liked wearing makeup and after we finished putting it on sh...

Monday, October 13, 2008

Politics for Toddlers

There is something different about this election--it's on everyone's mind. Including, apparently, my 5 yr old and her friends. She...

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Isabel's Scarecrow, It's a casual thing

On Monday Isabel and I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. She just kept begging me to read one more chapter and one more c...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

My Little Angel

There aren't words for this one.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Isabel ABC

Isabel brought me this picture the other day. I thought it was really cute and it's exciting to see her learning to read and write. I pa...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Follow the Leader

Because I didn't have enough to do, I decided to enroll in distance studies with George Wythe College. Just kidding. I have plenty to do...

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Searching for Baby # 2

It has taken longer than we planned but we have finally been approved for adoption again with LDS Family Services. Most people don't kno...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Kelly's Birthday

We celebrated Kelly's birthday Monday. Once again he asked for a soccer cake. I was bored with blue and white so I changed up the colors...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Lysomes, and Ribosomes, and Mitochondria, Oh My!

Today we made cell models out of play-dough and craft stuff. It was so fun! It all began yesterday when we walked past a Usborne book displa...

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Fun Weekend

Here's some pictures from our weekend. My sister Jill's friend came to visit and we took him to greenlake, our new favorite place to...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

One for the Grandparents (click a pic to enlarge it)

I haven't posted any pictures for a while and I owe the Grandparents...

Books that changed my life

Insomnia is a great opportunity to catch up on things you’ve been meaning to do. I love the website: http://www.goodreads.com/ . It’s fun to...

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