Emily Photos of People Having an Authentic Time at my Wedding I'm going to give you a bunch of details about the wedding with some actual wedding photos, etc. in the coming days. But for now, I want to
The Siblings 8 Seconds of Heaven My sister Krisanda called me last week and left a voicemail to invite me to a school function for my niece, Kate. It was an assembly, with music. Kate is in the fourth grade. I assume this was the Utah celebratory history assembly—the
Ridiculous Me When I Was Bad This is my niece, Kate. Adorable, right? Doesn't she just look like someone you would trust with your life? So sweet and sincere. Be ye not fooled. When
The Siblings I'm A Bad Person My older sister and brother-in-law ditched town and their responsibilities for a little vacation and my siblings and parents were put on a babysitting rotation for their four kids. Mine and Skylar's turn came last weekend. Friday evening to Sunday evening, to
Ridiculous The Girl F Word A conversation between Brianne and her very young nephew, as was told to me this morning. I can't stop laughing. Nephew: My little sister has a potty mouth. Brianne: Really? Does she say swear words? Nephew: Yeah. She's been saying
Ridiculous By The Way, I Can See Your Underwear A few years ago Matt was at family dinner with me at Bob and Cathie's house. All of my nieces and nephews were there so the place was
The Siblings The World of Babysitting I have a special treat for you today for a lot of reasons. So a few months ago I wrote that thing about how I was watching Ollie and Duncan
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I swear to you I'm going camping this weekend. I KNOW. This basically isn't even America anymore. I've been writing Stranger for hundreds of
Annie Waiting For Brunch This weekend my 14-year-old niece who is 1,000 times cooler than I could ever dream of being and who will probably never again go anywhere in public with her
Ridiculous Here's The Thing About Parenting Strangerville Live is this Friday! Grab your tickets if you haven't already. It's shaping up to be a great show. FYI also, you don't
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We're all exhausted. So let's just enjoy some pictures of puppies and some links of stuff to waste your day. Because if we can't
Quinn Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So tired. But Matt's going out of town and Adam has some crap going on so I'm having a puppy slumber part tonight and you can&
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I found out that the best way to get Matt to do something is to text him and act as though he already committed to that thing. So just a
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Brianne said that she doesn't think our relationship is going to survive the big office move this week because apparently I'm being "emotionally abusive"
Ridiculous Puberty is the True Hero My oldest niece is in middle school now ("oh my gosh stop it Eli no way you look so young" "omg stop you guys!"). This means that she is transitioning from school activities and performances for which there is a
Ridiculous Is Adele Real? Remember how Adam came and tore out my entire concrete pond [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/03/thank-you-for-being-friend.html] while I was out of town and then I nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize (decision pending) and had 30 stars named after him?
The Siblings Well Look What the Stork Brought My baby sister emitted human life from her womb on Thursday. This is her third child. I was ecstatic for little Lucy to come because: A. Baby sister makes sassy
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today after I left the office I went to the gym to swim. As I often do, when I exited the pool, I entered the steam room for some light
Bob and Cathie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I made it home with my family from Disneyland. THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON ALL THE EARTH AND DON'T YOU DARE DISAGREE. I'm tired up in here.
Bob and Cathie Nephew Tonight I was in a restaurant with my entire family. My family never seems very big to me until we decide to gather in a public place. Then it feels like an entire nation of people. And also I think we usually look like
Ollie Conversations With Emrie I mentioned last week that my niece Emrie was coming to my house for a sleepover. This is the niece who was formerly AKA "The Niece Who Hates Me,
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My five-year-old niece Emrie, formerly known as "the niece who hates me," called me tonight to ask if she can come sleep over at my house. Our relationship
Ollie Five Little Pumpkins Ollie just left me and I'm not pleased. Matt showed up like a thief in the night to take him away. Rebecca and I knew our time with Ollie was winding down, and so we snuggled with him and said our goodbyes.
Ridiculous Neighborhood Watch Remember a little while ago when I got trapped inside my elderly neighbor's apartment [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/08/this-is-why-you-should-just-leave-your.html] because I was incapable of just minding my own business? Well I'm currently attempting to develop a reputation
The Siblings Tami Since I know everyone is extremely interested in the Pioneer Day Marathon Toenail Disaster of 2014, I'm here to provide you an update! Yesterday, while sitting in my
