by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 26, 2019 | Fun, Love, Married Romance, YouTube Vlogs
Many thanks to All-Star Bowling & Entertainment in West Jordan, Utah, for the great date night we enjoyed (with our teens tagging along) bowling, eating, and playing arcade games. Check out their shiny new makeover and don't miss the Hologate virtual reality! It's...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 19, 2019 | Love, YouTube Vlogs
Empty Nest Syndrome is a real thing. When Samson graduated last spring, I was hit square in the face with the realization that of my six kiddos, only one was still a minor. And with him on track to graduate from high school a year earlier, my time as a momma with kids...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 12, 2019 | Fun, Love, YouTube Vlogs
The nearly empty nest thing takes some getting used to. This past week we took a final vacation with our boys before our 18-year-old, Samson, heads to Richmond, Virginia, for two years to serve as a missionary. If that's not traumatic enough for a momma, that will...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 18, 2018 | Love, YouTube Vlogs
After accidentally discovering two full siblings and nine half siblings, I’m answering some of your adoption biology questions. If you're an adoptee, you might be shocked! The 23 and Me and Ancestry DNA test results Sam and I took together were a big surprise (for me,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 11, 2018 | Fun, Love, YouTube Vlogs
Need Christmas gift ideas for your wife (mother, daughter, grandmother, girlfriend)? Struggling to shop for the woman who as everything? Since having children my typical response to “What do you want for [Christmas, Mother’s Day, your birthday], has been “peace and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 27, 2018 | Love, YouTube Vlogs
As I told you in my adoption vlog, I took a DNA (we used both 23 and Me and Ancestry kits) test mostly to find out my true ethnicity. It was a fun activity and curiosity more than anything. In spite of the (surprising, to me) incredulity regarding my own level of...
Hi! I'm Alison Moore Smith. 56-year-old wife of 34 years, mom of 6, and grandma of 1. YouTuber, organizer, blogger, homeschooler, Latter-day Saint, gym rat, filmmaker, hot cocoa addict, British telly enthusiast, conservative. Lover of color, flowers, happiness, and a logical debate