We "built a snowman" tonight for family home evening. We didn't have packing snow, but we made the best of the situation, because Guy had been begging me to do it all day. Best thing about...
Monday, January 31, 2011
We're In This Together - Service Boot Camp Giveaway
All right now, friends.
It's almost February. Around here that means that it's time for another Service Boot Camp.
Many of you have joined me for Service Boot Camps in the past. Together,...
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Cheering Each Other On...From the Bench
My son Guy stood in as the reverence child before Sacrament Meeting today. Do you have a reverence child in your ward? The reverence child is a Primary child who stands on the stand in church...
The Mission Call
Steve's parents received their mission call Thursday night, and I am so psyched for them! I love Steve's family so much! It was fun to have all of us on the phone or on Skype while they opened their letter. I decided to video tape their reading of their mission call letter, and it turned out pretty funny as I didn't realize my camera was rolling in the moments before the letter was actually read and for another reason.
I am thrilled for them. They've been planning...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
I Love to See the Temple
Steve and I went to the temple today. It was wonderful. When we entered the temple, the worker at the front desk gave us this photo of the temple that was taken by one of the other temple...
Gender is Essential & Eternal
"Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose."
The letter "G" was a hard one for the kids to learn in the Family Proclamation A, B, Cs this week. I guess there were some pretty big words in there for a 3 and 5-year-old, and I wasn't as diligent about having them practice.
I was helping Guy memorize this line from the Family Proclamation this morning, but he was getting frustrated, so we stopped. Then...
Friday, January 28, 2011
Service Boot Camp: The Write Stuff
My son discovered conversation hearts last night. He received them as a "prize" for a special accomplishment. He immediately started playing this funny game with them. He'd come up...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
I Miss My Kids...Already.
I think I need to up my dose of chocolate today.
For some reason, I'm sitting here thinking about my kids (Guy) going off to kindergarten next year, and I am in tears. So I decided to post...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Deans Mother Goose Book of Rhymes - 1977 Edition
Growing up, my sister and I shared the attic bedroom. In many ways it was a world all our own. It was a magical place with desks built into the walls and a bookshelf that ran the length of...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Children In Sacrament Meeting
As I was leaving church on Sunday, I spied a stack of ancient-looking
Family Home Evening Resource Manuals on a table marked "free". My husband had suggested that we use one of these...
Monday, January 24, 2011
Bring Back Summer Dinner Party & Giveaway Winner
I woke up on Saturday morning to seven degree temps, and decided that it was time to BRING BACK SUMMER...inside our house, at least. We had plans to spend the evening with some friends who...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Our Underground Tree House
I came home from running some errands on Saturday morning to find that Steve had installed SWINGS and ROPES into the rafters of our basement, basically turning it into a an underground tree house! It...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
There Are No Unsolvable Problems
My good blog-friend over at Samurai Mom just mentioned the Salon.com article that came out last week called "Why I Can't Stop Reading Mormon Housewife Blogs." I love the author's subtitle, "I'm...
Friday, January 21, 2011
President Thomas S. Monson Quotes
The world would sure be a dreadful, lonely place without thoughtful, considerate friends.
One such friend of mine was kind enough that when she heard me admiring a set of quotes from President Monson...
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