Pin It My kids LOVE art. Sometimes it is hard to find good projects that appeal to all of them because their age and skill levels vary. Here’s one art project that everyone enjoyed! Materials Needed:white paperblack marker (or black crayon)3-5 crayons or colored pencils that go well together Start by drawing a “hilly” line […]
Archives for 2011
Shopping Deals!
Did you know this is the time of year I do most of my Christmas shopping? I try to be done by November 1st so we can all enjoy the holiday season more. We usually like to gift hand-made items, either ones we’ve done ourselves or buy through etsy. But sometimes there are certain products […]
Simple Pleasures: Fire Crews!
We had a rather exciting weekend. A lightning storm rolled through Friday, no rain but LOTS of lightning that started several wildfires in our county. One right on the mountains to the east of our valley. The lightning struck on our side of the mountains Friday night but the winds were blowing to the east. […]
Next Wordfull Wednesday Assignment
Now that Celebrate the Family is over for this year I can finally start getting back into my regular posting schedule. Wordfull Wednesdays will start again next week! Don’t remember what Wordfull Wednesdays are? Wordfull Wednesdays is an opportunity to hear many different bloggers’ opinions and ideas about various topics. There will only be one […]
General Conference Weekend
Stephanie from Diapers & Divinity is doing a General Conference meme again. I just love Steph’s love for General Conference! The week leading up to it she had some wonderful posts about preparing ourselves to hear the word of God from the prophet, apostles, and other church leaders. I decided participating in this meme was […]
Mr. G
My name is Ganache. For some reason people laugh when they first see me. My mom tells me it has something to do with cheeks and a chin, whatever those are. All I know is mom kisses me tons and my dad calls me Slim. © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved […]
As the Dew from heav’n distilling
(source credit) We all know hindsight is 20/20. When you look back at your life you can see all the different ways the Lord has blessed you, answered your prayers in unexpected ways, lead you down paths you didn’t even know existed to bring you to where you are today, at this moment, where you […]
A quick getaway
Wednesday afternoon I was here: meeting with these people Now you can see how short I am! Why yes, that is Sheri Dew behind me (at right) and the famous Courtney (CJane) next to me in purple who, thankfully, was just as fashionably late as I was so we walked into the meeting together. (We […]
Moving Pivot Spans
Most of you were quite correct that the photo above is of a pivot (irrigation/sprinkler system) being moved. Actually it is only 1/6 of the pivot! Pivots are made up of sections we call spans. This particular pivot has six spans. The three spans closest to the center of the pivot are each 179 ft […]
Celebrate Family Giveaway Winners
Thanks to all of our sponsors who helped us Celebrate the Family by generously sponsoring giveaway prizes! Here is the grand list of winners. You should all have been contacted by me and the sponsor of your prize. Wendy won the Family Proclamation Print from The Print BoutiqueRaejean won the custom family peg dolls from […]
What in the world??
Have you ever seen anything like this before? Let’s play a little game! Make your best guess as to what this is in the comments. (Sorry neighbor lady, you can’t tell the answer!) I will randomly chose a winner from those who give the correct answer. If no one gives a correct answer I’ll chose […]
Sweet Kernels of Gold
Around the beginning of September the sweet corn became ripe for the picking. We planted two different varieties to spread out the length of the harvest. They were planted in a small strip next to the pivot road. The rest of the pivot (roughly 120 acres) was planted with field corn. The pivot of corn […]
Forget Not
“There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things that make your lives joyful and sweet.” ~Dieter F. Uchtdorf~ The General Relief Society meeting was wonderful! My favorite talk of the evening was Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Of course, I had to […]
General Conference Traditions
Inside the Conference Center General Conference is only one week away! We are gearing up for one of our favorite weekends of the year by making sure we have everything in stock to carry on our semi-annual traditions: * Creating a General Conference Wall (for children and one for teens)* Baking Cinnamon Rolls while Dad […]
Celebrating FAMILY
I have one word to say about our Celebrate the Family event. From the guest posts to reader’s comments and blog posts to the giveaways it has been an amazing two weeks.Many thanks go to all of the guest posters and sponsors of the prizes!! And to you readers for visiting every day and commenting. […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- …
- 20
- Next Page »