With Thanksgiving and other Autumn festivities coming soon I thought I’d share this very simple craft for youngsters to make. It can be used to help decorate the kids’ table at your next Thanksgiving dinner! Supplies: Tri-beads in red, orange, brown, yellow, purples, and greens Green Chenille Sticks Dried corn husk or raffia Fold one […]
Archives for 2012
Learning About the Reformation
Quick, what is October 31st known for? Halloween is not an acceptable answer! Do you know? Here are a few clues. It happened in 1517. Elder M. Russell Ballard said, “the Spirit of Christ moved a Catholic priest living in Germany.” It launched the Protestant Reformation. Still don’t have a clue? On October 31, 1517 […]
General Conference Jeopardy Oct 2012
General Conference was held this past weekend. It was a wonderful two days filled with admonitions to live as true disciples and followers of Christ. You can listen to all of the talks here. The transcripts will be available later this week. One of the ways we review General Conference is to play General Conference […]
Five Things for Friday
There’s been a lot going on but not much time to be on the computer lately. Today I thought I’d join in on Heather’s Five Things for Friday to help summarize our happenings. 1. Come next March I will be the mother of 10 children! TEN! That sounds like such a big number but when […]
Hot Orange Autumn Punch
It’s autumn time! It’s autumn time! Unfortunately there are no trees changing beautiful colors where I live. But the weeds do change colors: purple, reds, pinks, and yellows. Interesting, isn’t it? And definitely beautiful in their own way. I love autumn. It gives me the chance to make this delicious hot orange punch. This makes […]
Family Proclamation Giveaway Winners!
The winner of the Dream Big Family Rules Subway Art sign from Landee on Etsy is Karen @ Still Crazy After All These Years. The winner of the $50 gift certificate for a Family Proclamation Photo Book courtesy of VioVio is Carin @ Building Eternity. The winner of the gift certificate for the Family Proclamation […]
Building Righteous Family Traditions: Grandma’s Legacy
“Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live,” The Family: A Proclamation to the World. Last month was an important […]
Never Check Your Religion at the Door – Defend the Family!
There is no question there is an attack on the family. Just scan the headlines of any news outlet and you’ll find startling evidence of the strategic ways the adversary is trying to destroy this most beautiful and basic of human relationships. “It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After […]
Why I Love “Wholesome Recreational Activities”
Annette Lyon is a Whitney Award winner, the recipient of Utah’s Best of State medal for fiction and the author of nine novels, a cookbook, and a grammar guide as well as over a hundred magazine articles. She’s a senior editor at Precision Editing Group and a cum laude graduate from BYU with a degree […]
Structuring a Life
Today’s blogger is near and dear to me, my youngest brother, Jonathan. He attended BYU and then obtained his masters at NYU where he majored in Cinema Studies. Now he is working on his PhD. Jon served his mission to Brazil and knows three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. He is a man of many […]
Family Proclamation Photo Essay #3 {Blog Hop}
Some of our family photos from this year paired with phrases from The Family: A Proclamation to the World All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. In the premortal realm, […]
The blessing of a body
In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The Proclamation says that in the premortal […]
Altered Shirts and Stable Patterns
I dreamed this morning of a man with broad shoulders and a strong jaw. I woke up alone, as I always do. I am single. In my newsreader today a recent story from the Huffington Post proclaimed a “crisis of singles has arrived” among the Latter-day Saints. “More like a Great Depression,” I thought wryly […]
Living Your Love Story
“Mom, so-and-so was wondering about the first time you and dad kissed?” This question was asked amongst comments of “No, I didn’t!” and “It was your idea!” We all laughed {and there might have been a few ‘eeewwww’s} as I recounted that fateful day so long ago. It dawned on me we’d never told that […]
Women Today
I’m Chantelle. Born and bred in the North-East of England, I met my sweetheart in 2007 and was married in September 2009. I am a daughter of God and follower of Christ first and foremost, a Mother to an almost two year old boy, the quintessential bookworm & love homemaking, thrifting, baking and blogging at […]
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