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World Congress of Families Day 02 Part II

May 18, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Q&A Panel included Byron Pirola (Marriage Resource Centre), Kelli Houghton (United Families International), Dr. Ted Baehr (Movieguide) and Sharon Slater (Family Watch International) Break Out Sessions: How various sectors impact marriage and family life.Panel: UN Issues, globalization and human rights. 1st Speaker: Human Rights Agenda and the War on the Family, Sharon Slater USA  www.familywatchinternational.org […]

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World Congress of Families Day 01 Part I

May 17, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Here is a summary of Day 01 from the World Congress of Families being held in Sydney, Australia. Greetings from down under! Hundreds of the world’s best and brightest pro-family scholars, religious leaders, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, doctors, policy makers, government officials and legal minds have converged in Sydney, Australia for the World Congress of Families. […]

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World Congress of Families Day 01 Part II

May 17, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

World Congress of Families Dr. Patrick Fagan, Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council in Washington D.C.Farming analogy: The quality of the seed (children) sown is dependent on the quality of the farmers (parents). The family is the future of the world. The woman in the home raising children is of greater value than the […]

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Planting a “Wild” Flower Garden

May 14, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 8 Comments

Spring weather is finally here for most parts of the country. Yesterday was downright hot here! Time to start planting gardens – both flower and vegetable. Today as part of our Establish A House series I’m sharing how we plant a “wild” flower garden every year. These pictures were taken five years ago. I can’t […]

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Giveaway winners and Motherhood Posts

May 13, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

I had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend. We traveled to Las Vegas for a brunch where I was honored as Nevada’s 2013 Young Mother of the Year along with Zan Hyer who was named Nevada’s Mother of the Year. It was fun to travel with the whole family down the back roads of Nevada. Seriously […]

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To All You Mothers

May 12, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

To all you mothers 2013 AmericanMothers from AmericanMothers on Vimeo.Happy Mother’s Day! © 2007-2012 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

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The Gift of Giving Life

May 10, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

Giving life – growing, nurturing, sustaining another inside you – is truly a gift given to women. Having recently birthed our tenth child I can attest to that divine calling. Two years ago before giving birth to Ganache, I had the pleasure of reading a book with a unique mission. The Gift of Giving Life […]

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One Drop at a Time – Service Idea and a Giveaway

May 9, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 29 Comments

A few facts about honeybees: They live a short lifespan, anywhere from four weeks to four months A colony of bees can range from 20,000 to 60,000 bees To produce one pound of honey the hive must collective visit millions of flowers and travel the equivalent of two times around the world The contribution of […]

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Best of Mothers

May 8, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 5 Comments

What color reminds you of your mother? Why? If you could give your mom anything in the world what would it be?  These questions were asked of my older girls about nine years ago. A booklet was being compiled by the Primary children at church as gifts for Mother’s Day. A question was written at […]

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To Every Mother

May 7, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

As Mother’s Day nears one word keeps coming to mind. Embrace. Let every moment have its moment.Fingerprints on walls,Mud tracks across floorsRocks tumbling in the dryer Evidence ofpeanut butter fingersjumping in puddlesdiscoveries in the grassSouls making happy,Being Embrace it. “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” Embrace your motherhood! © 2007-2012 […]

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Covenant Motherhood {Giveaway}

May 6, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 49 Comments

We all know mothering can be hard, mundane, sleep-depriving, and even thankless work at times. And yet, we still do it day-after-day knowing that it is important. Deep down we realize that somehow it is a divine calling. There is meaning to our work. Stephanie Dibb Sorensen helps mothers to find that meaning in her […]

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Home on the Range

May 4, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

How did you spend your Saturday? Here’s how we spent ours {after we cleaned the church}. © 2007-2012 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

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Junior Mint’s Blessing

May 3, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 15 Comments

Whew, we have had a busy, eventful April! Now that things have settled I have a bit of time to share some of our happenings. The most special event of the month was Junior Mint’s blessing on April 14th. For those that aren’t familiar with our LDS faith a baby blessing is similar to a […]

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Blur

May 1, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 12 Comments

Life is blurring by right now.Literally. It’s hard to see when you haven’t gotten enough sleep.But the end is in sight…soon…we hope. Let’s just say kidney stones are no fun. And watching someone suffer through them isn’t very fun either. © 2007-2012 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my […]

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Eliza, The Life and Faith of Eliza R. Snow

April 30, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

You know how you have those certain people who you just get along with and feel as if they are “kindred spirits?” This is how I felt about Eliza R. Snow after reading the book Eliza, The Life and Faith of Eliza R. Snow. It opened my eyes to a more personal side of her […]

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