One tradition we have in our family is to read a different Christmas book every night leading up to Christmas. Each of my kids have their favorites. Some like those that feature animals, others like retellings in rhyme. Have you read any of these? C is for Christmas by Tonya Skousen Arenaz Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol […]
Archives for 2015
Scripture Power! Book of Mormon Journal for Children
My daughter Laura, age 11, really amazes me. She is diligent in reading her scriptures every day. I don’t need to remind her. She just does it! She has developed that habit as part of the Faith in God program for boys and girls ages 8-11 in our church. Another habit she is trying to develop is […]
A Savior is Born Advent Day 3: Sing Hallelujah
Why is it when we are happy we want to break out in song? Music is a universal expression and a way we can share our joy. At Jesus’ birth the angels appeared and spoke, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Many have tried to capture the […]
A Savior is Born Advent Day 2: Proclaim the Savior’s Birth
Today you get to help proclaim the Savior’s birth! Angels proclaimed Christ’s birth to the shepherds, who in turn ran through the streets of Bethlehem declaring He had been born. We can proclaim the Savior’s birth too! Download the file for today’s activity which includes the sign above. Don’t forget to explore more about why […]
A Savior is Born Advent – Day 1: Mary, Mother of Jesus
I am so excited to be teaming up with SugardoodleShop.com to bring you this wonderful advent to go along with the #ASaviorisBorn Christmas message! There are only 12 days so you can choose to start now or wait and start on the 12th or 13th of December depending on whether you want to end on […]
#ASaviorisBorn
Christmas. A time when people are a little more kind, show a little more love, and hearts are softened. Why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly7c9scxB9I There is a reason Jesus Christ is known as the Light of the world, the Comforter, the Prince of Peace. He makes it possible for all of us to overcome our weaknesses, to break […]
The Ultimate Gratitude List
Count your many blessings. Have an attitude of gratitude. Be content with what you have. We’ve all heard these sayings and others, usually shared by well meaning friends (maybe you’ve done the sharing?), in an effort to help us realize we really aren’t lacking anything. Maybe it’s also been suggested to you to keep a […]
Help Wanted and some Winners
Whew! Planning and thinking of new things to do, new ways to write out gratitude lists, new takes on serving or teaching kids to serve isn’t hard for me to do. It’s the actual creating, gathering graphics, and putting it all together (including taking pictures for blog posts) that takes a HUGE amount of time! […]
Names of Christ Advent Devotional {Giveaway}
Oh, how I love the Christmas season! I enjoy all the gift giving and caroling, the cookie baking and decorating, but mostly I enjoy focusing on Who we are celebrating and why. My friend, Heidi, at A Lively Hope has created a wonderful Names of Christ Advent Devotional to help us do just that. There are 24 […]
A Simple Lesson on Service for Kids
I’ve created this super simple lesson on service to teach children about serving others. There is a download of the lesson at the bottom of the post. Show a picture of Jesus Christ. It can be one you have in your home or print one off of the LDS Media Library. Jesus loved serving others. […]
Give and Receive Joy
Can you package JOY? I am grateful for first baby laughs. There is something so joyful and sweet and innocent about babies laughing. You just can’t help but smile yourself. #gratitude #gratefulhearts #henrymurdock A video posted by Montserrat Wadsworth (@cranialhiccups) on Nov 2, 2015 at 2:17pm PST Can you box up baby laughter, the smell […]
Dinner Conversation Starters: Gratitude Edition
Why are so many memories centered around food? Is it because one of the primal instincts to eat is more enjoyable when shared in the company of others? I’m not sure. I just know some of my favorite parts of the day are spent sitting around the dinner table eating a meal with my family. […]
Grateful Hearts, Giving Hands: A gratitude and service series
I love this season of Thanks & Giving! Giving and gratitude go hand in hand. Each builds the other, leads to the other, circling upward into a wonderful whirlwind of lifting. It is not by accident that the lifting draws us closer to God. We can truly make the holidays holy days as we shift our […]
My Favorite Hot Chocolate Recipe
We buy chocolate in bulk at our house. Not just any chocolate either. We get the good stuff! Guittard semi-sweet chocolate chips in 25 lb boxes (um, 6 boxes of it at a time!) and Guittard dutch cocoa in 40 pound drums. It takes us one year to go through the chocolate chips, two years […]
Henny Penny
Our family goes through nicknames like a kid trying out a new box of crayons. A new one seems to pop up out of nowhere and then they just evolve, many times without any reasonable explanations. Henry has been Hen for a little while. It started because of a cute onsie that had a newly […]
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