Regular family service projects are a wonderful way to engage everyone, young and old. It teaches children to be aware of others needs and also facilitates children’s naturally generous natures (once they get past the terrible twos and tough threes that is). “My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our […]
Happy 173rd Birthday, Relief Society!
Relief Society is the name of our church’s organization for women. It was officially organized on March 17, 1942 in Nauvoo, Illinois. What started off as a small gathering of women has grown to include close to 7 million women in 185 countries. I love learning about the history of Relief Society, the work women […]
Family Work Part 2: Whining and Complaining
Have any of the following ever happened in your family? When the mention of work or chores is made kids break out in whining, tears, back talk, or stomping their feet throwing a fit. Some even run and hide. No? It never happens to you? Well. Maybe you should be the one writing this series […]
The Power of a Mother’s Words in Letters
Do you know how sometimes you can read things a gazillion times and they don’t mean much and then, for some unexplained reason, you will read it again and something will just click? The past couple of weeks there have been two things mulling around in my head, two experiences I’ve read, that just came […]
Celebrating a Christ-centered Easter {Review}
One of my all time favorite holidays is coming up! I love Easter. Absolutely adore it! I especially love celebrating it with my family creating traditions for my children and passing on old ones from my own childhood. To keep us focused on what we are celebrating – the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ […]
Family Work Part 1
Some of the best memories I have are those that involve working with my family both growing up and now with my own children. It is a bonding time where singing or whistling occurs between storytelling, teasing, and yes, sometimes, even quarreling. We are together working side-by-side or at least in close proximity to each […]
Make Reading Fun for Kids
Kerry shares ideas on making reading fun for kids in this guest post for the Establish a House series. Our children spend the first two or three years at school learning how to read. After that and for the rest of their lives, they read to learn. For their success, it’s essential that they learn […]
Family Reunion Centerpiece Ideas
The past couple of weeks my kids and I have been crafting up some fun interactive centerpieces for a HUGE (and I mean HUGE) family reunion that will take place the end of this week. It’s for the Wadsworth side of the family. There are over 450 descendants of these two wonderful people, F. Don […]
Spring in February?
We have had such a mild winter. It is not what we need. We needed tons of rain and snow to build up the snowpack in the mountains. Our fields are watered with wells but the farm in Fallon is irrigated from the Truckee River. They might not get any of their water this coming […]
What’s Your Homemaking Bottleneck?
Heidi from A Lively Hope is guest posting today! Finding your bottleneck is a well-known business efficiency practice. If you can find the one problem that slows your business down and fix that problem, you can expect to see drastic results. This idea applies equally well to homemaking. I realized this not long ago, after […]
A Valentine’s Day Surprise
Yesterday was a very fun day! The kids woke up to the table all decorated with balloons and candy. They read all the Valentine’s they made for each other and then came the best part. I put little surprises in each balloon so they got to pop them! Gideon liked the balloons popping but at the […]
Teaching Children to Sit Reverently at Church
Ah, church, the place where one is supposed to be reverent and listen quietly to the speakers or teachers. For little ones it can be particularly hard, especially if church is comprised of long meetings like our typical Mormon church services are. How do you teach children to sit reverently at church? Shannon, who blogs […]
Sugar Cookies and Chocolate Cut Out Cookies
Last night the kids helped me bake dozens and dozens of sugar cookies, both regular and chocolate. Always gotta have some chocolate! It’s tradition to make sugar cookies close to Valentine’s Day. There are just some really neat ways to make hearts while decorating with Royal Icing! You can see some of them on a […]
DNA, Ancestry, and Who You Are
Genetics is fascinating. What makes you who you are, at least genetically? Does it matter? Does having a specific set of DNA give you a certain identity? In the October 2013 National Geographic there was an article called the Changing Face of America that explored how multiracial the population of America is becoming. My family […]
5 Ideas for a Quick Mom Pick-Me-Up
As mothers and wives we spend most of our days serving others. I find great joy is cooking a meal, helping my children get dressed, teaching early morning seminary, folding laundry (I LOVE to fold laundry!) but if I’m not careful I can easily do too much. I become depleted and reach a breaking point. […]
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