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 […]
How The Family: A Proclamation to the World Inspired the LDS Mother’s Almanac and My Life
Janene Baadsgaard has written extensively for over thirty years offering her readers valuable information, insight and humor about life. She is the author of hundreds of newspaper columns and features, magazine articles and over a dozen books. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University in Communications with a journalism emphasis and has taught courses […]
Homosexuality and Compassionate Compromise
Gender is an essential characteristic of individual…eternal identity and purpose. ..We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife….Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the […]
Family Proclamation Lapbook {Craft or FHE Blog Hop}
I am so grateful for all the hard work that went into creating today’s post! LeeAnn creates lapbooks to go along with the sharing time themes in Primary. She graciously agreed to create a lapbook about The Family: A Proclamation to the World for our celebration. We like to do lapbooks in our homeschool so […]
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