For a little over a year I have been on a personal journey. I’ve realized this is the only real goal I want to carry forward in my life. Not because I don’t want to accomplish other things or better myself but because this one thing has the power and capacity to be the catalyst […]
Here Is Hope
Easter Sunday will soon be here. Our Calvary’s Hill, Empty Tomb Garden has been growing for the last three weeks. A subtle reminder of what we are celebrating resting right there on the kitchen counter. Amid the chaos of dirty dishes and cooking messes tender green shoots skyward searching for the light that gives it […]
Easter Ideas from Around the Web
Just a roundup of ideas from around the web to celebrate Easter. Personal Study Easter Scripture Study – Gethsemane Scripture Chain from That Good PartEaster Scripture Study – Last Week of Christ’s Life from That Good Part The Last Hours of Christ’s Life Study Packet from The Red Headed Hostess Countdowns 8 Day Walk With […]
Easter Resurrection Puzzle {Giveaway}
One of our favorite Easter decorations is this Resurrection puzzle I bought a couple of years ago.I love how it is simple, focused on Christ, and tells the story of that miraculous Easter morning through the figures. Can you tell who they are? Though they weren’t all there at the same time each was at […]
Easter Activities that focus on the Savior
Easter is the last day of March this year. I LOVE Easter! I love celebrating the life of Jesus Christ, reflecting on the Atonement and glorious Resurrection, and teaching my children all about it. Here’s a peek at activities, crafts, and printables we do leading up to Easter all focused on the Savior. […]
Heart Animal Valentines
Have you ever read the book My Heart Is Like a Zoo? The artwork is so much fun! All of the animals are created with hearts of various colors and sizes. My children have been busy this week creating Valentine’s for their cousins, friends, and mom & dad using the illustrations in the book as […]
Keeping Christmas
When the wrappings have been opened wide,gifts given and received,And songs of praise haveraised the roofin jubilee. It does not have toshould notend.This spirit of Christmas,joy heartfelt. We can have it all year long,every day,even on the hard stamped days,the snowy cold-in-the-heart days. As our lives move onwardpuzzled togetherwith bits of this and that,we can […]
A Dozen Beloved Christmas Books
We love books. We love Christmas. We love books about Christmas! Here are a dozen of our favorite. 1. The Miracle of the Wooden Shoes by Deborah Pace Rowley is a moving story about love, anonymous service, and the gift we receive from the Savior. As is tradition in his German town, Walter puts out […]
Christmas With the Prophets
This is a repost from one I wrote last year for Latter-day Homeschooling. David O. McKay giving a sleigh ride to family members Every year we forego all the scholarly studies for December and focus our attention on Christmas instead. We have what we call “Christmas School.” Last year we had Christmas with the Prophets. […]
2012 Family Christmas Card
Our Christmas cards are done, stuffed into envelopes and ready to mail the next time we go to town {since our mailbox is 15 miles away}. If you normally get a card from us please don’t read further so you’ll be surprised when it arrives! I am sharing our card, slightly altered to fit the […]
A Christmas Scripture Advent for Children
Awhile ago a blog reader asked if I could create a simple Christmas countdown for children using the scriptures and the main figures of the Nativity story. Each day in December leading up to Christmas a small part of the Christmas story is presented as told in the four Gospels of the New Testament, particularly […]
NOEL: Carols of Christmas Past {Giveaway}
GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED!! Christmas music is filling our house! I love this time of year when there are so many arrangements and variations of familiar Christmas songs available. For my birthday, my parents gave me a new Christmas CD, NOEL: Carols of Christmas Past, by Jenny Oaks Baker. It is lovely! Some of my favorite […]
Activities to Focus on CHRISTmas
The Christmas season is upon us! It can be a beautiful and inspiring time of year if you allow some room for Christ in all the celebrations. He is the reason we are celebrating to begin with, right? Here are a few activities and lesson plans I have shared over the years to bring our […]
Give Thanks – Eucharisteo
For a little over a year I have been on a personal journey. I’ve realized this is the only real goal I want to carry forward in my life. Not because I don’t want to accomplish other things or better myself but because this one thing has the power and capacity to be the catalyst […]
The 13th Day of Christmas {Giveaway}
♫ ♩ ♩ On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me ♩♩♫ I know, I know, Thanksgiving isn’t even over and I am posting about Christmas. What is wrong with me? And to make it worse now you’ll get the most annoying Christmas song ever stuck in your head. Your welcome. […]
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