The visiting teaching message for June 2016 is about temple ordinances and covenants. As a person who lives nearly 7 hours away from the nearest temple, I really enjoyed reading this lesson. Ever since I moved here, the chances I have had to visit the temple are much more meaningful to me in general. I…
Choosing which quote to feature this month was really difficult, you guys! I always love General Conference so much and so many different little sound bites inspire me greatly. That’s why, in the end, I chose to highlight Elder Holland’s talk for my May 2016 visiting teaching message. Elder Holland’s talk is titled “Tomorrow the…
I always have really good intentions to study the conference talks before the next General Conference rolls around. I rarely succeed, though, and it’s mostly just because I don’t really have anything keeping me accountable. So, I decided to change that this time around. When our General Conference editions of the Ensign arrived (we always…
The visiting teaching message for April 2016 is titled Daughters of Our Eternal Father. For this month, I chose to use the quote from Elder Holland about the fact that God knows us because he is truly our Father in Heaven. Sometimes I forget what that word—father—actually means. The two earthly fathers closest to me—my…
This year, we are taking the Visiting Teaching messages from the Proclamation on the Family. For March, we are focusing on the fact that we are each created in the image of God. I loved President Monson’s quote in this lesson. It just helped me to really envision our loving Heavenly Father and that we…
I was working on my regular Visiting Teaching printable for March, and I was a little disappointed that the format I am using this year couldn’t handle the entire Thomas S. Monson quote. I loved the quote so much that I figured I would just do a bonus printable this month that featured the whole…
February is here, and it looks like a theme for 2016 Visiting Teaching messages has emerged—we will be studying the Proclamation on the Family. For February, the message specifically focuses on “Marriage is Ordained of God.” The quote I chose for my printable this month is the tail end of Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson’s quote…
A couple weeks ago Russell M. Nelson gave a talk entitled “Becoming True Millennials.” I loved his message to the youth of the millennial generation—a generation people typically think of as being entitled, lazy, and hopeless. Elder Nelson said, “Many people refer to you as Millennials. I’ll admit that when researchers refer to you by…
January is here, and with it comes a new theme for visiting teaching messages. I have really, really enjoyed studying the roles and attributes of our Savior in the past two years. Coupled with teaching the new cornerstone course in Institute this year (Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel), I have loved learning more about…
I LOVED General Conference last month. My husband was in Argentina conducting an orchestra there at the time and on Saturday morning it was really hard for me to gather the girls and get ourselves ready to watch. I almost didn’t do it. And then Saturday morning session happened. And I am SO GLAD that…
Redirect your children’s temper tantrums with gratitude. It really works! It’s amazing how entitled my kids can be sometimes. Shocking, really. Related: The Entitlement Trap Book Review I’m sure I acted that way as a kid, too, but I’m still surprised every time the entitlement rears its ugly head at my house. Don’t get me…
A back-to-school feast and family theme is a great way to kick off the school year for your kids. This tradition is something they look forward to every year and helps them to be excited to go back to school. Sending my girls back to school each year is always bittersweet for me. Watching them…