Thank you to Mormon.org and their #LightTheWorld 2016 Christmas campaign for partnering with me on this post! Going Christmas caroling can be an activity used for Day 15: Jesus Worshipped Through Song and So Can You! Make sure to check out our Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide—Find hundreds of gift ideas for EVERYONE on your list! I love…
Play the M&M gratitude game around your Thanksgiving table and focus on your blessings this holiday! When I was growing up, one of our Thanksgiving family traditions was to go around the table during dinner and say what we were grateful for. I have tried to continue that tradition with my own kids in various…
It’s November, which means that the month’s visiting teaching message comes from October 2016 General Conference. Obviously, it’s much harder for me to choose a quote from 38 full talks than it is to choose from a couple paragraphs of the monthly visiting teaching message. This year, since we are on sabbatical in Utah, we…
Not sure how to stay accountable for the personal goals you’ve set? Try these ideas I have always had a really difficult time sticking to my goals and creating new habits. It’s frustrating to me, but I recently discovered one reason for that. I have been reading Gretchen Rubin’s research on habit forming (See her…
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. My girls went back to school yesterday. My husband is taking a sabbatical this semester,…
The first rule to saving money on anything is to know how much you are spending in the first place. I used to keep all the household goods under the grocery umbrella in our budget. It sort of worked in that we just added whatever we needed each week onto the grocery list and went…
Now that I have two teenagers (yes, I did say TWO TEENAGERS, what has happened to my life?), it’s becoming more difficult to make General Conference special. I want them to be inspired and to listen, but I still want them to be just as excited about it as they were when they were in…
I’m not really sure when Easter started to be almost as big as Christmas, but I don’t love it. Sure, I’m all for doing a basket filled with some candy and a couple fun things for the kids, but lately I’ve seen things that are completely over-the-top. Not only are they elaborate, they are expensive….
I fully admit that we don’t really do St. Patrick’s Day at our house. It’s really just a day to wear green and maybe pinch a few people, and otherwise I don’t think much of it. Don’t believe me? Well, there was that one time my husband and I drove to Chicago over St. Patrick’s…
I made this Valentine love list printable for my Girl Scout Troop, so they could each make an easy Valentine’s Day project for someone they loved. Many of them chose parents and siblings, a couple chose friends, and one girl even chose her elderly neighbor (but she crossed out “love” and wrote “like,” which I…
I made this “just write for me” valentine printable for our Valentine’s Day Mailbox tradition. I used these mini composition books (but they are so much cheaper at WalMart or the Dollar Store, FYI) to go along with this printable, but you could use it with any size and style of notebook or journal that you…
Today’s Valentine printable for our Valentine Mailbox Tradition is designed for use with hair elastics. As the mom of three girls with tons of hair (and having a ton of hair myself), I can testify that we always need hair ties. I don’t know where they all go, but I buy them fairly often throughout…