Every General Conference my mom makes cinnamon rolls. I finally started honoring the family tradition and doing it myself this past October conference. I won’t be making them today because I still have to go down to Tuacahn and teach, but I’ll do it tomorrow morning and I can hardly wait! (Even if I can’t…
True confessions. While I love to read, I admit that I have stayed away from LDS novels in general. The first LDS fictional novel I ever read was by a very popular author, and I read it in High School. It was so cheesy that I had no desire to read another one, but here…
When our ward split in November, the Stake President stood at the pulpit and quoted some quote about how nobody likes change but that it was often good for us and he wanted us to please embrace it anyway. He’s right. Change is hard. However, change can be very good if we can only make…
I thought long and hard about what my theme for 2009 should be. I mentioned before that the thought had crossed my mind to choose a scripture, so most of my thinking was turned toward my favorite verses and the things I hope to accomplish this year. I have ADHD and I struggle with organization….
Update: 2023-PSE 5.0 is obsolete now, but these same steps will still work if you have a later version of PSE. I have upgraded to PSE 15.0 and though things are placed slightly differently, everything in this tutorial still applies. I’ve had a few requests for help on this, so here you go. I don’t…
On Tuesday, we received some bad news. It seems the state legislature has given some pretty big budget cuts to all state universities. In this economy, such things are to be expected. We’ve known about the cuts for quite a while, and hoped that the music department would somehow escape the consequences because they didn’t…
Overstuffed Life Family Productions presents The Wizard of Oz Family Themed Halloween Costumes (or Wicked, if that’s what you prefer) The cast of characters, in the order they happened to be photographed by mom. Dorothy (played by middle daughter) The Good Witch of the North, aka Galinda, aka Glinda the Good (played by oldest daughter)…
Yesterday I finished Miss Cowardly’s costume. One down, two to go. Once my recital was over, I started the sewing, and to be honest, I’ve been less than consistent. But it’s done! And isn’t it cute? Actually, turns out she takes after her father and has a kind of big head. Knowing this, I made…
Last week for Family Home Evening we wanted to do a lesson about several things that have been problematic in our home the last few weeks. Namely, room cleanliness and fighting. Part of the problem in keeping their toys picked up, is that every time they go in to do it, they just sit there….
Unless a small miracle occurs (and I still believe it could happen), it seems that we are staying in Cedar another year. In the spirit of having a better attitude about this, I decided we should get out of the house and enjoy the great town we live in. Because Cedar City as a place…
You can all close your mouths now. You know, the mouths that are open in shock because I, self professed non cook, am posting a recipe. There are two things you need to remember: 1. It’s not that I can’t cook, it’s just that I prefer not to. 2. If I must cook, I prefer…
Every summer I have great intentions of doing chore incentive programs that are more intensive than the ones we do during the school year. I have visions of happy children happily practicing their instruments before watching TV, joyfully doing their chores before going out to play, and most of all, never fighting or arguing or…