ideas

My friend Melissa asked me to share my “favorite things” post again this year (last year I was too crazy with the wedding, but click HERE to find the one from two years ago…I think it’s funny that most of those are still my favorite things). Ok, so here we…

This spring I fell head-over-heels in love with family walks. It all started because we were heading out on a big trip shortly after school got out.   Man oh man do I ever have a whole slew of things to say about that (I am grateful every single day).…

I have found in my continual “battle of the clutter” that we need a spot for so many “things” as they infiltrate into our home. I know, duh, but I was getting so sick of calendars, wedding invitations, announcements, quotes we want to memorize, school notices, etc. sitting around.  You…

A while back we revamped our Saturday jobs. And I’ve been meaning to share the new system ever since because it works! I’ve always been a big believer of what I call the “three P’s” of cleaning:    1) PRINT out those jobs so that kids can see what needs…

Hello! I just came across a post on your blog from March 5th 2008. It was about motherhood and you talked about your father cornering you and your siblings for interviews {that blog post is back HERE…it’s called “7 Motherhood ideas I love”}.  I have to say, you seem like you…

Have I ever mentioned my Dad was/is big into goals?  Oh boy, he is like the goal guru if there ever was such a thing.  When he and my mom first got married they went so far as to make a home-made mobile to hang above their bed that outlined…

I want so much for our home to be Christ-centered.  I’m so grateful for how the gospel gives so many ideas to make that happen (family scriptures, family prayer, Family Home Evening, church services, etc.).  Aside from the practices we do as a family to remind us to put Christ…

When girls turn eight in our church they get to start going to “Activity Days,” (they get to meet with all the other girls in the congregation and do activities based on ideas from the Faith in God program here.  It’s a pretty darn fun way to learn how to strengthen their…

On one of our first Sundays here in China Dave and I introduced the kids to the “theme” we wanted to have for our family while we’re here. And we just barely got it up on the wall. We’ll always have our family motto of course, which we refer to…

When I was a kid, I remember a really special day in our house. It was the day we dedicated that house of ours.  As a kid, I had never heard of anyone else dedicating their house before.  Dedicating something to me was so holy and serious, more for temples and holy…