If Not a Mormon, Then What?
In October General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson spoke to members of The Church of Jesus...
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 9 Aug 2019 | Spiritual Thoughts |
In October General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson spoke to members of The Church of Jesus...
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 21 May 2019 | Book Review, Personal, Smarter not Harder |
I’m a major book junkie. I’ve loved reading ever since I learned how to read. I remember as early as first grade staying up regularly until 1am reading quietly in my bed. However, I’ve found that as a mother it’s much more difficult to justify snuggling up in a chair all day with a book – […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 2 Apr 2019 | Personal, Spiritual Thoughts |
Never have I been so excited to attend a movie that I so desperately did not want to see. That’s how I felt going into see Unplanned today. I felt that this movie was important to see, I want it to do well and I thought it should be something everyone should go see – […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 30 Dec 2018 | Uncategorized |
In October 2018 General Conference President Russell M. Nelson, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints spoke to the women of the church and gave us some specific invitations to become more direct participants in the gathering of Israel. His invitations were – Participate in a 10-day fast from social […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 3 Apr 2018 | Freebies, Parenting, Smarter not Harder |
UPDATE 7/30/2020: After seeing a few requests for features I decided to rebuild this tracker almost completely so that it will support multiple students on the same workbook as well as making it a lot prettier to work with. It was a HUGE project but I’m pleased to announce that the result is live! I […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 22 Feb 2018 | Smarter not Harder |
Recently I’ve seen lots of friends requesting favorite Instant Pot recipes. I’m going to guess that many of my friends (like me) got an Instant Pot for Christmas and are still learning how to use it. I always want to respond to my friends but my response (surprise, surprise) is longer than I really want […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 2 Dec 2017 | Uncategorized |
It’s Christmas time! My 3 year old has been trying to convince me every morning that *today* is in fact Christmas and she should be able to open her presents now but so far I’ve been able to hold her at bay (I’m not sure if that will be true once the snow actually comes). […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 17 Nov 2017 | Uncategorized |
Ok friends I’ve been seeing these going around on Facebook recently and felt like it needed to be addressed. Let’s start by explaining what this is – a friend posts that they’re looking for people to participate in a gift exchange. The idea is that you just buy 1 gift (in this case valued at […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 30 Oct 2017 | Book Review, Smarter not Harder |
On Facebook I frequently see people looking for book recommendations. My response is always – well what do you like to read? My personal reading range is all over the map, so I need something to zone in on before making recommendations – or else my Facebook comments become crazy long. However, most of the […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 11 Jul 2017 | Parenting, Smarter not Harder |
I’ve been asked several times how our family sets up tech in our van when we’re on long trips. We’ve come up with a pretty awesome solution that keeps the kids very happy for the long trips, without fighting, and without spending a fortune. So what we’ve done is purchased Kindle Fire Tablets (http://amzn.to/2taMVqj) […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 14 May 2017 | Personal, Spiritual Thoughts |
I know on Mother’s Day we’re supposed to really focus on just our mothers, however today I want to pay a quick tribute to both my mom AND dad. In addition to today being Mother’s Day, today my dad was released as the bishop of my family’s home ward. He has served in that calling […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 10 Jul 2016 | Spiritual Thoughts, Why I Believe |
I know, I’ve fallen way off the boat with my “Why I Believe” posts, I’ll fill in more someday. I was asked to speak in church on Sunday about the Book of Mormon. At first I thought I’d end up just reading what I wrote in this blog post… but as I wrote my talk […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 22 May 2016 | Spiritual Thoughts |
Recently I was thinking about the Sabbath and trying to figure out why it is that we observe the Sabbath on Sunday in Christendom rather than on Saturday like the Jews. I’ve always been taught that we have the Sabbath because on the 7th day God rested from his labors of creating the world and […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 20 Mar 2016 | Spiritual Thoughts |
On Thursday I saw on Facebook that the 18 month old son of one of my friends had been found face down in her dad’s pool unresponsive. He had climbed out through a doggy door unnoticed. Over the next 36 hours I followed closely on Facebook as updates were posted – he was moved to […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 29 Jan 2016 | Uncategorized |
This morning I’m giving a guest lecture at LDS Business College introducing CSS. I wanted to post my slides here so the students could have easy access to them for their own review – Intro to CSS Slides. If anyone is interested in learning CSS here are a couple of websites that I think are […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 27 Jan 2016 | Spiritual Thoughts |
Yesterday morning my family was able to go to the Provo City Center Temple Open House. After LDS temples are constructed but before they are dedicated for regular use they have open houses when people of any age or faith can have the opportunity to tour the temple and get a view of what happens […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 22 Jan 2016 | Book Review, Smarter not Harder, vacations |
My husband and I just returned from a 5 day 4 night trip to Hawaii and let me tell you – it was awesome. It was the first real vacation we’d taken since our honeymoon 8 1/2 years ago. We’d done overnight local getaways maybe 3 times and gone to family reunions/weddings/holidays and back to […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 19 Oct 2015 | Spiritual Thoughts |
Yesterday in sacrament meeting we sang a hymn that I’ve always loved but for whatever reason today it really hit me in a different way. We sang “Israel, Israel, God is Calling”. If you’re not familiar with it you can watch this YouTube clip of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing it, and I’ve included the lyrics […]
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 7 Oct 2015 | Spiritual Thoughts |
The author reminisces about their favorite moments from the recent General Conference. They found Elder Lawrence’s message on self-improvement impactful, and were touched by President Monson’s incident and the swift support from fellow leaders. The Ponderize concept, Elder Holland’s tribute to motherhood, and the new apostles’ diverse experiences left a lasting impression. They also appreciated the parable shared by President Uchtdorf and Sister Stephens’ relatable story about communicating love through guidance.
Read MorePosted by Brittny | 29 Sep 2015 | Personal, Spiritual Thoughts |
This past Tuesday I went on a hike with our ward’s Cub Scout Pack. One of my current callings is as Cub Scout Committee Chair and Eric serves as our ward’s Cubmaster, so even though we don’t have any cub scouts in our family yet we are very involved with the organization. Every year we’re […]
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