“It was a stroke of incredible luck! On my son’s birthday, we snagged tickets to a Laurie Berkner concert, and it was a blast. Thanks to Tonies for sponsoring the event and to Laurie Berkner for making it unforgettable. We’re grateful for the music and the memories!
Today in our Relief Society lesson we were discussing Dallin H. Oaks’ talk “Be of Good Cheer” I read through the talk yesterday and then I came across this quote from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland – “We should honor the Savior’s declaration to “be of good cheer.” (Matthew 14:27) Indeed, it seems to me we …
“When the time for decision arrives, the time for preparation is past.” ― Thomas S. Monson This quote hit home for me literally this past June when a huge wildfire raged near our family’s home. The picture in my header was taken by my husband from our front porch at 1am as we were scrambling to …
For the last 6 months my church congregation has not met traditionally because of the lockdowns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the coming weeks and months we are anticipating starting to hold more regular meetings – even if it still looks different than it had been. Before we go back to these more normal …
How to set up an easy homeschool schedule that you can actually follow!
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 …
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). …
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 …
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 …
I just wanted to post about some of my favorite things from General Conference this last weekend. I love Conference weekend, there’s not much that’s better than getting to snuggle up on the couch and listen to the prophet and apostles and church leaders. I always come away reinvigorated, recommitted and excited to live the …
On Friday I received word that my great granddad had passed away. At the age of 97 with his health failing his passing was met more with relief than shock. He will be truly missed in this life, but we are glad to know that he’s no longer suffering the ills of old age and is …
If you’d seen this trick posted before and wondered if it would work, let me tell you – it does! Yesterday morning I woke up with auras in my vision. At first I thought it was just my contacts readjusting and tried to give it awhile and just get ready. As we were about to head …
