Extraordinary Ideas for Ordinary Families
General Conference is upon us, and that means our church listens to a broadcast in which we are enriched and uplifted by the word of God!! It’s a great weekend…and can also feel long for the littles!! So we do our best to make it special for our kids! Here are 5 ways that we …
A man admired his neighbor’s beautiful garden. It was so lush and incredibly fruitful. Obviously the gardener was an expert and had put in hundreds of hours of work! He asked her one day what she would recommend to a novice gardener to encourage success. She looked at him and straightforwardly answered: “Stay close to …
You know the old adage, “Practice makes perfect!” Well, I call false advertising! Sometimes we practice something and never attain the ever-elusive “perfect!” My children have all had various piano and orchestra concerts this week in addition to their other sports and don’t even get me started on the class pictures that my elementary school …
I am feeling the impending presence of another teen in my house! Haha, not a bad thing, I love teens!! But my 2nd oldest is turning 13 in two short months and I am doing my best to keep the lines of communication open with her, and her older brother. So far, here’s what I’ve …
Have you had an Amaryllis bulb before? I highly recommend the experience! You don’t need any gardening expertise. You simply need to add a little water occasionally and watch this amazing plant bloom. These massive bulbs are available in the month of December and often come in a little pot with dirt, making this incredibly …
Here’s that tricky week again! This is the week that apparently most people give up on their New Year’s resolutions. All those exciting ideas sadly abandoned. All of those treadmills gathering dust. Are you still hanging on? We are innately drawn to improve! When we see something we like, we yearn to learn it or …
We are big readers around here!! We’ve read good books, funny books, boring books, inspiring books, and just ok books. Really, I love a good book! Just ask my husband. If I go to a bookstore for any reason he knows not to expect me for a few hours. Did you know that reading a …
In one of the recreation centers in our hometown, there are a set of rock climbing walls. Over the past couple of weeks that my kids have been off of school, we’ve gone to climb there. It’s super lowkey, it has 5 walls with varying levels of difficulty. Over the course of the last couple …
The year is rapidly coming to an end and that means it’s time to start a family memory jar!! Every year I get a glass jar with a lid, write the upcoming year’s date on it–in this case 2023, and stick it somewhere in my kitchen where everyone can see it. I put either a …
This week we are hiding notes of gratitude around our neighborhood!! Each of my kids has 2 notes that we are going to hide on a neighbor’s porch, car, tape to the garage or front door!! Anything from, “I love the color of your house, thanks for making our street look nice,” to, “I really …