Angela has provided another summary from the World Congress of Families! This is a presentation by Dr. Ted Baehr, founder and publisher of Movieguide, and Chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission. Dr. Ted Baehr The Culture Wise Family, Intersection of Faith and Hollywood Producer of the new family friendly movie: Return to the […]
Archives for May 2013
Classic Childhood Games to Play With Your Kids Outside
With the end of Memorial Day weekend and schools coming to a close its time to review some great games you can play outside with your children. Notice I didn’t say teach them to play on their own but you should actually go out and play with them. Remember we are trying to Establish a […]
Russia’s Fight to End Pornography – World Congress of Families
Another report from Angela! The World Congress of Families ended last weekend but there was so much good information that Angela will be going through her notes and writing more reports about the presentations she attended to share with us. One of the difficult things about WCF is choosing which presentations to attend, because they […]
How Do You Organize Your Photos?
My current project – creating photo books to be printed. It is a HUGE project! Because of my digital camera I have taken more pictures than ever. Unfortunately, I have very little pictures actually printed. Thus my goal to at least get a few photo books. I was able to get a couple of good […]
Going Home
Friday morning I took pictures of the scenery as I came home from town. It had rained the day before so the desert plants were coming to life. It’s amazing how just a little rain makes a big difference out here in the desert. It may not look like much but to those of us […]
The Modern French Revolution – World Congress of Families Day 02
This is an amazing story! Why haven’t we heard about it before here in America? I’m not sure but you are learning about it now. Feel free to share this post! The Modern French Revolution A brilliant story has the delegates at the WCF buzzing. I mentioned the French rallies for marriage and family briefly […]
World Congress of Families Day 02 Part I
Another great day full of information from Angela. So much to digest! I really appreciate how these speakers and presenters are from all over the world. Please share about this great congress by sharing these posts on twitter, facebook, and linking to your blogs. The more we spread the word about traditional families the better! […]
World Congress of Families Day 02 Part II
Q&A Panel included Byron Pirola (Marriage Resource Centre), Kelli Houghton (United Families International), Dr. Ted Baehr (Movieguide) and Sharon Slater (Family Watch International) Break Out Sessions: How various sectors impact marriage and family life.Panel: UN Issues, globalization and human rights. 1st Speaker: Human Rights Agenda and the War on the Family, Sharon Slater USA www.familywatchinternational.org […]
World Congress of Families Day 01 Part I
Here is a summary of Day 01 from the World Congress of Families being held in Sydney, Australia. Greetings from down under! Hundreds of the world’s best and brightest pro-family scholars, religious leaders, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, doctors, policy makers, government officials and legal minds have converged in Sydney, Australia for the World Congress of Families. […]
World Congress of Families Day 01 Part II
World Congress of Families Dr. Patrick Fagan, Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council in Washington D.C.Farming analogy: The quality of the seed (children) sown is dependent on the quality of the farmers (parents). The family is the future of the world. The woman in the home raising children is of greater value than the […]
Planting a “Wild” Flower Garden
Spring weather is finally here for most parts of the country. Yesterday was downright hot here! Time to start planting gardens – both flower and vegetable. Today as part of our Establish A House series I’m sharing how we plant a “wild” flower garden every year. These pictures were taken five years ago. I can’t […]
Giveaway winners and Motherhood Posts
I had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend. We traveled to Las Vegas for a brunch where I was honored as Nevada’s 2013 Young Mother of the Year along with Zan Hyer who was named Nevada’s Mother of the Year. It was fun to travel with the whole family down the back roads of Nevada. Seriously […]
To All You Mothers
To all you mothers 2013 AmericanMothers from AmericanMothers on Vimeo.Happy Mother’s Day! © 2007-2012 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
The Gift of Giving Life
Giving life – growing, nurturing, sustaining another inside you – is truly a gift given to women. Having recently birthed our tenth child I can attest to that divine calling. Two years ago before giving birth to Ganache, I had the pleasure of reading a book with a unique mission. The Gift of Giving Life […]
One Drop at a Time – Service Idea and a Giveaway
A few facts about honeybees: They live a short lifespan, anywhere from four weeks to four months A colony of bees can range from 20,000 to 60,000 bees To produce one pound of honey the hive must collective visit millions of flowers and travel the equivalent of two times around the world The contribution of […]