A nice little article, Changing the World One Baby at a Time, appeared in the Church News this weekend. And a funny thing happened. I noticed in my blog stats that people were googling my name and finding their way here. (Welcome, by the way, to those of you who did just that.) It was […]
Archives for July 2013
CurrClick’s Pay What You Want Sale
Just popping in from my blogging break to tell you about a fantastic sale that started today at CurrClick. It’s the “Pay What You Want” event! Through the weekend and ending on July 29th, homeschoolers can shop over 4,000 titles from top homeschool publishers and you guessed it: *Pay whatever you want for the items […]
Betty Jean Gibbs Ventura
“Thou shalt live together in love, insomuch that thou shalt weep for the loss of them that die,” (Doctrine & Covenants 42:45) My sweet grandmother Yaya (Betty Jean Gibbs Ventura) has now joined her beloved companion Avi (Juan Ventura) in heaven. She was an amazing woman who loved serving others. I love her and will […]
Chocolate Kisses
Ah summer! Where has your first month gone? It seems like you are flying away too quickly. So much to do, so much to experience, and all at double time. For instance, yesterday was a very important day in history. VERY IMPORTANT. Do you know what happened on July 7, 1550? EUROPEANS DISCOVERED CHOCOLATE!!! Up […]
Five Minute Friday: Beautiful
Today I’m joining Lisa-Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday. Write for 5 minutes flat with no editing, no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation. Join us! This week’s topic: Beautiful Go! My oldest says it on the way home from the family BBQ. “Is it just me or was the sky particularly beautiful this […]
La Familia July 2013
Monday evening we headed out to Water Canyon to update our family photo. It was windy and we could see storm clouds in the distance. It was those storm clouds that brought lightning that sparked the wildfire. Regardless of the weather we actually got a few good photos! Hurray for cooperative children, a tripod and […]
Lightning Sparked Wildfire
This is the view from our house tonight before going to bed. The dim lights just left of center is my sister-in-law’s house. The three lights just right of center are our shops. A little too close for comfort! Here’s a closer look at the fire above my sister-in-law’s house (the two dots at lower […]