I was doubly blessed this year to not only have my birthday fall on Thanksgiving but also have so much family gathered together. ALL of the Wadsworths, except for two, were here as well as my parents. It is quite a crowd. My dad was kind enough to take a giant Wadsworth family photo for […]
Archives for November 2014
#ShareTheGift
The Christmas season is officially upon us! Are you ready to #ShareTheGift with your children? With family? With others? If you are looking for a few simple ways to focus on Jesus Christ during this Christmas season I have some suggestions. Print out the Nativity figures and Scripture Advent Countdown to do with your children every […]
Thirty Seven Spins Around the Sun
While people across the country are gathered with family and friends, counting blessings, and feasting I, too, am celebrating, rejoicing, reminiscing on my thirty-seven spins around the sun. Wonderful parents full of laughter, fun and wisdom who sacrificed and worked for me. Passing on stories of faith and fortitude a legacy of ancestors gone before. […]
Walking With the Women of the New Testament {Book Review}
A few years ago I attended a meeting for LDS Philanthropies in Provo, UT. While there I had the pleasure of sitting next to Heather Ferrell who blogs at Women in the Scriptures. She is truly an extraordinary lady! Her passion for the scriptures has helped many people especially as she has shared her insights […]
Eucharisteo – Thanksgiving
This time of year when grateful hearts turn into giving hands, my scripture study focuses on thanksgiving and the commandment we are given to be grateful. Gratitude is not just a commandment from the Lord, “Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things.” (D&C 59:7) It is a commandment with a promise, “And […]
Chocolate Chipotle Chili
Autumn has all of the sudden turned to winter. Light snow flurries have left a dusting on our mountains and the air is just down right chilly. Which makes for the perfect time to make chili! A good bowl warms the whole body. When I first decided to try this recipe of Chocolate Chipotle Chili my […]
Gratitude for the Refiner’s Fire
Have there been times in your life you have felt as if you are going through the refiner’s fire? What has kept you going? I know in my own life it has been my faith in God and the love of my family that keeps me going. I am willing to bet that most people […]
Amazing Hairstyles: From Easy to Elegant {book review}
Yesterday morning while everyone else was getting ready for church I played with my girls’ hair. They all have long(ish) hair, though some have stick straight hair while a couple inherited some very ringlet curly hair. When my first daughter was born one of the first things my husband remembers me saying is, “I can’t wait […]
A Christ Centered Christmas {Review & Giveaway}
I love celebrating Christmas! I love decorating my home with all the assorted Nativity sets I have collected over the years. Our family enjoys our various traditions of studying the Names of Christ throughout December, having a scripture advent countdown, and doing Christmas school. Last year I came across a wonderful book called, A Christ-Centered […]
Grateful in any Circumstance
Years ago my sister-in-law stitched a saying that I love, It goes along with one of my favorite scriptures, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” (Philippians 4:11) We have been blessed with so much! I firmly believe ingratitude and discontentment […]
Nominate a Mother!
American Mothers is an organization dedicated to honoring, educating and serving mothers at home, at work and in the world. Though it officially began in 1935 its roots go all the way to the Civil War when Anna Reeves Jarvis sought to heal the wounds created by the conflict by gathering mothers from both sides […]
The Miracles of Gratitude
Several years ago as I listened to President Thomas S. Monson in General Conference a new thought came into my mind that for some reason had never occurred to me before. It is in the acknowledgement of blessings that miracles occur. Here’s what he said, My brothers and sisters, do we remember to give thanks […]
Ahhh, November
November, one of my favorite months, is finally here! I love the crisp, cool mornings, the frost on the windows, the tango it dances with winter and autumn, cinnamon scents, hot chocolate, and all things pumpkin. I especially love it for the wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving. Keeping a gratitude journal has been one of the […]