This post has gotten too large with all the links. Find links to resources for the Come, Follow Me lessons for September – December 2019 here. I’m currently creating a new website called, A Gospel Centered Home, that will be dedicated to helping parents create an atmosphere and culture where Jesus Christ and His gospel […]
Archives for 2018
Christmas Apron & Christmas Break-in Movie Reviews (& Giveaway)
We had the delightful opportunity to review two new Christmas movies. Christmas Apron It’s no secret I love aprons! I’ve designed aprons of all sorts. We wear them daily while working in the kitchen and around the house. I absolutely loved the Christmas Apron and the message it shared, “Aprons help us do the most important […]
What We Learn From the Shepherds – FHE lesson
There are so many wonderful parts to the Nativity story! Learning about the shepherds and what they did after hearing the angel can help us to shine our light and share our testimony of Christ with others. Here’s a fun and simple family home evening lesson you can do tonight. First read Luke 2:8-20. Then […]
I Love The Book of Mormon!
See this book? I finished reading it again. Finished it a month ago on November 18th. This past General Conference President Russell M. Nelson offered four invitations to the women of the church. The second invitation was to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. “I invite you to read the […]
My New Grandson
I’m a grandma again! Or I should say a “Lita”, short for abuelita. Eve and Patrick had a little boy, Caden, at the beginning of November. Julie and I were able to go and visit the week after he was born. We got to snuggle him lots, read to and play with Thea, and just […]
President Nelson Invited the Women to Help Gather Israel
During the women’s session of General Conference President Nelson invited the women to help gather Israel by doing four things: participate in a 10 day social media fast, read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year, establish a pattern of regular temple attendance, and to participate fully in Relief Society. I quickly created a reading […]
October 2018 General Conference Jeopardy
The October 2018 General Conference Jeopardy is done! Wasn’t General Conference amazing? Only two hour church starting in January and twelve new temples were announced! Not to mention the invitation President Nelson gave to the women. You can watch all the talks here. This version includes every single speaker from the four general sessions on […]
Book of Mormon Reading Chart
Now that I’ve had some extra time I created a prettier chart that also includes the other three areas President Nelson invited the women to do to help gather Israel. Find it here! October 2018 General Conference has been wonderful so far! Tonight at the Women’s session President Russell M. Nelson invited the women of […]
Folding Plan of Salvation {Giveaway}
Do you know any newly called missionaries getting ready to start their missions soon? Are you looking for a simple yet useful gift to give to a missionary already serving? The folding Plan of Salvation is a great teaching tool that will help missionaries as they share about the plan of salvation. Each step is […]
August 2018 Happenings
Joseph, Ira, and I flew out to Kansas City at the beginning of August then drove to Nauvoo, IL to pick up Sara who did an internship there. It was wonderful to see what she had been working on all summer and meeting the people she worked with. What an amazing experience she had! While […]
July 2018 Happenings
The summer has gotten away from me! I’ve tried to intentionally be more present with my family which has meant less time writing on the blog. Instagram is so much easier to post to when I want to share what our family has been doing. There are two birthdays to celebrate in July. Gideon turned […]
Hope of Israel Escape Room
I am SO EXCITED to share this Escape Room with you! Our stake president asked all the youth in our stake to review the worldwide youth devotional with President and Sister Nelson titled Hope of Israel. If you haven’t watched it, you should! This escape room was based on that devotional. There are codes to […]
Winnemucca Stake Trek 2018
Our stake has never participated in trek before so there was a LOT of planning and preparation for almost a whole year. It all paid off big time! (You can read my daughters’ perspectives at the end of the post) We met early in the morning to load everyone’s gear before heading to Battle Mountain […]
The Golden Plates Graphic Novel Review & Giveaway
When my brother, Pere, was little my parents had a hard time getting him to like reading. They tried everything they could think of to engage his interest. One day my dad asked him what he would like to read and he said, “Comic books.” That was the ticket! I have memories of riding our […]
TREK the Movie – Review & Giveaway
At the end of June our stake participated in Trek (which I’ll post about next week). If you are LDS you know what trek is, for everyone else….no it has nothing to so with Star Trek. Trek is a reenactment of Mormon handcart pioneers that came across the plains between 1856 and 1860. With that […]