July 24th is Pioneer Day in celebration of the arrival of the first Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. In an effort to teach our children about their pioneer heritage we are learning about their pioneer ancestors. We are lucky to have access to detailed records of their lives. This week’s posts all come […]
Pioneer Heritage: Matie Salisbury and Jed Ashton
July 24th is Pioneer Day in celebration of the arrival of the first Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. In an effort to teach our children about their pioneer heritage we are learning about their pioneer ancestors. We are lucky to have access to detailed records of their lives. This week’s posts all come […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Work
“Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go…” For some, work is a drudgery, something that has to be done, plowed through at the quickest rate possible so one can get to the fun. Others view work to the extreme never taking a break to rest or relax, viewing fun as a waste […]
Pioneer Heritage: Jane Treharne
July 24th is Pioneer Day in celebration of the arrival of the first Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. In an effort to teach our children about their pioneer heritage we are learning about their pioneer ancestors. We are lucky to have access to detailed records of their lives. This week’s posts all come […]
Pioneer Heritage: Edward Ashton
July 24th is Pioneer Day in celebration of the arrival of the first Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. In an effort to teach our children about their pioneer heritage we are learning about their pioneer ancestors. We are lucky to have access to detailed records of their lives. This week’s posts all come […]
New Mormon.Org
I’m sure most of you have at one time or another run into Mormon missionaries. They’ve probably knocked on your door. Now you have the opportunity to reverse the role and “knock on the door” of Mormons through the internet. Want to know what we believe? Want to know how we live our lives? Mormon.org […]
Hyalophora columbia
We misidentified our caterpillar! Thanks to Michael from Wormspit who let us know our caterpillar is a Hyalophora columbia, which is often mistaken for a Cecropia. As we delved deeper into our research we found some clues that we should have looked at before making a final identification of our caterpillar. 1. Cecropias host mainly […]
Hyalophora cecropia
We found out our caterpillar is a Cecropia, or Robin moth. EDITED: We misidentified our caterpillar. It is a Hyalophora Columbia. Read more here. Eventually it will look like this. Pretty neat, right? You may remember when we found it last Sunday it looked like this. Well, right now it looks like this. The moth […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Wholesome Recreational Activities
Can I tell you how much I love my family? My husband and my children are the world to me. I love all of their different personalities, talents, and quirks. I am also very lucky to have a great extended family. My own parents, brothers and sisters, as well as Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s parents and […]
Once upon an evening
Before heading back to Utah my dad wanted go take some picture of the sand dunes. Of, course everybody wanted to go. We all piled into the van except for Mr. Ferrero Rocher who had to take a phone call. Um, we didn’t quite make it to the dunes. Instead we had an adventure! As […]
Happy Independence Day
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” ~Declaration of Independence My parents are in town visiting. We’ve been spoiled, of course, with good food, lots of laughter, […]
A Summer Cottage in Babylon
Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along… Yup, that was me merrily going along my way when one day in my personal study I came upon this scripture in Isaiah “Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, […]
Personal Warning Rattles
Know what this is? When you hear it you know it’s a warning to flee quickly lest you be subjected to painful, venomous, even deadly, bites. It is an audible warning of a physical danger. But what of spiritual danger? Are there warning rattles we can attune ourselves to that if heeded will protect us […]
Story Paddle Boards
Many of our family home evening lessons have stories with pictures. Typically I would hold up a picture and tell the words to the story that went along with the picture. My sister-in-law came up with the idea of using a paddle board to hold the story using binder rings. She types up the words […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Repentance and Forgiveness
June 23 – Repentance and Forgiveness – If any of you have never done anything wrong please raise your hand! All of us have had need to seek out forgiveness, to give forgiveness and to repent. How do you teach your children about repentance and forgiveness? “Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on […]
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