I’ve had this recipe for making gingerbread men since my oldest was a baby. It has served us well Christmas after Christmas as my little ones have wanted to make gingerbread men but can’t quite handle rolling out dough and using cookie cutters. They inevitably end up cutting off arms or legs or the occasional […]
A Savior is Born Advent Day 5: Love Like the Savior
Just saying you love someone is not always enough. You must show him that you love him through your actions. There are a lot of ways to show our love to others. #ASaviorisBorn to show us how to love all. The service jar is one simple way the whole family can contribute to helping others […]
A Savior is Born Advent Day 4 – Read About the Savior’s Birth
One tradition we have in our family is to read a different Christmas book every night leading up to Christmas. Each of my kids have their favorites. Some like those that feature animals, others like retellings in rhyme. Have you read any of these? C is for Christmas by Tonya Skousen Arenaz Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol […]
A Savior is Born Advent Day 3: Sing Hallelujah
Why is it when we are happy we want to break out in song? Music is a universal expression and a way we can share our joy. At Jesus’ birth the angels appeared and spoke, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Many have tried to capture the […]
A Savior is Born Advent Day 2: Proclaim the Savior’s Birth
Today you get to help proclaim the Savior’s birth! Angels proclaimed Christ’s birth to the shepherds, who in turn ran through the streets of Bethlehem declaring He had been born. We can proclaim the Savior’s birth too! Download the file for today’s activity which includes the sign above. Don’t forget to explore more about why […]
A Savior is Born Advent – Day 1: Mary, Mother of Jesus
I am so excited to be teaming up with SugardoodleShop.com to bring you this wonderful advent to go along with the #ASaviorisBorn Christmas message! There are only 12 days so you can choose to start now or wait and start on the 12th or 13th of December depending on whether you want to end on […]
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Christmas. A time when people are a little more kind, show a little more love, and hearts are softened. Why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly7c9scxB9I There is a reason Jesus Christ is known as the Light of the world, the Comforter, the Prince of Peace. He makes it possible for all of us to overcome our weaknesses, to break […]
Names of Christ Advent Devotional {Giveaway}
Oh, how I love the Christmas season! I enjoy all the gift giving and caroling, the cookie baking and decorating, but mostly I enjoy focusing on Who we are celebrating and why. My friend, Heidi, at A Lively Hope has created a wonderful Names of Christ Advent Devotional to help us do just that. There are 24 […]
Free Easter Prints
The weather is starting to warm up a bit. The kids are anxious to start digging in the dirt. We’ve bought new chicks, scoured garden seed catalogs, and are deciding on stucco color for the house. All signs that spring is here! The Easter and spring decorations have been slowly making their appearance. I decided […]
Names of Christ Easter Eggs
We tried something a bit different this year with our Easter tree! Instead of using the tags with names of Christ on them that come in The Living Christ Easter countdown we wrote on hollowed out eggs and then dyed them. It is an easy project. Just go into it expecting to crack a few eggs […]
Celebrating a Christ-centered Easter {Review}
One of my all time favorite holidays is coming up! I love Easter. Absolutely adore it! I especially love celebrating it with my family creating traditions for my children and passing on old ones from my own childhood. To keep us focused on what we are celebrating – the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ […]
Sugar Cookies and Chocolate Cut Out Cookies
Last night the kids helped me bake dozens and dozens of sugar cookies, both regular and chocolate. Always gotta have some chocolate! It’s tradition to make sugar cookies close to Valentine’s Day. There are just some really neat ways to make hearts while decorating with Royal Icing! You can see some of them on a […]
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve the kids dressed up and acted out the Nativity while Mr. Ferrero Rocher read from Luke 2. We watched a movie and then sent them all to bed. Christmas morning everyone came out at 7am (per tradition) and looked at the goods in their stockings. Then we recited The Living Christ before opening […]
Making Gingerbread Houses
We had a wonderful Christmas! The two oldest are back for a couple of weeks break between semesters. If you haven’t noticed I’ve stayed away from the blog to enjoy more time with the family. Today I’m documenting our annual gingerbread house making party. We look forward to it every year! If you click on […]
Mary, Did You Know {A Study on Mary}
My third child was born one week before Christmas. It was definitely a special time in my life as I reflected on another mother so long ago. It made Christmas extra special that year having a newborn baby in the house. I prepared this study to look further into the life of Mary, the mother […]
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