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 […]
Just living
It’s one of those days. The kind were I did not get enough sleep (4.5 hours) because Jason decided he really wanted to have Mommy sleeping next to him all.night.long. in the trundle bed. Ugh! And because I teach early morning seminary that starts promptly at 6:30am I can’t just sleep in. After seminary though […]
Family Work Part 3: Family Service
Regular family service projects are a wonderful way to engage everyone, young and old. It teaches children to be aware of others needs and also facilitates children’s naturally generous natures (once they get past the terrible twos and tough threes that is). “My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our […]
Family Work Part 2: Whining and Complaining
Have any of the following ever happened in your family? When the mention of work or chores is made kids break out in whining, tears, back talk, or stomping their feet throwing a fit. Some even run and hide. No? It never happens to you? Well. Maybe you should be the one writing this series […]
The Power of a Mother’s Words in Letters
Do you know how sometimes you can read things a gazillion times and they don’t mean much and then, for some unexplained reason, you will read it again and something will just click? The past couple of weeks there have been two things mulling around in my head, two experiences I’ve read, that just came […]
Family Work Part 1
Some of the best memories I have are those that involve working with my family both growing up and now with my own children. It is a bonding time where singing or whistling occurs between storytelling, teasing, and yes, sometimes, even quarreling. We are together working side-by-side or at least in close proximity to each […]
Make Reading Fun for Kids
Kerry shares ideas on making reading fun for kids in this guest post for the Establish a House series. Our children spend the first two or three years at school learning how to read. After that and for the rest of their lives, they read to learn. For their success, it’s essential that they learn […]
What’s Your Homemaking Bottleneck?
Heidi from A Lively Hope is guest posting today! Finding your bottleneck is a well-known business efficiency practice. If you can find the one problem that slows your business down and fix that problem, you can expect to see drastic results. This idea applies equally well to homemaking. I realized this not long ago, after […]
A Valentine’s Day Surprise
Yesterday was a very fun day! The kids woke up to the table all decorated with balloons and candy. They read all the Valentine’s they made for each other and then came the best part. I put little surprises in each balloon so they got to pop them! Gideon liked the balloons popping but at the […]
Teaching Children to Sit Reverently at Church
Ah, church, the place where one is supposed to be reverent and listen quietly to the speakers or teachers. For little ones it can be particularly hard, especially if church is comprised of long meetings like our typical Mormon church services are. How do you teach children to sit reverently at church? Shannon, who blogs […]
DNA, Ancestry, and Who You Are
Genetics is fascinating. What makes you who you are, at least genetically? Does it matter? Does having a specific set of DNA give you a certain identity? In the October 2013 National Geographic there was an article called the Changing Face of America that explored how multiracial the population of America is becoming. My family […]
5 Ideas for a Quick Mom Pick-Me-Up
As mothers and wives we spend most of our days serving others. I find great joy is cooking a meal, helping my children get dressed, teaching early morning seminary, folding laundry (I LOVE to fold laundry!) but if I’m not careful I can easily do too much. I become depleted and reach a breaking point. […]
The Humble Apron
On the heels of last week’s post, Moms Should Dress for Success, this week it’s all about . . . Aprons The word conjures up images of grandmother or mother baking in the kitchen or doing housework. Gathering eggs, wood, or flowers. Or bringing in the garden’s bounty. It brings to mind days of yore […]
Moms Should Dress for Success
It was lunchtime. The temperature on that mid-August day was sweltering at 105. It was all hands on deck as harvest on the third crop of alfalfa was fully underway. My job was to feed the extra farm crew, a couple of Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s brothers and several nephews. And, boy, were they hungry! It […]
Establish a House – A Home Making Series
Establish a House will be coming back in full force starting next Wednesday, January 21st!!! I began this series after a discussion in a facebook group about whether or not their families used tablecloths. I wrote a post about what we do and the response was overwhelming. It was so interesting to see what other […]
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