This past month or so I have realized I need to focus more on my family and home. Even as we face new adventures with the older ones leaving the nest for college or getting married it’s time to reassess and refocus. There will be a lot of organizing this year as a result of […]
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To infinity and beyond!
Twenty years has gone by way too fast with this wonderful man! Mr. Ferrero Rocher is kind, caring, funny, sweet, self-disciplined, and believe it or not, shy. I am so grateful to be married to such a faithful family man and one devoted to the Lord. He is definitely the love of my life! Here’s […]
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. […]
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 […]
Wreckage and Ruin
Wreckage and Ruin – those are the newest nicknames for the two youngest boys. Which one is which depends on the day. Things that survived all previous eight children without nary a scratch are now being systematically destroyed. I like that they are good buddies and all but please, oh, please why do they feed […]
Meet THIS Mormon
We belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints otherwise known as “The Mormons”. We are proud of this part of who we are! We are excited to team up with over 65+ of us strong… to extend an invitation to see a film. A film entitled “Meet The Mormons”. This film […]
Women of Faith & Meeting Montse
I have invited a wonderful guest blogger today, Amber, to share a little about a project she and several other women have created called Women of Faith. Anna and Amber came to present their project a little over a week ago to our ward (church congregation) and it was so lovely! I also got to […]
My Mundane Day
It’s a nice stack of wheat pancakes smothered in maple syrup and butter kind of day. A fold three loads of laundry, wash a sink full of dirty dishes, and scrub the house sort of day. It’s fill the water jug with ice water and take out to dad hauling hay kind of day. Keeping […]
My Summer Reading List
Today the mountains are covered in mist as a light drizzle continues to fall in our valley. It rained all day yesterday. We don’t have any hay down so it is welcome rain. The highs are only in the 70s. Naturally the windows are open, the enticing scent of wet sagebrush wafting through. Misty Mountains […]
My Stalwart Ancestors
One of my favorite shows (actually the only one I really watch other than 19 Kids and Counting) is Who Do You Think You Are? on TLC. It’s a genealogy show that helps famous people find out some of the secrets of their family’s past. A new season just started two weeks ago in the […]
My Littles
The older girls have been gone all week to girls camp. For most of the day it’s just been me and the “younger” crowd at home. We’ve been making cookies, watching movies, playing card games and board games, listening to the piano being practiced without older siblings grumbling about all the ‘noise’, and doing chores. […]
Saving Clothes for Hand-Me-Downs
Today’s Establish a House post comes from a question I received on my facebook page. “A question for moms of large families! How do you save clothes for hand me downs? Limited space and many bins are taking over my closets with clothes I’m saving and I dread seasonal change outs or size changes. What’s […]
Good Music Brighter Children
Please welcome another guest blogger for the Establish a House series. This time the topic is music and the impact it has on our children’s lives. There is a giveaway at the end! Hello, I’m Sharlene Habermeyer. Thanks for letting me guest post today! I am a mother of five boys and the author of […]
The Soul Knows Its Worth
“None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; We brought it with us.” (Sheri L. Dew, No One Can Take Your Place, pg 21) From the time my children are born and on into adulthood we remind them that they are God’s children first before they are ours. As I rock my […]
Keeping Children’s Sensitive Skin Healthy
Welcome to another Establish a House post, written this time by Andrea! She has some great tips for keeping sensitive skin healthy. When my first child, Miriam, was about a month old she developed a terrible diaper rash. I tried baby powder and changing her more frequently and then plain cornstarch per my mother’s recommendation, […]
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