“Most “impossible” goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.” — Don Lancaster Home: Fix the garbage disposal Purge/clean my office Finish painting Ellie’s room Shower/master bathroom finished Relationships: Date night with Jason Go on a date with Ellie […]
Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of working with Heather from Women in the Scriptures on an amazing project. Heather is a scripture scholar and her blog has long been an inspiration to me. I was thrilled when she asked me to design the study guides to go along with her beautiful book, Walking with the Women […]
A couple of years ago I shared our Names of Christ advent ornaments. Our family has so enjoyed that simple and meaningful tradition. This year I drew a simpler version for you. All you need to do is print out the following page. Each day in December read the Bible verse (all verses are from the KJV) and discuss the […]
I really wish I could take all the credit for this idea, but it really belongs to my sister. We were chatting one day about some design work I was in the middle of (she’s one of my main sounding boards for the millions of ideas I have floating around in my head) and she mentioned the LDS Conference Journal […]
Everyone is Beautiful I loved that this book was a novel and shared ideas for self care and improving relationships. It’s a sweet love story and a finding -yourself-again-after-children story. Shadows of the Workhouse The second book in the Call the Midwife series. This work of non-fiction is extremely well written. It’s engrossing, horrifying and uplifting all at once. Can’t […]
All photos in this post are before photos. Check the links to see the improvements we’ve made. A little over three years ago, Jason had the opportunity to make a career change which included relocation to another part of the state. We talked and thought and prayed about the change and decided to go for it. We were thrilled to […]
I have been itching to tell you about this journal for weeks now, and I’m so excited that it’s finally ready to go out into the world! This is a hand-drawn guided journal. Basically that means it’s full of prompts to start your mind (or your child’s mind) working and remembering the huge number of blessings you have in your […]
I normally prefer knitting to crocheting but when the time comes to make a bulky afghan, I firmly believe that crochet is the way to go. This pattern is very simple and perfect for beginners. (Or, in my case, not-so-beginners who can only do very simple projects while riding in the car or they will get carsick.) It works up […]
In an effort to motivate our kids to do their daily chores, I have tried many charts and organizational ideas throughout my parenting years: sticker charts, expensive pre-made charts, written daily lists, picture charts, rocks in a jar, etc. Often these tools will work well for a short time, but then either the kids lose interest, or I fail to […]
Edenbrooke I flew through this book while on our recent vacation. It is a love story with a very Jane Austen feel. I do wish there was a bit more resolution with some of the characters at the end, but overall I really enjoyed it. Breakfast at Tiffany’s For some reason, this book wasn’t quite what I expected. I’m not […]