We recently made a very long journey across the country. My sister and I and our collective 6 children piled into her SUV and joined the family caravan to Iowa (an 18 hour drive) to visit my Grandparents and other family who live nearby. My big kids are used to traveling in the car. We’re a road-tripping family and they […]
One of the huge unforeseen benefits of my year of creative habits challenge has been the memory-keeping aspect of keeping a daily sketchbook. As I look back through these photos from the past few weeks, I can remember exactly where I was while I worked on the pages and the emotions I was feeling at the time. For example, I […]
I’m joining up with some fantastic bloggers to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Family Home Evening program. We all prepared FHE lessons based on talks from the latest General Conference. I chose to prepare a Family Home Evening lesson on President Eyring’s talk on fasting and fast offerings, because I know it is an area in which I could really use […]
Scripture journaling is a very effective way for me to gain greater insight into the verses I am studying. As a visual learner, I do not grasp information well if I just read it or just listen to it. I understand a concept much better if I can sketch out (whether on paper or in my head) how its various […]
One of my favorite LDS Primary Songs is Faith by Beatrice Goff Jackson. I find her lyrics so powerful. The first verse goes like this: Faith is knowing the sun will rise, lighting each new day. Faith is knowing the Lord will hear my prayers each time I pray. Faith is like a little seed: If planted, it will grow. […]
Say what you will about Valentine’s Day being a Hallmark holiday, but I love it. We don’t do expensive gifts, but I always look forward to any day that I can go a little bit out of my way to show my family and friends that I adore them. These sweet little color-your-own valentines would be a great addition to […]
I’m excited to be joining in on Camille’s Online Advent Calendar today. I have been so inspired by the other posts in her series. Thank you, Camille, for putting together such a great resource! Today I have a collection of free embroidery patterns for you. They are pretty darling, if I do say so myself. The patterns are sized to fit […]
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 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 used to take copious notes during General Conference. By the end of each session I’d have written pages and pages of inspiring quotes and detailed impressions. That doesn’t happen as much anymore, now that we have kids. It’s hard to listen to a complete session, no matter how many amazing keep-the-kids-quietly-busy activities I plan and prepare. So I designed […]