Saying “I love you” isn’t the only way to tell your kids you love them. These 50 ideas will help you show love to your kids in new and creative ways! At our house, we say “I love you” many times each day. In fact, we say it so much that sometimes it becomes a…
I have been blessed with an amazing husband who will literally do anything for me. I chose this photo because it illustrates how willing he is to serve me so well. We were in Chicago, waiting to get on a train to go into the city to watch the Chicago Symphony. I realized it was…
Every kid wants to feel super special on their birthday! Here are some great ways to make sure they do. This morning my husband and I dragged ourselves out of bed really, really early—like, before 6:00 am early—to give our newly minted 15-year-old breakfast in bed. She leaves to early morning seminary by 6:25 every…
You can’t pour water from an empty vessel. Moms need to practice self-care in order to take care of everyone else. I get pretty cranky with my kids around bedtime. I have even been known to tell them that I can’t be a mom after 9:00 pm because I’m off duty. Some days are worse…
This adorable Halloween wreath is simple to make with just a few supplies. I recently wrote about how I wasn’t so sure I wanted to go all out decorating for Halloween this year. I’m still not sure I want to, but my cute little 4th gradervtook care of that for me! I was going to…
Studying the scriptures with children can be difficult. Here are a few resources to make it easier. Tonight my two oldest daughters and I went on a teaching appointment with the missionaries. They are teaching a girl that is a year ahead of my oldest in high school, and it was such a great experience…
Looking for new and fun ways to engage with your kids? Try these fun conversation starters! I don’t know about you, but we spend an awful lot of time in our car. As soon as the kids get home from school we are jumping in the car to go to dance and music lessons, cross…
Looking for the best books to read aloud to your children? Try one of these timeless classics, beloved by all! This past summer I worked on getting back into the habit of reading out loud to my girls. I love reading to them. We have such great conversations and cuddles and it’s one of the…
I’ve been so busy working on my 31 Days to a Happier Home series that I completely forgot to post the Visiting Teaching Printable for this month! Well, we still have 3/4 of the month left, so hopefully it isn’t too late. This month’s Visiting Teaching message is Divine Attributes of Jesus Christ: Filled With…
I’ve written before about our budget, but what I did not write about is how we totally and completely fell off of the budgeting bandwagon last year. Life got crazy and stressful, and we slowly stopped entering in our expenditures and balancing the checkbook. We slowly stopped having budget planning meetings. We slowly stopped being…
The other morning my youngest daughter was having an emotional meltdown before school. In fact, I could probably write that sentence on any given day because on most mornings she has an emotional meltdown before school. Usually it’s because she is feeling rushed (the bus comes awfully early), and she doesn’t like her parents nagging…
I got home from work today absolutely exhausted. While I’m having more and more good days, there are still plenty of bad ones, and today was one of the bad ones. As soon as I got home, I went straight to bed, hoping to magically find some energy for mothering my children once they hopped…