A couple years ago, I started putting service ideas in our advent calendar instead of candy. I wasn’t sure how my girls would like that since they LOVED fighting over a single piece of chocolate every morning, but it’s turned out pretty well. Now they look forward to trying to do the simple service they…
A back-to-school feast and family theme is a great way to kick off the school year for your kids. This tradition is something they look forward to every year and helps them to be excited to go back to school. School started last week and we held our traditional back-to-school feast the night before the…
Is packing school lunches the worst part of your morning? Try these four ideas to make fast and kid friendly lunches for school—so easy your kids can do it themselves. I’m not gonna lie, packing lunches is the worst part of the school year for me. I can deal with the homework and the busy…
The visiting teaching message for July 2017 is called That They May Be One. The gist of the message is that perfect unity with Jesus Christ and with our Father in Heaven should be a goal of ours. Elder D. Todd Christofferson said, “Jesus achieved perfect unity with the Father by submitting Himself, both flesh…
The school year is almost over for us. I’m totally in my end-of-year school mom phase which means I am done packing lunches, done nagging about homework, and done waking up early. Every year at about this time I start to seriously wonder if I can really hold on for just three more weeks. I…
Last April I made these General Conference study bookmarks, and I really enjoyed using them as a way to study the General Conference talks when my Ensign came. I didn’t get around to doing them in October because we were on our sabbatical and everything was a little topsy turvy, but I enjoyed them so…
This fun April Fools Day dinner activity will make the whole family laugh! I’m not a big prankster on April Fools Day—or any other day for that matter. But I still wanted to find a fun way to celebrate April Fools Day with my kids. I remembered that I had done these mystery dinners at…
St. Patrick’s Day is mostly an overlooked holiday at our house. Sure, the kids might wear green to school so they don’t get pinched, but I have never made any kind of big deal over the holiday. Once, my husband and I even went to Chicago over St. Patrick’s Day weekend and we just had…
Girls always need new hair ties. Always. At least, my girls do! I’m not sure if they all end up broken, borrowed by others, or in some sort of lost hair elastic twilight zone, but I feel like I have bought thousands of them in just the past year! Needless to say, hair ties are…
At the end of January, I generally go on a quick Valentine’s Day shopping spree for my girls. I look for small, useful items that I know will appeal to tween/teen girls that I can put into their Valentine’s Mailboxes. Part of the tradition is making a little card to go with the little gift….
I give cute valentine socks to my girls for Valentine’s Day every single year. In the past I’ve always used the saying “You Knock My Socks Off!” but this year I felt bored of it. I thought about it for a while and finally came up with “We Make a Great PAIR!” I just love…
When I do these Valentine printables for my kids every year, I hate to give them gifts that are just going to add to the clutter. I like to give them things that are practical that I know they will use. So, I generally wander around the store and find things that are useful that…