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…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cooked Perfect® Meatballs for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. School just started, which means that our lazy summer days will quickly turn to the busy days that the school year brings. Homework, music lessons, sports practices, dance classes, and other after school activities…
The visiting teaching message for the month of September is titled Of One Heart. The message is about Zion and how that means we are unified and work together (it calls to mind the lyrics of As Sisters in Zion, actually). I loved Elder Ballard’s quote about being one: “At the heart of the English…
While I always have great intentions of making and freezing healthy food for my kids’ lunch boxes, it doesn’t always happen. Sometimes life just gets crazy, and making fancy lunches gets put on the back burner. During those times (that seem to happen more and more the older my kids get), I need lunchbox ideas…
Thank you Fender for sponsoring this post. Learn guitar at home with Fender Play. A couple years ago, my teenage daughter decided that she wanted to learn the guitar. She saved up her money and purchased a shiny black Fender acoustic guitar and was SO excited to get started with learning to play it. (Just…
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 August is titled “Living a Consecrated Life.” Consecrating our lives to God means that we are giving our whole selves—not just our material possessions—to God. In doing so, we become true disciples. So many of the quotes in this lesson struck me. I loved the quote by Carole M. Stephens:…
Is it cheaper to make slime using ingredients bought at the dollar store? We compared prices and slime output and found out for sure. The slime rage has taken over my home, as it has the homes of tweens and teens everywhere. It started with watching slime videos online but quickly grew into using any…
This LEGO organization idea is best for those who don’t have a lot of LEGO but still want a way to find the blocks you need. My 11-year-old daughter has had a renewed interest in playing with LEGO lately. She is really enjoying building the sets we have and then breaking them down and coming…
This Harry Potter inspired Gluten-free Butterbeer cake is simple to make with a GF cake mix and a few other ingredients For the past few Julys, I have been participating in a fun celebration of Harry Potter’s birthday! I was sad to miss it last year since we were busy moving across the country for…
I didn’t read as much in June as I had hoped I would. The kids got out of school on June 8 and that first week was crazy busy. I always hope that once summer begins I’ll have a ton of reading time, but this year has just been different since my kids are older…
You guys, tonight (July 10, 2017) at 9:00 pm Eastern is the start of Christmas in July—otherwise known as Amazon Prime Day. And if it’s anything like last year, it’s even better than Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Let me put it this way: My dad just retired from being a UPS driver, and last summer he…